Dubai: If your employer provides you with a yearly air ticket allowance, does it have to be based on how much the ticket to your home country costs? A Gulf News reader wrote in, asking whether he was entitled to a yearly air ticket from his employer, and if so, would the amount be based on market prices.
He said: “I recently got a job offer from a Sharjah company. They have provided me with a breakdown of my salary, and as part of the benefits, they are only offering Dh1,000 for my yearly air ticket. I told them that the ticket normally costs a lot more and requested that they provide the ticket cost based on the market rate. They have refused to do so. I am confused as I thought a company is required to cover the cost of the yearly ticket to my home country. Can you please let me know if that is correct? If not, what can I do?”