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How is overtime paid in the UAE, and what does it do to the labour line?

Under the UAE labour law, overtime carries a premium of at least 25% over the basic wage, rising to at least 50% for hours worked between 10pm and 4am (shift workers excepted), with a cap of two extra hours a day. On the payslip the premium looks modest; the real cost of chronic overtime is quality, churn and the unfilled vacancy it is disguising. Read overtime hours as their own weekly line.

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