Qatar End of Service Gratuity Calculator

How is the gratuity calculated?

Article 54 of Qatar’s Labour Law No. 14 of 2004 gives an employee who has worked one full year or more a gratuity when the service ends. The parties agree on the amount, but it may not be less than three weeks’ wage for each year of service, and part years count pro rata. The gratuity is based on the last basic salary. The Labour Law amendment of June 2026 left this rule untouched. The calculator goes through these steps in the same order and shows them in the breakdown table under the result.

1. Basic salary

In Qatar the gratuity is worked out on basic salary alone, including the annual increment if it is added to it. Allowances are left out even when they are paid every month. If your salary changed during your service, use the last basic salary you were paid, not an average.

2. Length of service

Service runs from your start date to your last working day, and that day counts. We count all the days of service and divide them by 365, because Article 8 defines a year in the Labour Law as 365 days. Unpaid leave days are taken out if you enter them. Nothing is due before the service reaches 365 days.

3. Daily wage and gratuity

The daily wage is the basic salary divided by 30, because a month in the law is 30 days. It is multiplied by 21 days, or by the number of days in your contract, and then by the years of service with their fraction. An example with a basic salary of QAR 10,000 and service from 1 March 2022 to 15 August 2025, ended by the employer:

• Daily wage: 10,000 ÷ 30, about QAR 333.33.
• Gratuity for one year: 10,000 ÷ 30 × 21 = QAR 7,000.
• Service: 1,264 days, that is 1,264 ÷ 365 years, about 3.46 years.
• Gratuity: 7,000 × 1,264 ÷ 365 = QAR 24,241.10.

4. No cap and no tiers

Qatar has one rate however long you serve: it does not go up after five years as in the UAE, and there is no ceiling as in Kuwait. It is a minimum, though, so if your contract gives more than 21 days a year, enter that number in the gratuity days field.

5. Reason for leaving

The full gratuity is paid when the employer ends the contract, when a fixed term runs out, when you resign and when you leave under Article 51. The only case that removes it is a dismissal under Article 61. Each reason adds a note to the result.

6. Rounding

The calculator keeps every fraction exact, so the daily wage stays 5,000 ÷ 30 rather than 166.67, and rounds the final amount once, to the nearest dirham (two decimals). That is why service from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025 on a basic salary of QAR 5,000, which is 1,096 days because it includes 29 February 2024, gives a gratuity of QAR 10,509.59.

Special cases

Resignation and notice

Resigning does not reduce the gratuity in Qatar; after one year of service you get all of it, exactly as if the employer had ended the contract. What Article 49 does require, after probation and for fixed-term and open-ended contracts alike, is written notice of one month in your first two years and two months after that. The side that skips the notice owes the other the basic salary for the missing period, and an employer may deduct it from your final dues.

Dismissal under Article 61

Article 61 allows dismissal without notice and without gratuity only in listed cases, among them forged documents, a fault causing serious financial loss, disclosing the company’s secrets, unexcused absence of more than seven days in a row or fifteen days in a year, and a final conviction for a crime against honour or trust. Law No. 9 of 2026 added one more case, inciting other workers to an unlawful strike that disrupts the business. A dismissal outside these cases does not cost you the gratuity, and you can complain to the Ministry of Labour.

Leaving without notice because of the employer

Under Article 51 you may leave without notice and keep the full gratuity if the employer breaches the contract or the law, assaults you or a family member, deceived you about the job when you signed, leaves a serious danger to your safety in place although aware of it, or if a labour dispute committee has issued a final decision in your favour. Keep evidence of the reason.

Gratuity days in your contract

The law sets a minimum of three weeks’ wage, 21 days, per year and lets the parties agree on more. Some contracts give 28 or 30 days a year, so enter the number written in yours; any term giving less than 21 days is void (Article 4). The calculator applies one number to the whole service, so if your contract changes the number after some years, work out each period separately.

Rehired within two months

If your service ended for a reason other than Article 61 and the same employer takes you back within two months, your service counts as continuous (Article 54). Enter your first start date and the last working day of the new period. The law does not say that the days in between count, so enter them as unpaid leave and the calculator will take them out.

Unpaid leave and strikes

Authorised leave does not break continuous service (Article 1), but in practice unpaid leave days are taken out of the service, so enter them in their field. Since the 2026 amendment, time on an unlawful strike also counts as unpaid leave. Paid leave counts as service.

Debts and deductions

The employer may deduct from the gratuity what you owe it (Article 54), such as an unpaid advance or compensation for notice not given. The calculator shows the gratuity before any deduction, so ask for a written statement of every deduction before you sign the final settlement.

Who the calculator does not cover

The calculator is for full-time private-sector employees. The Labour Law does not apply to government staff, to oil and gas companies set up by the state or QatarEnergy, or to domestic workers, and since 2026 it no longer applies to part-time work or freelancing (Article 3). A Qatari employee covered by the pension and social insurance scheme may not receive the gratuity if the scheme gives a greater benefit (Article 56).

Death in service

If an employee dies in service, the employer deposits the wages, dues and gratuity with the competent court within fifteen days, and the court shares them among the heirs (Article 55). To work out the amount, choose any reason other than Article 61 and enter the date of death as the last working day.