Planning to quit job in UAE? You have to know this thing

Further, Article 138 of the Employment Law states: "Where an employee who is bound by a contract for a limited period leaves his work of his own accord before the expiry of his contract period, he shall not be entitled to severance pay unless his continuous period of service exceeds five years."

Further, Article 139 of the Employment Law states where an employee is not entitled for gratuity payment. It reads as "an employee shall forfeit all entitlements to severance pay in any of the following two cases:

(a)If he is dismissed from service for any of the reasons specified in Article 120 of this Law or if he leaves his work in order to avoid being dismissed in accordance with that Article;

(b)If he leaves his work of his own accord and without notice, otherwise than in either of cases specified in Article 121 of this Law (in the case of contract of unlimited duration) or before completing five years of continuous service (in case of contracts for a limited period)."

KNOW THE LAW

When an employee, who is bound by a contract for a limited period, leaves his work of his own accord before the expiry of his contract period, he shall not be entitled to severance pay unless his continuous period of service exceeds five years.

Ashish Mehta is the founder and Managing Partner of Ashish Mehta & Associates. He is qualified to practise law in Dubai, the United Kingdom, Singapore and India. Full details of his firm on: www.amalawyers.com. Readers may e-mail their questions to: [email protected] or send them to Legal View, Khaleej Times, PO Box 11243, Dubai.