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Employee Handbook

Contingency Leaves are only applicable for three hours maximum and employees are required to inform the
management in advance because permission must be granted by the management one day prior to the leave date.

Other Leave

In the event that you run out of leave balance, unpaid leave will be allowed at the company’s discretion. Such
leave will break the continuity of employment and will reduce the number of days of service when calculating end
of service benefits.

Public Holidays

As per UAE Labor Law, all the employees are entitled to take official public holidays with full pay as follows.

Holiday Date

Hijra New Year 1 day
Christian New Year 1 day
Eid Al Fitr 2 days

Eid Al Adha and Waqfa day 3 days
Birthday of the Prophet 1 day

Isra and Al Mi'raj 1 day
National Day 1 day

Leave Procedures

Supervisors should ensure that leave applications do not conflict with the need of the Company and should be
responsible to effectively manage the need and request from staff for vacation. All employees should be informed in
advance of their annual/yearly leave as scheduled/planned by the Departmental Head to avoid delays or obstruction
of the regular workflow.

Employees should follow the following step in applying for any type of leaves:
 Login into MenaMe account.
 Choose transaction and click on appropriate option.
o For annual vacation leave, choose planned vacation
 For all other leaves like short term leave or emergency leave, go to “online requests”. Click to apply for a
new request and then choose appropriate reason under “Vacation Type” All kind of vacation and leave
requests will go to direct supervisor assigned in system for further approval..
 Leave approved by supervisor will be received by HR through the system, and will be approved accordingly.
 Once application has been approved by appropriate signatories leave salary and air ticket (depending on the
eligibility) will be provided to the employee.
 For sick leave, employees must submit an Official Medical Certificate stamped by the Ministry of health to
qualify as an official leave and be paid accordingly.

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