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End-of-service planning

Gratuity calculator

Estimate ordinary private-sector end-of-service benefits for Qatar or the UAE using your last monthly basic wage. Review the scope before calculating.

Excludes domestic work, government / pension systems, alternative savings plans, UAE part-time arrangements and special regimes such as DIFC/ADGM. Qatar forfeiture grounds, contractual enhancements and lawful deductions are not calculated. Service includes the last working day and uses actual anniversary years and a proportional partial year; verify the employer’s day-count method.

Rules and sources

Qatar’s ordinary minimum is three weeks of last basic wage per year, with proportional service after the one-year eligibility threshold. UAE ordinary full-time foreign private-sector benefits use 21 days for each of the first five years, then 30 days, with a two-year-wage cap. Special circumstances can change entitlement.

Qatar Ministry of Labour, Article 54 · UAE government guidance. Rules reviewed 3 October 2026. This planning estimate does not determine legal entitlement.