AIn accordance with the provisions of Article (4) of the resolution of the Cabinet No (16) for the year 1976 regarding the law of accommodation allowance for the local employees and staff in case a Wife and a Husband work together in the service of Federal Government or its services or in the service of Federal Government Departments in any of the Emirate members of the Union or General Corporation or Companies in which the Government contributes, the accommodation allowance is granted to one of them with higher salary under the married category unless otherwise one of them works in a non Government Authority in which the other works and they are far away from each other no less than 100 kilometers, in such case the accommodation allowance is granted to each in the unmarried category. Accordingly in case there is no distance between the premises of the work of couple, the allowance to be paid at 60% to each with the higher salary.
In case of allocation of a Government accommodation by the Government and there is no distance, they would not be paid the allowance.
In case the Husband wants a Government house, 60% shall be paid to each one of them with higher salary and in case of distance the allowance shall be paid at 40% to the wife.