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What is unmeasured overtime costing you?
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- 125% / 150% UAE rates
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Your numbers
Basic wage, not gross — UAE overtime is calculated on basic.
15%
The gap between hours claimed and hours actually worked. We do not know yours — this slider is for you to test scenarios, not a claim about your business.
Annual exposure at 15% overstatement
AED 45,000
- Hourly basic (avg)
- AED 13
- Overtime rate at 125%
- AED 16
- Total overtime billed / month
- AED 25,000
- Overstated portion / month
- AED 3,750
- Payroll admin time / year
- AED 2,133
Read this before quoting the number
The overstatement percentage is your input, not our estimate. We have no way of knowing how loose your current process is, and any vendor who quotes you a specific recovery percentage is guessing. Use this to test scenarios — at 0% the figure is zero, which is the honest answer for a business already measuring overtime properly.
Overtime is calculated here at 125% of basic wage on a 30-day, 8-hour divisor. Hours between 10pm and 4am on standard day shifts attract 150%, and rest day and public holiday work is treated separately under UAE Labour Law, so a workforce with night shifts will sit above this figure. Confirm the interpretation for your contracts with your PRO or legal adviser.
The UAE rules
How overtime is calculated under UAE Labour Law
125% standard rate
Overtime beyond contracted hours is generally compensated at 125% of the basic wage — basic, not gross, which is a frequent source of both overpayment and dispute.
150% for late-night hours
Work performed between 10pm and 4am on standard day shifts generally attracts 150%. This does not apply to employees whose regular shift is a night shift.
Rest days & public holidays
Work on a rest day or public holiday is treated separately, with compensatory rest or an uplifted rate. Systems that lump this into ordinary overtime get it wrong in both directions.
Working out an employee's full cost on exit too? Use the end-of-service gratuity calculator.
This is general information, not legal advice. Overtime entitlements depend on your specific employment contracts, employee category and working pattern — confirm the interpretation with your PRO or a qualified UAE labour adviser before applying it to payroll.
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