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Do I still get full gratuity if I resign in the UAE?

Asked by Anonymous·Jun 26, 2026·1 answers
An employee planning to resign wants to know whether quitting reduces their end-of-service benefit compared to being terminated.

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Jun 26, 2026
Yes. Under the current UAE Labour Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021), administered by MOHRE, resigning no longer reduces your end-of-service gratuity. As long as you have completed at least one continuous year of service, you are entitled to the full gratuity calculated on the standard formula — 21 days' basic wage per year for the first five years and 30 days' basic wage per year thereafter — whether you resign or your employer terminates you. This is an important change: under the older law that applied to unlimited contracts, employees who resigned before completing five years could receive only a reduced fraction of their gratuity. That reduction was removed when the new law took effect in February 2022. You must still serve your notice period and meet your contractual obligations; failing to do so can expose you to other liabilities, though it does not strip the gratuity itself. If your employer applies an old-style resignation reduction, that is generally not permitted now — you can challenge it with MOHRE or compare verified UAE employment lawyers on LEXAI.
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