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How-to guides for applying, CVs, interviews and avoiding scams.
A step-by-step guide to finding a job in Dubai and the UAE: which visa to use for your job search, where government and airline jobs are posted, licensing for health workers, and how to avoid scams.
Since March 2024, Bahrain employers pay expat end-of-service benefits into a fund run by the Social Insurance Organization (SIO): 4.2% of wages for the first 3 years, then 8.4%.
Under Kuwait's private sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, workers get 30 days' annual leave, overtime from 125%, and an end-of-service indemnity capped at 18 months' pay. Key rules explained.
Oman's Labour Law (Royal Decree 53/2023) sets a 40-hour week, 30 days' annual leave, up to 182 days of sick leave, 98 days' maternity leave and 7 days' paternity leave. Key rights explained.
How UAE private-sector gratuity works: 21 days' basic pay a year for the first 5 years, 30 days after that, a 2-year cap, and payment within 14 days. With worked examples.
UAE private-sector workers get 30 days of paid annual leave a year, or 2 days a month in their first year. Here are the rules on carry-over, scheduling and leave pay on exit.
Under UAE Labour Law, the limit is 8 hours a day or 48 a week, overtime is capped at 2 hours a day and paid at 25% extra, or 50% at night and on rest days.
In the UAE, probation can last up to 6 months and can't be extended. Employers need 14 days' notice to end it; workers need 1 month to switch jobs or 14 days to leave the UAE.
UAE notice periods run from 30 to 90 days. Here is when you can leave without notice, what counts as arbitrary dismissal, and the 3 months' pay compensation limit.
The UAE's Involuntary Loss of Employment scheme costs AED 5 or 10 a month and pays 60% of basic salary for up to 3 months after a job loss. Here is who qualifies and how to claim.
Under Saudi Labor Law, the end-of-service award is half a month's pay per year for the first 5 years and a full month after. Resigning reduces it unless you have 10+ years.
Workers in Qatar can change employers without a No Objection Certificate. You give 1 month's notice with up to 2 years' service, or 2 months after that. Here is how it works.
Qatar's minimum wage is QAR 1,000 basic for all workers, plus at least QAR 500 for housing and QAR 300 for food if the employer doesn't provide them. Here is what that means.
From recruitment from abroad to part-time, freelance and private tutoring permits, here are the 13 UAE work permit types and who each one is for.
Fake Dubai and UAE job offers target Pakistani and Indian job seekers every day. Here are 8 warning signs and how to check an offer before you pay anyone or travel.
