UAE termination letter generator

Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021

• Art. 43(1)-(2)Either party may terminate for a legitimate reason by written notice, with a notice period agreed in the contract of not less than 30 and not more than 90 days. The contract stays valid through the notice period and the worker is entitled to full wage for it, at the last wage obtained.
• Art. 43(3)-(4)The party who does not abide by the notice period pays the other a notice period allowance equal to the worker's wage for the full notice period or the remaining part of it. It is calculated on the last wage received for monthly, weekly, daily or hourly pay.
• Art. 9(1), (3), (4)During probation the employer may end the service after at least 14 days' written notice (Art. 9(1)). A worker who wants to move to another employer in the UAE notifies the original employer in writing not less than one month ahead, and the new employer compensates the original employer for recruitment or contracting costs unless otherwise agreed (Art. 9(3)). A foreign worker who wants to end the contract to leave the UAE gives at least 14 days' written notice; if the worker returns on a new work permit within three months of leaving, the new employer pays that compensation unless the worker and the original employer agree otherwise (Art. 9(4)).
• Art. 35If a party terminates the contract while the worker is on leave, the notice period does not begin until the day after the day scheduled for the worker's return from leave, unless both parties agree otherwise.
• Art. 43(5)If the employer terminates the contract, the worker may be absent for one working day without pay per week of the notice period to search for another job, on at least three days' notice to the employer of the day chosen.
• Art. 44The employer may dismiss a worker without notice only after a written investigation with the worker, by a written and justified decision handed to the worker, in one of the ten cases the article lists. They include impersonation or forged documents, a mistake causing gross physical losses or deliberate damage to the employer's property, breach of written safety instructions, repeated breach of basic duties after a written investigation and warnings, disclosing a work secret that causes loss, being drunk or under the influence of narcotics at work or breaching public morals there, assault at work, absence for more than 20 intermittent days in a year or more than 7 consecutive days without a legitimate reason, exploiting the position for personal gain, and joining another establishment without following the rules.
• Art. 29(9)On leaving, unused accrued leave and leave for parts of the year are paid on the basic wage.
• Art. 51(2)21 days of basic wage for each of the first five years of service, and 30 days for each year beyond that.