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Dubai employment contract: what to ask for

Expatriate employment is a bit different from employment in the home country. Some Dubai specifics may also add a bit of a problem if you are not prepared.

I will give you a brief overview what you should be looking at in your contract. Of course, the contract is different for everyone. This will only give you an idea what you can ask for.

Employment in Dubai

Employment in Dubai


Benefits

Use living cost calculator to get an overview on the cost of living in Dubai.


Relocation


Redundancy / end of service

Of course, almost nobody relocates thinking of being made redundant. Though given the current economic downturn, it is worth to provide yourself with some security.


Miscellaneous

Should you have anything else to add, please feel free to add a comment.

January 15th, 2010

2 Responses to “Dubai employment contract: what to ask for”

  1. hemant says:

    Hi I got through with Emirates Airlines as a CCE . My monthly salary would be 3729 AED. Plus a 100 AED medical benefit. Company is providing accomodation,transport,gas,shared room ,I am a vegetarian and for food we have to arrange and cook on our own . So will the offer is tempting or not . Kindly suggest

    • admin says:

      You will be able to live with this much money and probably even save some. But you won’t be able to live a luxury life, that’s a given.

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