Yes. Employment Act of the Maldives (Act number: 2/2008) applies to all employees and employers in the Maldives, regardless of their nationality.

No. An agreement of employment between an employer and an employee must be made in writing.

Basic information of the employee, basic information of the employment, type of employment, salary details, salary calculation, leaves, disciplinary measures, appraisal guidelines and termination guidelines must be included in every employment agreement.

Yes. Employers are required to provide a job description to each employee, within 30 days of employment and must be renewed in the event of change.

Yes. Both an employer and an employee can terminate an employment agreement at will, during probationary period. However, employers are required to inform the reason for termination.

Poor work ethics, lack of discipline, attendance issues can be reasonable causes for disciplinary actions. However, to determine exact causes and guidelines on disciplinary actions refer to your employer’s staff policies, employment agreement or job description.

An employee can be dismissed without notice only when their work ethics are deemed unacceptable, and further employment is deemed unreasonable, with circumstances where further employment is deemed detrimental to the employer, or where employees’ actions caused a breach of trust.

Yes. Employees are required to provide notice prior to resignation unless their employer allows resignation at will. Note that resigning without notice may require you to make a payment to your employer in lieu of notice.

Yes. Employees are entitled to a letter of employment (letter of performance) if the request is made within 6 months of resignation or dismissal. Employer must not include circumstance and reasons for dismissal, and employer views on employee performance unless requested by the employee.

Employee cannot be required to work more than 48 hours a week, and for more than 6 subsequent days without an Off day. Employer can ask employees to work overtime, subject to the terms of employment agreement. (Exceptions apply in tourism industry, industrial islands, vessels, etc.)

Employers are required to distribute service charge of the past month along with salary and remunerations. However, employers are entitled to deduct an amount no more than 1% from the total service charge, as administrative fees.