Unpaid leave can affect more than one calculation. A payroll deduction depends on the wage and proration method being used, while the federal gratuity rule separately excludes days of unpaid absence from the period of service used for traditional gratuity. Record the same absence accurately without assuming the same money formula applies to both questions.
Salary deduction and service-period impact estimate
What it cannot determineWhether absence was authorised or whether a deduction is lawful
Enter the facts you can verify.
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This does not decide whether an absence was authorised or whether it may be excluded from a particular entitlement.
Formula used
Salary-impact estimate = monthly wage ÷ 30 × recorded unpaid-leave days. Potential adjusted gratuity service = recorded service days − days of unpaid absence. The salary proration and gratuity-service adjustment are shown separately because they answer different questions.
Assumptions to verify
- The entered days were genuinely unpaid and recorded as unpaid absence.
- The 30-day salary divisor is the payroll method being audited, not a universal finding for every salary calculation.
- The employee is reviewing federal traditional gratuity rather than ADGM, DIFC or the federal Savings Scheme.
What this result does not prove
- Whether the absence was authorised or whether the salary deduction itself was lawful.
- How paid annual, sick, parental or other statutory leave should be treated.
- The effect on every benefit, insurance, bonus or alternative end-of-service scheme.
Do not confuse unpaid-leave salary with gratuity service
These are two separate audit questions. First, payroll may reduce salary for days that were unpaid. Second, the federal traditional-gratuity service calculation excludes days of unpaid absence. The fact that both use the same absence dates does not mean the same daily wage formula should be applied to both.
Example: 20 unpaid days during three years of service
Assume monthly total wage is AED 10,000 and monthly basic wage is AED 6,000. A 30-day payroll check values 20 unpaid days at about AED 6,666.67 of total wage. Separately, the gratuity service period may be reduced by 20 days before applying the basic-wage gratuity formula. The second step changes service length; it is not another AED 6,666.67 deduction from gratuity.
Approved unpaid leave and unauthorised absence are not interchangeable labels
Keep the leave request, approval, attendance code and payslip. If HR says an absence was unpaid but the employee says it was annual leave, sick leave or an authorised paid category, the classification must be resolved before a calculator can produce a meaningful result.
Evidence checklist
- Leave request and approval or HR attendance code.
- Payslip showing the deduction and the salary period.
- Attendance ledger showing the exact dates.
- Employment start and end dates for the gratuity review.
- Employer settlement statement showing how service was adjusted.
The detailed search-intent guide is Unpaid Leave in the UAE: Salary, Gratuity and Service Impact. Use the gratuity calculator after the adjusted service days are verified.
Official sources
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Check the current official text, your contract, actual dates and records. Where facts are disputed, use the relevant authority or a qualified UAE professional.
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