When is an employee qualified for gratuity payment?

Employees are eligible for gratuity payment after completing at least one year of service with the company, as per Article 54 of Qatar Labour Law.

How is the Qatar end-of-service gratuity calculated?

Gratuity is calculated as (Number of years of service) x (Last drawn basic salary) x (21 days for each year). For service exceeding five years, two-thirds of the basic salary applies for additional years.

Can an employer terminate an employee without gratuity?

Yes, employers can terminate workers without gratuity under specific conditions, such as misconduct, absenteeism, or disclosure of company secrets.

What are the transport responsibilities of employers after termination?

Employers must bear transport expenses for returning employees to their home country or agreed location upon termination, within two weeks of contract expiry.

What is the duration of contracts under Qatar Labour Law?

Contracts are limited to five years but can be renewed. If not renewed but continued, they are treated as extended contracts starting from the original joining date.

Qatar Gratuity Calculator with updated Labour Law (2025)

Qatar Gratuity Calculator

Enter your job starting, ending date and basic salary per month to calculate your accurate gratuity from Qatar Gratuity Calculator. It is an official calculator by Qatar Guides following Qatar Labour Laws.

End of Service Gratuity: Qatar Gratuity Calculator

According to the Labour Law of Qatar, the end of service gratuity is the type of payment or benefit from the employer to the employee according to Qatar Labour Law. The amount of the service gratuity depends on the duration he works for the company, the salary of the employee, Labour Law and according to the company’s policy.

The end of service gratuity of the employee of a company depends on the number of years he worked for the company and his overall performance. In this article, we provide you with an accurate Qatar Gratuity Calculator to tell your service gratuity and tell you about Labour Law regarding End of end-of-service gratuity.

When an Employee is Qualified for Gratuity Payment?

Employees are eligible for the gratuity at the End of the service and registration if worker worked at least 1 year or more in the company, so the company is supposed to pay you the gratuity according to Article 54. The company do all the procedures and gives you the amount of gratuity at the end of the service.

How to calculate Qatar End of Service Gratuity in 2025?

First, input the date when you started working in the company

Input the last working date

Input the monthly basic salary that is finalized with the company on first day

The employee is eligible for the gratuity if he worked at least one year

Then Input the payable days per year ( the minimum payable days are 21)

Then enter all the information in our Qatar Gratuity Calculator, which will show your sufficient amount of gratuity.

Sample Calculation of Gratuity in Qatar

Let me describe you with an example. Suppose you worked 5 years in a company so as long you work your gratuity will increase

(Number of years of service) x (Last drawn basic salary) x (1/3 for the first five years of service, and 2/3 for each subsequent year)

According to this process, you can find out your gratuity but to give you comfort we installed a Qatar Gratuity Calculator from which can get your gratuity amount easily.

Hence both ways to find gratuity are here.

End of Service Gratuity according to Labour Law

According to Labour law no 14\2004 deals with this condition of Article 51. This article tells us that the worker may terminate the employment contract before the date of expiry if the employment term is for a fixed period and without giving reason. If the contract is for an indefinite duration the employee can terminate his job and take the full right of taking end of term gratuity

If the worker commits against the restrictions of the service contract and the vision of this law also.
If the employer or his representative misinforms the worker at the time of entering or signing
The contract and terms and conditions.
Physical assault or an Immoral action is taken by the employer or by his staff manager on the worker or on his family members.
If from continues working endangers the safety and health of the worker.
Provided that the Employer is aware of this and does not take the necessary steps to remove it.
So in these cases, the worker can terminate his job and get his gratuity if he has worked less than 1 year so no gratuity but if he worked 1 or more years than 21 days gratuity per year will be given to it.

Transport Pay by Employer after termination

On the termination of the service worker, the cost and all the expenses of the worker are taken by the employer to send him back to the place from which he came when he started working.

The employer shall complete the proceeding to send back the non-Qatari worker within a period not exceeding two weeks from the expiry date of the contract
If the worker joins another Employer before the departure from state then the responsibility to send the worker to his country or other place shift to the latter Employer.
The employer shall bear the expenses and transport of the body deceased to his home country or the place of his residence at the request of his relatives.
If the employer does not give employee or his dead body after his death may the department send him or his body to his country on the behalf of the Employer.

Duration of the Contract

The duration of time of a contract is for a limited time, the duration is not longer than 5 years but the duration can be renewed from time to time as agreed with both parties. If the contract is not renewed, and despite it also both parties want to continue the contract even after its expiry the contract is considered as renewed and they can work together.

Even the contract is considered as an extension of the previous but the period of service of the employee starts from the joining date.

Gratuity of Qatar Labour Law After 5 Years

Most of the people want to know that more is the gratuity if you worked more than five years. The rule is that the person who worked more than 5 years so he was paid by the employer of

Four weeks and who worked more than 10 years so the gratuity is 5 weeks but it’s not valid because this Law was changed now all take only 3 weeks gratuity per year.

Gratuity of Qatar Labour Law After 10 Years

The gratuity after 10 years is also the same as of 1 year because the rule of giving 5 weeks gratuity is not valid now all take 3 weeks gratuity.

Vacation Pay

In Article 81 it is explained that if the worker is terminated with any reason so he can go on annual leave or also he can take money instead of leave. The worker should not have any other leave instead of the annual leave so he can take money instead of it.

Can an employer terminate the employee without paying End of Service Gratuity?

The employer can terminate a worker in the following situations:

If a worker shows fake identities or nationality other than his nationality or shows fake documents.
If the worker does an act from which the employer has loss than the employer has to inform the department of all the incidents within 24 hours.
If a worker is fully sentenced in a crime or immorality
If a worker is absent from work without any acceptable reason for 7 days and 15 days in the year.
There shall not be force on the worker for a single violation not more than one penalty.
If the worker commits an assault on the Employer or its manager or any worker during work
The worker discloses the secrets of the establishment company or employer where he is working.
If a worker fails to do his work one or more times then according contract he can terminate him.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Define Article 57 of the Qatar labor law?

After the termination of the employee this is the responsibility of the employer to return him to his place from he has engaged to you or any other place decided between them at his expense.

Define the new Labour Law in Qatar in 2025?

According to Law No 4, 2004 the minimum gratuity for each year is of three weeks basic salary as the end of service gratuity.

What is Calculation process of benefit amount?

60 to 70 present wages you earned 5 to 18 months before you claim and to the maximum WBA.

How many days of sick leave is allowed in Qatar?

In Qatar 14 days or 2 weeks of full paid sick leave is given to the worker who had worked at least 3 months in the company

What is a good salary in Qatar in 2025?

he good salary in Qatar is around 15000 QAR which is about 4000 dollars however the figure can differ significantly in different job sectors.

Dear Sir,

Thank you for reaching out with your queries. I will address them according to Qatar Labour Law.

Leave Payment Calculation: According to Article 79 of the Qatar Labour Law, the payment for annual leave should be calculated based on the employee’s basic salary at the time of taking leave. As your salary increased to 7,000 QAR from January 1, 2024, your leave salary should be based on your current salary (7,000 QAR), not your previous one (3,200 QAR).

Public Holiday During Annual Leave: Article 80 of the Qatar Labour Law states that if any public holidays fall during an employee’s annual leave, the employer should add these holidays to the employee’s leave period. Since December 18, Qatar National Day, is a public holiday, this day will not be deducted from your leave, and you are entitled to an additional day of leave for it. Therefore, you would return one day later than originally planned.

Air Ticket Allowance: If your contract states that you are entitled to an air ticket or allowance every two years, and you are taking leave after two years of service starting from January 1, 2023, you are indeed entitled to claim the air ticket or its allowance as per your contractual agreement. Since your leave starts on December 1, 2024, and you would have completed two years of service by January 2025, you are eligible to request it.

Notice and Leave Encashment: Regarding your employer’s suggestion to send you on leave during your notice period, the Qatar Labour Law permits employers to ask employees to take leave during the notice period (Article 49). If they give you notice that December 31, 2024, is your last working day, they can ask you to take your remaining leave from December 1. For the remaining 11 days, you should receive leave encashment. In this case, there would be no requirement for you to return to work in January 2025, as your notice period would be covered by the leave and encashment.

I hope this clarifies your situation. If you have further questions, please feel free to ask.

Best regards,

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