Notice period
The notice period is the time between written notice and the end of a UAE employment contract. Article 43 of Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 sets it in the contract at between 30 and 90 days, the same for both parties unless a longer one favours the worker, with full wages paid throughout.
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Where you meet it
It decides the last working day, and so the date the 14-day clock for the final settlement starts. The gratuity and final settlement guide shows where it sits among the other exit payments, and the answer on the UAE notice period covers the detail.
How it works
Notice must be in writing. The contract remains in force until the notice ends, and the worker receives the full last wage and works if the employer asks. Both parties may agree to shorten or waive the notice, but the worker keeps the right to be paid for the period in the contract.
A party that does not give the notice owes the other a notice period allowance: the wage for the full period, or for the days of it not worked, calculated on the last wage. It is due even if skipping the notice caused no damage. When the employer gives notice, the worker may take one unpaid working day a week to look for another job. Notice during probation follows Article 9 instead: 14 days from the employer.
On a site the notice decides handover planning: who replaces the foreman, when tools and accommodation are returned, and when the worker's gratuity is fixed.
Where it appears in SupaJack Construct
The final settlement takes the notice pay entered for the exit, adds it to unpaid salary, unused leave and gratuity, and posts all of them in one journal entry split across the worker's projects. The payroll and WPS module holds the rest of the worker's pay history.
Related terms and answers
- Gratuity: paid in the same settlement.
- Annual leave: unused days are paid on exit.
- Can a worker quit without notice?
- When must final settlement be paid?