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In the UAE, gratuity (end-of-service benefit) is calculated based on the employee's basic salary. Disputes arise when offer letters show a higher salary than the signed, MOHRE-registered contract, especially if the employee never agreed to a reduction.
Where your contract and offer letter still record the original, higher salary, and you never signed anything accepting the reduction, you have a reasonable basis to argue that the original basic wage remained the legally applicable one, and that your gratuity should be calculated on that figure rather than on the reduced amount. If, on the other hand, you had at some point signed a variation or an amended, MOHRE-registered contract reflecting the lower salary, that reduced figure could properly be used.
Salam Pappinissery CEO
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UAE labor courts will continue to prioritize signed, MOHRE-registered contracts over offer letters in gratuity disputes
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