Staying afloat through retirement means making financial preparations during your working life. However, UAE employers’ ambivalence towards addressing the need for retirement savings means employees must fend for themselves, assisted to some extent by the end of service gratuity.
For the majority of expats in the UAE, the occupational retirement plans found in western countries do not exist. Instead, employers are obliged to make a lump sum payment known as the end of service gratuity.