Bahrain
Bahrain Labour Law, Article 58: annual leave
What your unused leave is worth in BHD: two and a half days for every month.
Work out what your unused annual leave is worth under Bahrain's Labour Law for the Private Sector, Law 36 of 2012 (Articles 47, 58 and 59): 30 days a year at two and a half days a month, with the balance paid when employment ends on the last basic wage plus the social allowance.
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How is leave pay calculated in Bahrain?
- Annual leave: 30 days, that is 2.5 days a month
- Unused balance = accrued − taken
- Daily rate = (basic + social allowance) ÷ 30
- Leave pay = unused balance × daily rate
Symbols
- social allowance
- Added to the basic where there is one (Article 47): enter it with the basic salary
- balance
- Leave days earned over your service and not yet taken
What are 70 days of leave worth on an 800 basic?
A worker on a basic wage of 800 BHD with a 200 BHD housing allowance and no social allowance has 3 years of service and has taken 20 days of leave.
- Completed months: 3 × 12 = 36 months
- Days accrued: 36 × 2.5 = 90 days
- Unused balance: 90 − 20 = 70 days
- Daily rate on the basic: 800 ÷ 30 = 26.667 BHD
- Leave pay: 70 × 26.667 = 1,866.667 BHD
The worker is owed 1,866.667 BHD for the balance. On the full wage with the housing allowance it would come to 2,333.333 BHD, but Article 47 pays the balance on the basic wage and the social allowance alone.
How is leave earned, and which wage pays out the balance?
Article 58 gives a worker who has served a year at least 30 days of paid annual leave, at two and a half days a month, and a worker with less than a year leave in proportion to the time served. So leave is earned from the first month.
Article 59 requires the employer to settle the leave balance and its pay at least every two years, and if employment ends before the balance is used, the worker is owed its pay. That right is lost for leave the employer scheduled if the worker is shown to have refused it in writing.
Article 47 sets the wage the balance is paid on: the last basic wage plus the social allowance, if any, not the wage with all allowances. So the calculator pays the balance on the basic salary; if you receive a social allowance, add it to the basic. Pay while you are actually on leave is the full wage.
- Annual leave: 30 days, at 2.5 days a month (Article 58)
- Less than a year of service earns leave in proportion
- The balance on leaving is paid (Article 59) on the last basic wage plus the social allowance (Article 47)
- Daily rate for the balance = (basic + social allowance) ÷ 30
Questions about annual leave in Bahrain
How many days of annual leave do you get in Bahrain?
At least 30 paid days a year, at two and a half days a month, under Article 58 of the Labour Law for the Private Sector, Law 36 of 2012.
Do I earn leave with less than a year of service?
Yes, in proportion to the time served. Article 58 says a worker with less than a year's service earns leave in proportion, so six months earns 15 days.
Which wage is the leave balance paid on?
The last basic wage plus the social allowance, if any (Article 47), not the wage with housing and transport allowances. Pay while you actually take the leave is your full wage.
When is the leave balance paid?
The employer must settle the leave balance and its pay at least every two years, and if employment ends before you have used the balance you are owed its pay (Article 59).
Can I lose the balance if I do not take my leave?
You lose the pay for leave your employer scheduled if you are shown to have refused it in writing (Article 59). Otherwise the balance stays yours.
Does casual leave come out of annual leave?
Yes. A worker may be absent for a casual reason up to six days a year, at most two days at a time, and those days count against annual leave (Article 59). Include them in the days taken.
Sources
Read against the statuteReviewed September 2026Statutory articles this calculator applies
- Bahrain Labour Law, Article 58: annual leave
- Bahrain Labour Law, Article 59: settling the leave balance
Bahrain Labour Law for the Private Sector: Law No. 36 of 2012, as amended