You can’t terminate your contract just any time. That must be done according to the contract’s provisions and the law. Under a specified-period contract, an employee is entitled to half of the last monthly wage, which is the salary plus all entitlements, for each of the first five years of employment. Any additional time into an uncompleted final year is pro-rated by calculating the daily rate and multiplying that by the number of days into the incomplete year. Every year after the fifth year entitled you to one full LMW per year. If you have an unspecified-period contract, you must give at least one-month notice before the expiration date of your current iqama. In this case you are entitled to one-third of your LMW for each of the first five years, and two-thirds of the LMW after that. After 10 years in this case you get the full LMW.

If your iqama shows you as a house waiter, you are not eligible for an ESB. Unless you go to Labor Court and produce evidence that you were actually an office assistant. Also, if you are performing a job different than the one stated on your iqama you are actually breaking the law. You knew that before you accepted the job, or before you bought your iqama from somebody. This late awakening is not going to do you much good. It is unfortunate, but this is a flaw of our labor conditions and society.