Annual leave calculator for the private sector

How this is calculated

1. Length of service (Articles 2 and 10): from the start date to the calculation date, in the calendar you choose, assuming continuous service with the same employer.
2. Yearly rate (Article 109): leave of not less than 21 days for each year, increased to not less than 30 days once the worker has spent five continuous years in the employer's service. The tool applies 21 days to the first five years and 30 days to each year after.
3. Parts of a year (Article 111): leave pay is due for parts of a year in proportion to the time worked, so six months within the first five years gives 10.5 days.
4. Balance: the total accrued over the service less the days already taken.
5. Pay on leaving work (Articles 2 and 111): the balance times the daily wage, which is the monthly actual wage divided by 30.

Rules on timing and postponement

• In the year it falls due: the worker must take the leave in the year it falls due, may not waive it, and may not receive cash in place of it during the service (Article 109).
• Dates: the employer sets leave dates according to work needs or grants leave in rotation, and must notify the worker of the date at least 30 days in advance (Article 109).
• Postponement: the worker may, with the employer's consent, postpone the leave or some days to the next year; the employer may postpone it after the year it fell due for up to 90 days, and beyond that only with the worker's written consent and not past the end of the following year (Article 110).
• Pay: the leave is paid in advance (Article 109), and pay for unused days is due if the worker leaves work before using them (Article 111).

The balance shown by the tool is therefore arithmetic over the whole period, not a statement that days may be carried from year to year.

How the length of service is counted

The same method as the end-of-service calculator: the calendar follows your contract under Article 10, the last day counts, whole years and months are counted first and then the remaining days, with a month at 30 days and a year at 360 days when days become fractions. This rests on Article 2's thirty-day month; Article 111 states only that part years count in proportion, so this is a reading the tool applies. The five continuous years in Article 109 are measured in whole years of the contract calendar, so the thirty-day rate does not start before they are complete.

What the tool does not cover

• Other leave: special leave under Article 113, sick leave under Article 117, maternity leave under Article 151, and Eid and official holidays.
• Piece-rate or production pay or a wage made up entirely of commissions (Article 96), and part-time work (Article 5).
• Changes of wage during the service, and unpaid absences beyond what Article 2 counts as continuous service.

Official references

• MOJ labor calculator: a trial guidance version covering leave pay and the number of leave days in a period of service.
• Qiwa end-of-service reward calculator: the official reference for end-of-service entitlements.
• The Labor Law text on the Bureau of Experts website (Arabic, the authoritative version).