Contract Amendment Addendum
An addendum on your letterhead, signed by the company and the employee, that changes the job title, salary, working hours or work model from an effective date and keeps all other terms unchanged, as PDF or DOCX.
This tool writes an addendum to an employment contract, signed by the company and the employee. It lists each change (a new job title, a new basic salary and allowances, new normal working hours or a new work model), the date the changes take effect, and states that all other terms remain unchanged and that the amended contract goes to MOHRE for approval. You fill in only what changes.
Amending a registered contract
The job, the working hours and the wage are terms of the contract. Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, Article 22(1): “The amount or type of wage shall be specified in the employment contract.” Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022, Article 10(1) lists what the contract contains, including the job, the working hours and “the wage agreed upon including the benefits and allowances”.
The UAE Government portal u.ae states: “No clause in the contract may be replaced or amended as long as: the worker’s rights are not undermined; both parties agree to the amendment; MoHRE approves the amendment.” MOHRE’s “Modification of Work Permits / Employment Contracts” service asks for an “Employment contract approved by the Ministry, signed by both the employer and employee”. The addendum therefore says the company will submit the amended contract to MOHRE for approval, and that the changes take effect subject to it.
A lower salary
Unlike the salary increment letter, the addendum can record a lower salary, because the employee signs it. The page asks you to confirm that the employee agrees in writing, and the addendum states that consent. The lower salary cannot start before the date of the addendum: wages already earned are due in full, and Article 25(1) provides that “No amount may be deducted or withheld from the worker’s wage except in the following cases”, none of which is a later change of the rate.
The end-of-service benefit is “calculated according to the last basic wage the worker was entitled to” (Article 51(5)). Where the basic salary goes down, the addendum says so.
Working hours and work model
Article 17(1): “The maximum normal working hours for workers shall be (8) eight hours per day or (48) forty-eight hours per week.” The page refuses new hours above either figure.
Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022, Article 10(3): “The contract may be changed from one work type to another subject to the following: a. Approval of both the worker and the employer. b. Payment of all the entitlements arising from the original contract. c. Compliance with the procedures as set out by the Ministry.” The work models offered are the contract forms of Article 10(4): full-time, part-time, temporary, flexible, remote work and job sharing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a UAE employer change the employment contract without the employee’s consent?
No. According to u.ae, a clause of the contract may be amended only if the worker’s rights are not undermined, both parties agree and MOHRE approves the amendment.
Can a salary be reduced by an addendum?
Only with the employee’s written agreement, and only from the date of the addendum onwards: wages already earned are paid at the old rate. The page requires you to confirm the consent before it generates the addendum.
Is the information I enter stored?
No. Generating sends your entries to our document service, which returns the finished file and stores none of it. The full field-level data flow is published in the Privacy Notice.