Do employers in Dubai pay out unused annual leave days when you resign?

In practice, leave compensation is often paid together with the final salary, but it's calculated only from the basic salary listed in the contract, not the full salary.

The standard contractual paid annual leave is 28 days per year; these unused days are what get financially compensated upon resignation.

If your role (e.g. flight attendants) has more than the standard 28 days due to irregular work hours, the extra days above 28 can sometimes be cashed out without resigning.

One workaround to cash out a large unused leave balance (around 70 days accumulated over years) is to formally resign for one day and get rehired by the same company.