✅ UAE Job Offer & Contract Check
Verify the employer and compare every important promise with the official employment documents before signing, paying, resigning or starting work.
Do not treat WhatsApp text as a contract. Keep the advertisement, written offer, official contract and work-permit documents, and compare them line by line.
1. Verify the employer
- Legal company name, trade name, office address, landline and official website
- Recruiter's full name, position and company-domain email
- Trade/licence details through the relevant emirate or free-zone authority
- Actual workplace visit or verified video process for remote recruitment
- No mismatch between the company offering work and the company sponsoring the permit
2. Details that must match
| Item | Check carefully |
|---|---|
| Employer and worker | Correct legal names, identity details and establishment |
| Job | Job title, duties, location and employment type |
| Pay | Basic salary, total salary, allowances, commission formula and payment date |
| Time | Working hours, shift, break, weekly rest and overtime arrangement |
| Benefits | Accommodation, food, transport, insurance, ticket, vehicle/tools and leave |
| Term | Start date, contract duration, probation and notice |
| Costs | Any lawful, clearly explained deduction; reject blank deduction authority |
3. Official verification
- For MOHRE-regulated private-sector work, use official MOHRE website/app/service channels to review available approved offer, contract or permit information.
- Use UAE Pass or the transaction/reference details only on the genuine official domain/app.
- For a free-zone employer, verify the permit and contract with that exact free-zone authority; MOHRE processes may differ.
- For domestic-worker employment, use the separate official domestic-worker framework and approved recruitment channels.
- If information cannot be found, contact the relevant authority using contact details obtained independently—not a number supplied only in the suspicious message.
4. Salary wording matters
- Basic salary can affect calculations such as overtime or end-of-service benefits; do not look only at the total.
- Fixed allowances should state amount and purpose.
- Commission must state rate, target, cancellations/returns, payment date and what happens after resignation.
- “Up to AED X” is not a guaranteed salary.
- If room/food/transport is promised, state whether provided directly or paid as an allowance.
5. Dangerous differences
- Official contract salary lower than the offer
- Different job title or employer
- Verbal promise that a missing benefit will be added “later”
- Blank resignation, blank paper or amount left empty
- Worker asked to pay recruitment/work-permit costs to a personal account
- Start work before required authorisation is complete
- Passport retained without a clear lawful reason and voluntary access
6. Safe signing process
- Read a language you understand; request clarification/translation.
- Correct every mismatch before signing.
- Do not share an OTP with a recruiter; enter it yourself only in the official service you opened.
- Download/store signed copies and screenshots of the official confirmation.
- Keep payroll, attendance and benefit records after joining.
Use the official UAE Government Jobs portal for current employment-process and contract guidance.