A free calculator for construction, hospitality, and facilities-management workers across the Gulf — so you can check your end-of-service gratuity and overtime against the actual law, before you sign anything.
Select your country, enter your basic salary and service dates. The formula used is shown below your result, with the exact law article it comes from.
Many workers on 10–13 hour shifts are simply never paid the legal overtime premium. Check what a single extra shift, or a full month of overtime, should actually add to your pay.
The most common way workers are shortchanged isn't dramatic fraud — it's small, quiet miscalculation. Here's what to check for.
Some employers split your salary into a very low "basic" and high allowances specifically to shrink your gratuity. Your basic salary should be clearly stated in your signed contract — ask for a copy if you don't have one.
Kuwait uses a 26-day month for daily-wage calculations; most others use 30. Using the wrong denominator, even by accident, quietly reduces what you're paid.
Your final settlement should also include unpaid salary, unused annual leave pay, and (where contracted) a return airfare — these are on top of gratuity, not part of it.
Save payslips, your contract, and attendance/overtime records (even photos of a sign-in sheet) as you go. Disputes are won or lost on paperwork, and employers don't always keep yours for you.
Employers cannot deny you gratuity just by labelling your exit "misconduct." Each country's law lists specific, limited grounds for forfeiture — being difficult or underperforming isn't one of them.
Every country in this tool has a free labour ministry hotline and complaint process for unpaid wages and gratuity. Filing a complaint does not require a lawyer.