No Gratuity for Domestic Workers — UAE

End of Service Gratuity for #domesticworkers in the #uae has been amended, by virtue of the new #law governing domestic workers, which came into effect in December of 2022.

That law is the U.A.E. Federal Decree Law of №9 of 2022 on Domestic #workers

This law had cancelled the previous law, which was U.A.E. Federal Law №10 of 2017 on Domestic Workers.

Unlike the earlier law, the new law does not set out specific entitlement to the end of #service gratuity.

Rather, Article 22 of the law, references the future decision by the U.A.E. Cabinet, which would adopt the #rules and regulations for calculation and payment of the end of service gratuity for #domestic workers.

That decision by the UAE Cabinet came out in January 2023 by virtue of the Cabinet Resolution №106 of 2022 re: Domestic #employees

The Cabinet Resolution, however, does not make any references to the entitlement of end of service #gratuity for domestic workers.

Therefore, at present, there is no more expressed legal authority in #support of gratuity #entitlement for domestic workers.

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