Leave season is when payroll gets tested. Between mass summer leave, resignations that cluster around the school-holiday calendar, and exits that land mid-cycle, HR and payroll teams across the GCC are calculating leave salary, encashing unused leave, and settling...
Why This Matters Right Now There is a payroll manager in Riyadh who ran a GOSI calculation this morning the same way she has run it for the past three years. The rate she used was correct three months ago. It is not correct today. As of July 2026, Saudi...
End-of-service benefits (EOSB) are one of the most financially sensitive and legally critical elements of payroll in the UAE. But they’re also one of the most misunderstood. At a time when many organisations across the UAE and wider GCC are navigating cost pressures,...
The UAE’s General Pension and Social Security Authority (GPSSA) has confirmed that insured individuals may qualify for a pension entitlement equivalent to 100% of their pension calculation salary after completing 35 years of service. The announcement highlights the...
As businesses across the United Arab Emirates navigate cost pressures and economic uncertainty, unpaid leave has become a widely used alternative to redundancies. On the surface, it seems like a simple solution—reduce payroll costs while retaining your workforce. But...
When businesses enter a period of restructuring, payroll functions quickly become significantly more complex, shifting from routing salary processing to managing terminations, final settlements, and compliance-critical calculations. In the UAE, where labour law, WPS...
