Cash for unused annual leave when UAE service ends, paid on basic salary
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 16 Oct 2026.When a job in the UAE ends, the employer pays for every unused day of annual leave, including leave earned in the part of the final year, at the basic daily wage of basic salary ÷ 30. Eight months into a leave year earns 20 days; with 5 taken, 15 days on AED 8,000 basic are worth AED 4,000.
Basic pay only, without housing, transport or other allowances. The figure is an example to replace.
Months since your last work anniversary: 12 for a full year. Leave builds up at 2.5 days a month.
Unused days your employer agreed to carry forward.
AED 4,000.00
15 days × AED 266.67 (basic ÷ 30)When your service ends, every unused day is paid, including leave earned in the final part-year.
Not included: part-time workers, contracts giving more than 30 days, unpaid leave that does not count as service, and company rules on carrying leave over.
UAE portal leave page and Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, checked 16 Oct 2026. An estimate, not legal advice.
| Basic daily wage (basic ÷ 30) | AED 266.67 |
| Days earned this leave year | 20 |
| Days carried over | 0 |
| Days taken | −5 |
| Unused days | 15 |
| Pay for unused leave | AED 4,000.00 |
2026 · Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 16 Oct 2026); they may have changed since.
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This calculator works out how many days of annual leave a private-sector employee in the UAE has earned, how many are left, and what they are worth in pay, following the UAE Government portal's leave page and Article 29 of Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, the UAE Labour Law. The rules are federal, so they apply in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and every other emirate.
What a day is worth. Pay for unused leave, and for leave earned in part of a year, is calculated on the basic salary, without allowances. The law counts a month as 30 days, so a day is the monthly basic ÷ 30: AED 266.67 on AED 8,000.
When service ends. Every unused day is paid, however many, together with leave earned in the final part-year. Days carried over with your employer's approval count too.
The rest of the article, and all 6 questions about UAE Leave Salary Calculator, are on the UAE Leave Salary Calculator page.
A private-sector employee gets at least 30 days of fully paid annual leave for each year of service. Between six months and one year of service, leave builds up at 2 days for each month, and nothing is earned in the first six months. A contract may give more.
Pay for unused leave, and for leave earned in part of a year, is calculated on the basic salary, without allowances. The UAE portal and Article 29 of Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 both say so. On AED 8,000 basic each day is worth AED 266.67.
Divide the monthly basic salary by 30 to get the daily wage, then multiply by the unused leave days. Someone on AED 8,000 basic with 20 unused days at the end of service is owed 20 × AED 266.67, which comes to AED 5,333.33.
Yes. When service ends for any reason, the employee is paid for every unused day of annual leave, however many, and for leave accrued in the part of the final year worked. The payment uses the basic salary and is part of the final settlement.
Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.
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