Changelog

Content Three new guides. Added in English and Arabic: gratuity in UAE free zones, covering the DIFC DEWS plan and the ADGM Employment Regulations 2024, tax on gratuity when you move home to India, the UK, Pakistan or the Philippines, and Saudi Article 87 for women resigning after marriage or childbirth. The UAE and Saudi guides now link to them.

Note One address per page. Every page now names its clean address, without .html, as its official version, and the language links, sitemap and internal links all use the same address. No content changed.

Content Full Arabic edition. Every guide is now available in Arabic and the guides hub has been reorganised by topic. Six new guides added in both languages: probation, notice periods, dismissal for misconduct, renewals, transfers and company sales, domestic workers and nationals versus expatriates.

Correction Qatar, Article 61. Corrected the Qatar guide and the resignation versus termination guide. Article 61 of Labour Law No. 14 of 2004 provides that a dismissal on its grounds is without notice and without end of service gratuity. The earlier wording said gratuity was generally preserved.

Correction Bahrain minimum service. Article 116 of Labour Law No. 36 of 2012 pays leaving indemnity for fractions of a year in proportion to service and sets no minimum period. The Bahrain calculator previously paid nothing below one year of service. It now pays pro rata from the first month, and the partial years and resignation versus termination guides have been updated to match.

Correction Unpaid leave, Bahrain and spelling. The unpaid leave guide now covers Saudi Article 116, under which unpaid leave beyond 20 days suspends the contract and does not count as service. The Bahrain guide now sends disputes over the employer's share to the Ministry of Labour, not the LMRA. Saudi references now consistently read Labour Law.

Content Guides section launched. Ten detailed guides published, covering each country's rules, the wage basis, partial years, claiming unpaid gratuity, gratuity after death and a final settlement checklist.

Launch Site launched. All four country formulas, Saudi Arabia (Articles 84–85), UAE (Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, Article 51), Qatar (Labour Law No. 14 of 2004, Article 54), and Bahrain (Labour Law No. 36 of 2012, Article 116), verified against primary labour law sources and cross-checked against multiple independent worked examples.

Note Bahrain's calculator reflects the March 2024 SIO funding reform for non-Bahraini employees. The underlying entitlement formula is unchanged, only how it's funded month to month.