UAE Labour Law
Part IV : Hours of Work and Leave
Chapter II
Leave
Article 74
Article 75
Every worker shall, within each year of service , be granted a period of anual leave not less than :
(a) Two a month, where the worker's period of service is more than six month but less than one year ;
(b) 30 days a year, where the workers period of service is more than one year.
Where a workers' service is terminated, he shall be entitled to anual leave in respect of fracttions of the last year.
Article 76
The employer may fix the date of comencement of anual leave and , if necessary, divide such leave into not more than two periods. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision respecting the division of leave shall not apply to leave fixed for young persons.
Article 77
Holidays for which provisions has been made by law or agreement or any other days of absence from work on account of sickness shall be rekoned as part of the annual leave if such holidays fall within the annual leave.
Article 78
Every worker shall be entitled to his basic wage and housing allowance if applicable in respect of his days of annual leave where the circumstances of the work make it necessary for a worker to work during all or part of his annualleave and the days of leave on which he works are not carried forward to the following year, the employer shall pay him his remuneration, plus a leave allowance in respect of the days worked at a rate equal to his basic wage.
It shall be unlawfull in any circumstances to employ a worker during his annual leave more than once in two successive years.