If you’re planning to leave a job in the UAE, one of the first questions you’ll ask is how much gratuity you’re owed. The answer depends on a short formula in UAE labour law, but working it out by hand is easy to get wrong. A free online calculator can give you a clear estimate in a few minutes, and it can show you exactly how the figure was reached.
CheckGratuityUAE is a free UAE gratuity calculator built by developer Zayed Mustapha. It follows Article 51 of Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, the current UAE labour law, and it works on any phone or computer.
The rule behind the calculator
Under Article 51, you earn 21 days of basic salary for each of your first five years of service, and 30 days for each year after that. Your total is capped at two years’ basic salary. You qualify once you complete one year of continuous service, whether you resign or your employment is terminated. The calculator turns these rules into a settlement statement that updates as you type.
Two ways to calculate
The tool offers two modes. Gratuity only gives your end of service gratuity on its own. Full final settlement goes further and includes unpaid salary, unused annual leave, notice pay, your repatriation ticket, and any lawful deductions. This is useful when you’re checking your employer’s settlement letter line by line.
Entering the right details
Three inputs drive the result: your basic monthly salary, your first working day, and your last working day. The calculator uses basic salary only, because allowances such as housing, transport and overtime are excluded under the law. It counts service from your first working day, not your visa date.
You can also choose your employment type and enter any unpaid leave. Unpaid leave doesn’t count toward service, so the calculator removes those days before applying the formula. For part-time or job-sharing work, the calculator pro-rates the result by contracted hours.
Reading your result
The result is more than one number. The settlement statement lists each part of the calculation with its legal article. A cap meter shows how close you are to the two-year limit. A payment deadline shows when your employer must pay, which is 14 days after your last working day under Article 53.
The calculator also includes a slider that shows what staying longer would add, and a year-by-year table that shows how your gratuity builds over time. Both help when you’re deciding when to hand in your notice.
Sharing and saving
When you’re finished, you can copy a plain-text summary to paste into an email to HR, share a link that reopens the calculator with your details filled in, or save the statement as a PDF. You can also view the amount in US dollars or Indian rupees, while keeping the dirham figure alongside it.
Why it matters to check the figure
Gratuity is often one of the largest payments you’ll receive when you leave the UAE. Common errors include using gross salary instead of basic, counting from the visa date, and forgetting unpaid leave. Checking your estimate before you sign a final settlement can help you spot these gaps early.
Try the free calculator at checkgratuityuae. This guide is general information rather than legal advice. For a specific dispute, speak with MOHRE or a licensed UAE labour lawyer.
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