After 25 years of service, the site supervisor received unpaid pay, a gratuity, and leave. Abu Dhabi: After finding no proof that the company had paid the worker’s entitlements, the Abu Dhabi Labour Court ordered a contracting company to pay Dh195,000 to a site supervisor, including end-of-service perks, unpaid salaries, and unused annual leave. According to the court’s decision, there was no evidence in the case file absolving the business of its financial obligations to the claimant. A man who had been employed by the company since 1999 and resigned in April 2025 filed the case, according to Emarat Al Youm.
He testified in court that he had not been paid for ten months of outstanding pay totaling Dh65,000, an end-of-service gratuity of Dh124,800, and Dh5,200 in yearly leave compensation for the last two years of his work. The defendant business failed to show up for court. The claimant was employed as a site supervisor under a fixed-term contract with a basic monthly salary of Dh5,200 and a total salary of Dh6,500, according to documents submitted through the court’s case management system, including the employment contract and salary records. Under Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, the court implemented the provisions of the UAE Labor Law.
Noting that businesses are legally obligated to pay salaries on time in compliance with Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization laws, the court decided that the employee was entitled to his unpaid earnings. It further stated that written evidence, admission, or a sworn oath are the only ways to absolve an employer of their wage obligation; none of these were offered in this instance. Regarding end-of-service benefits, the court determined that the business had not provided pertinent accounting documents or demonstrated that the employee’s service had been interrupted. It concluded that the claimant was entitled to a gratuity of Dh126,427 based on his base pay because he had worked for the company for 25 years, nine months, and twenty-three days.
But because the claimant had asked for Dh124,800, the court granted the sum within the parameters of his claim. The court ruled that the basic wage is the only factor used to determine remuneration for annual leave. The court determined that the claimant was entitled to leave compensation for the last year and half of the prior year in the absence of proof that the employer had paid. The court granted Dh5,200 in accordance with the submitted claim, despite the assessed amount being Dh7,800. The court dismissed all other claims and issued an immediate-enforcement decision requiring the corporation to pay Dh195,000 in total and to cover all legal fees.
