Every figure on this site carries the official source it came from and the date it was last checked. Where credible sources disagree, we show the disagreement. Where we cannot confirm something, we say so on the page rather than filling the gap.
Part of the full Emiratisation compliance guide.
Why this page exists
Emiratisation figures change, and most published guidance is written from other people’s summaries rather than from the source. When a figure moves, the old number keeps circulating.
We saw this directly while building this reference. Several detailed published analyses disagreed with each other on the monthly contribution, on Nafis salary support, on which instrument set the annual growth requirement, and on the pension split.
None were careless. They were all working from the same pool of secondary material.
The standard
Every page is written to one test:
If a journalist, a CHRO, Google or an AI assistant cited this page tomorrow, would we stand behind every sentence on it?
Three things follow.
No sentence we cannot source. If we cannot attribute it, we say so or leave it out.
No padding. A short page that fully answers a question beats a long one that answers it late.
No borrowed confidence. If three secondary sources agree and no primary source confirms, that is three sites reading the same fourth site. We say so.
Our source hierarchy
1. Official platforms. u.ae, mohre.gov.ae, nafis.gov.ae, and the text of Cabinet and Ministerial decisions.
2. Official statements reported in detail. Where a ministry issues a press statement, the major UAE outlets often report it more fully and more accessibly than it appears elsewhere. Where we use these, we cite the official being quoted, capture the publication date, and treat the report as the vehicle rather than the source.
3. Professional analysis from law firms and advisers, used to locate an issue, never as the authority for a figure.
We do not treat corporate blogs, setup-service guides or HR technology content as sources for figures. That is where the drift starts. See official sources.
What we do when nobody has said
Our most useful pages are sometimes the ones that tell you a question has no published answer.
Where MOHRE has not clarified something, we mark it (unconfirmed at the time of writing) and explain what is and is not known. We would rather do that than present one interpretation as settled and leave an employer exposed if guidance later contradicts it.
You will find these markers on the fact check page and throughout the site. They are deliberate.
What we do not do
We do not advise on payroll structuring, contract drafting or how to arrange salaries to achieve a particular outcome. We describe what the published rules say. What to do about them is a question for your adviser.
Dates
Every page shows when it was last checked, meaning the date a person verified it, not the date a field was touched. We do not refresh timestamps to look current.
Corrections
We would rather be corrected publicly than be quietly wrong.
If you have an official reference for something we have marked unconfirmed, or you think we have got something wrong, tell us. Corrections are made with their date, and we credit the person who sent them.
What this is not
Reference information, not legal advice. We do not know your establishment’s registration, classification or specific circumstances. Confirm against the official instrument, or take advice, before acting.
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Last reviewed August 2026
