UAE Domestic Worker Gratuity Calculator 2025

Are you also a domestic worker and tired of memorizing formulas to calculate gratuity like general employees? Then there is no need to worry anymore, we have created a Domestic Worker Gratuity Tool for your ease, through which you can calculate your gratuity in just a few clicks.

Who are Domestic Workers in the UAE?

In the United Arab Emirates, employees who are hired to work in the household are called domestic workers.

Entitlements of the Domestic Workers

According to the Decree Law, the following rights are included along with the salary of the domestic worker:

• The monthly salary specified in the contract must be paid within 10 days from the due date.

• One day off per week must be included.

• At least 12 hours of rest per day, including 8 consecutive hours.

• 30 days of paid annual leave per year.

• A round-trip ticket home every 2 years.

• 30 days of sick leave per year.

• The right to keep personal identification documents such as ID cards, passports, etc.

What is Domestic Worker Gratuity?

According to UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 9 of 2022 Concerning Domestic Workers, if a domestic worker completes at least one year of service as per the employment contract, he/she is entitled to gratuity equal to 14 days’ wage of the monthly salary for each year of service mentioned in the contract.

Check out the Free & Online Gratuity Calculator UAE.

How Many Types of Domestic Workers?

In the UAE, the following 19 types of employees are considered domestic workers and are eligible for gratuity as per the contract:

• Cook

• Falcon care-taker

• Farmworker/grower

• Gardener

• Guard Home nurse

• Housekeeper

• Housemaid/servant

• Jockey

• Nanny/babysitter

• Personal assistant

• Personal trainer/coach

• Personal/family driver

• Private agricultural engineer

• Private tutor

• Sailor

• Shepherd

• Tamer

• Worker

The gratuity for all these employees is calculated based on the same formula. This gratuity payment helps employees maintain their past service record and also supports them in getting a new job when moving from one employment to another.

How to Use This Calculator?

Put your basic salary in this calculator.

Add the first day of your employment.

Enter the last day of your employment.

If you have taken unpaid leaves, enter them as well.

Regulations on the Employment of Domestic Workers

Before hiring domestic workers in the UAE, special care is taken regarding the following restrictions:

• Employment of persons under the age of 18.

• Assigning tasks that are against or not included in the contract.

• Subjecting them to physical harm.

• Sexual harassment.

• Human trafficking or forced labor.