Work out how many annual leave days an employee has accrued, and what an unused balance is worth in cash. Useful at exit, at year-end provisioning, or when an employee queries their balance.
This calculator is provided for general guidance and estimation only. It applies statutory minimum formulas and does not constitute legal, tax, financial, or accounting advice. Statutory rates, ceilings, thresholds, and formulas are amended periodically in every GCC market, and your contract, entity, jurisdiction, and individual circumstances all change the outcome. Always cross-check any figure independently against the current law and your signed employment contract, and obtain advice from a qualified legal or payroll professional before acting on, communicating, paying, or relying on any amount shown here. AmalOps accepts no liability for any loss, claim, or dispute arising from use of this tool or reliance on its output.
Leave pay looks simple and generates more disputes than almost any other payroll element, because entitlement is calculated from rules while employees experience it as a promised balance.
Annual leave accrues over the period worked. The calculator divides the annual entitlement across 365 days and multiplies by days of service in the period, then deducts leave already taken. In the UAE, employees completing one year of service are commonly entitled to 30 calendar days per year, with a reduced entitlement between six and twelve months of service.
Encashment value is the daily wage multiplied by unused days, where the daily wage is the applicable monthly salary divided by 30. The consequential question is which monthly salary: basic wage, or basic plus allowances. Statutory minimums generally reference basic wage, while many contracts and policies are more generous, and contractual terms above the minimum are enforceable.
Unused leave is an obligation the employer will eventually settle, whether through leave being taken or encashed at exit. Organisations that do not carry it as a provision are understating cost, and a workforce of several hundred holding substantial balances represents a material unrecognised liability.
Two policy positions must be documented per entity: whether unused leave carries forward and for how long, and whether unpaid leave interrupts accrual. Both are common sources of disagreement at exit. Our GCC leave law guide compares statutory entitlements across the six markets.
AmalOps accrues leave per employee against your documented policy, carries the liability as a live provision, and shows employees the same balance you see.
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