How is overtime calculated for remote or work-from-home employees in the UAE?

Remote and flexible work are among the work models recognised under the UAE Labour Law, and employees working under them keep their core rights, including those relating to working hours and overtime. For a remote employee, the normal working hours are those set in the contract, and work performed beyond those hours at the employer's request can be treated as overtime under the same general framework that applies to on-site staff, subject to the conditions in the executive regulations. In practice, the challenge with remote work is recording actual hours, so it helps to agree clear start and end times and to keep a record of any additional hours worked. Because the precise treatment depends on your contract and work model, and on how hours are tracked, confirm how overtime applies to your remote arrangement with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation. If you regularly work beyond your contracted hours without compensation, you can raise it with MOHRE. You can also compare verified UAE legal professionals on LEXAI for advice on remote-work entitlements.