Labeeb Reference · how our reference pages are made · last reviewed 29 September 2026
Editorial standards: how Labeeb researches, verifies and updates its reference pages
Labeeb publishes guides, calendars, calculators and datasets about working life in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC. This page explains what those pages are for, how facts are sourced, when they are updated, and how to report an error. It applies to every page marked “Labeeb Reference”. Older articles are being reviewed against the same standards.
What our reference pages are for
They answer real questions professionals have about working in the Gulf: pay and packages, employers and how they hire, licensing, rights at work, moving in or out, and nationalisation rules. Each page is written to be useful on its own. It is not a substitute for legal, tax, immigration or compliance advice.
Who they are written for
Professionals and graduates working in, entering, or planning to work in the GCC. Most readers will never need a Labeeb service, and the pages are written for them too.
What they are not
Not a job board, not a government portal, not legal advice, and not a sales page. Where a Labeeb service is relevant to a topic we may say so once.
How facts are sourced
- Rules, rates and dates come from official sources: laws, ministerial decisions, regulator pages and government portals. Where we quote a rule we link the document we read.
- Employer information comes from the employer’s own careers pages. Where an employer does not publish something, we say so.
- Pay data comes from published statistics and is labelled with its source and period. No Gulf authority publishes pay by job title, so we give the nearest official figure and say what is not published.
- Community evidence shapes what we cover, not what we state as fact. It is paraphrased and never attributed to named individuals.
- Unconfirmed figures are left out or labelled. If a widely repeated figure cannot be confirmed against an official source, we leave it out or say plainly that it is unconfirmed.
Dates, updates and corrections
Review dates
Every reference page shows the date its facts were last checked. Calendars and trackers are re-checked when an official decision is published.
Corrections
If you find a mistake, tell us through the contact page or Labeeb AI, with the page address and the source you believe is correct. We check it against the official text and fix the page.
What we will not do
On reference pages we do not state ratings, review counts or success rates we cannot evidence, and we do not make “best” or “top” claims about ourselves.
Tools and calculators
Labeeb tools run in your browser and do not store what you enter. Where a tool draws on a dataset, each row links to the page we checked, so you can verify it yourself.
Frequently asked questions
Is Labeeb’s content legal advice?
No. It explains published rules in plain language and links the official source. For a decision about your own contract, visa or dispute, use the official channels named on the page or a licensed adviser.
Why do some pages say a figure is unconfirmed?
Because we could not find it in an official source at the time of review. We would rather say so than repeat a number we cannot stand behind.
Why do some older articles not follow these standards yet?
The standards apply to pages marked “Labeeb Reference”. Older articles are being reviewed and corrected in order of how many people read them.