What must a UAE employment contract include?
Article 10 of Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022 lists the employer's name and address, the worker's name, nationality, date of birth, identity proof and qualification, the job, start date, workplace, working hours, rest days, any probation, the contract term, the wage with benefits and allowances, annual leave, the notice period and termination procedures.
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Contract forms
Contracts are made on the Ministry's forms for the agreed work type: full-time, part-time, temporary, flexible, remote or job sharing. The parties may add clauses that comply with the law.
Why the wage breakdown matters
Gratuity and leave pay are calculated on the basic wage. A contract that shows the split between basic, housing, transport and other allowances fixes the base for every end-of-service calculation.
How SupaJack Construct helps
Employee records in SupaJack Construct hold the contract details, designation, salary components and documents, and payroll, leave and final settlement all read from the same record.
Related tools and guides
See the UAE labour law guide for contractors, the final settlement calculator, the gratuity calculator, the annual leave calculator, the unpaid leave deduction calculator, payroll and WPS in SupaJack Construct, time and attendance and the meaning of basic salary.
Worked example
A contractor's offer to a site engineer states basic AED 9,000, housing AED 4,000 and transport AED 1,000. The contract lists the same split, a 30-day notice period, six months' probation, 30 days' annual leave, Saturday as the rest day and the project site as the workplace.
Questions people ask
Must the contract show allowances separately?
It must state the wage including benefits and allowances.
Is probation required?
Only if agreed. It must be stated if there is one.
Whose form is used?
The Ministry's contract forms.