Here is article 60 of UAE's Labour Law concerning the wages of employees.

No amount of money may be deducted from a worker's remuneration in respect of private claims, except in the following cases;

a) the recovery of advances or amount of money paid to the worker in excess of his entitlements, on condition that the amount deducted in this case not exceed 10 per cent of his periodic remuneration;

b) contributions which the worker is required by law to pay from his remuneration, eg. towards social security and insurance schemes;

c) the workers contributions to a saving fund or repayment of advances repayable thereto;

d) contributions towards any welfare scheme or in respect of any other privileges or services provided by the employer and approved by the labour department;

e) fines imposed upon the worker for any offense he has committed;

f) any debt payable in execution of the judgment of a court of law;

Provided that the deduction shall not exceed one-quarter of the workers remuneration. Where two or more debts are payable, the maximum shall be half the workers remuneration and the sums of money attached shall be divided pro rata among the beneficiaries, after payment of any legal alimony at the rate of one-quarter of the workers remuneration.

As per article 65 of UAE's Labour Law, maximum normal hours of adult workers shall be eight hours a day or 48 hours a week. Articles 67, 68, 69 and 70 deals with overtime. As per article 67, where the circumstances of the work requires a worker to work more than the normal number of hours any period worked in excess shall be treated as overtime, for which the worker shall receive remuneration equal to that corresponding to his normal hours of work, plus a supplement of at least 25 percent of the remuneration. According to article 68 where the circumstances of the work require a worker to work overtime between 9pm-4am he shall be entitled in respect of such overtime to the remuneration stipulated for his normal hours of work, plus a supplement of at least 50 per cent of the remuneration.

According to article 69, the normal hours of overtime shall not exceed two a day, unless work is necessary to prevent the occurrence of substantial loss or a serious accident or to eliminate or alleviate its consequences. According to article 70, Friday shall be rest day for all workers except daily paid workers.

Article 132 of the labour law deal with the severance pay or gratuity. The worker who has completed a period of one or more years of continuous service shall be entitled to severance pay on the termination of his employment. The severance pay shall be calculated as follows:

• 21 day's remuneration for each year of the first five years of service.
• 30 day's remuneration for each additional year of service provide that the aggregate amount of severance pay shall not exceed two years' remuneration.
• As per article 137, if a person bound by a contract of unlimited duration leaves his work of his own accord after continuous service of not less than one year and not more than three years, he shall be entitled to one-third of the severance pay provided for in the preceding article. Where the continuous period of service exceeds three years but does not exceed five years, he shall be entitled to two third of such severance pay. Where the continuous period of service exceeds five years, he shall be entitled to the full severance pay.