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...
Why This Matters Right Now There is a finance manager in Dubai who has not taken a day of leave in fourteen months. She has 42 days sitting in her balance. Her company’s payroll records show 18. Nobody has noticed the discrepancy — yet. That...
The Hidden Payroll Risk Many UAE Employers Are Missing in Their WPS ProcessRecent UAE WPS cases suggest that MOHRE’s enforcement around salary payment timelines and deduction thresholds is becoming more active. For employers in the UAE, this is an important reminder...
With the revised UAE Wage Protection System requirements taking effect from 1 June 2026, employers should now be focused on final payroll validation before salary release. Under the updated framework, UAE private-sector employers are required to pay wages for the...
The UAE’s payroll environment has entered a new phase in 2026, where compliance is no longer assessed periodically but monitored continuously. The Wage Protection System (WPS), Emiratisation requirements, and MOHRE contract data are now closely interconnected, turning...
