Holidays

[Flex]

Hi,
I have been offered a package for an engineering job that I'm happy with. However the holidays are 22 days per yesr excluding bank holidays. Is this a little low?
thanks

[acassim]

The norm is 30 calender days

[mazdaRX8]

30 days?! hrm im still taking 2 weeks as per my US schedule. 30 days is the law right? Time to go to my boss with this bit of information

[Pasanada]

Yes, 30 days annual leave is the norm. Check out the Lawyer page on Gulf News to see what the "law" is in the UAE.

[Maz25]

I have pasted an extract from UAE Labour law below. Whilst a lot of employers offer 30 working days, most will only offer 30 calendar days as stipulated in labour law; this technically works out at only 22 working days!! You'd be surprised how many companies explout this little loop hole!

For every year of service, an employee is entitled to annual leave of not less than the following:
1. Two days leave for every month if his service is more than six months and less than one year.
2. A minimum of thirty days annually, if his service exceeds one year. At the end of his service the employee is entitled to
annual leave for the fraction of the last year he spent in service.
Annual leave is usually calculated on the basis of a calendar month rather than by working days