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No matter where in the Middle East your business is located, if you have any employees, payroll is a must. What Is Payroll? Payroll is a process that employers must carry out in order to pay their employees. Achieving that objective isn’t as simple as it sounds,...

A Guide on How to Outsource Payroll Effectively | OPS If you're a business owner and want to stay in the competition for long, try growing your business. There are different tactics that help in business growth. Outsourcing payroll services is one of them.   What...

5 Questions to Ask a Payroll Service Provider Before Hiring | OPS If you own a growing business, handling manual payroll can be a pain to your back. So, it’s time for you to make a decision and switch to outsource payroll. Outsourcing payroll is beneficial, as it...

Finance vs. HR Payroll Responsibility: Which Dept. Handles It? Recently we mentioned a local HR Manager who is conducting a feasibility study on finance vs HR processing the payroll and we promised you guidance on this sensitive subject. If you missed that article you...

Payroll Treasury Services to Ensure On-Time, Compliant Payments At OPS, our Payroll Treasury Services are designed to streamline salary disbursement, ensuring timely and secure payments while maintaining full WPS compliance. Whether you’re based in the UAE, Saudi...

Expat Tax for South Africans: Key Information You Need | OPS With effect March 2019, the South African Government is planning to change the taxation laws for ‘tax residents’ living and earning outside of South Africa. For the past 16 years, South African law stated...

3 Payroll Pain Points and How to Overcome Them | OPS “When we sit with Payroll and HR Professionals, there are many situations that cause them incredible stress. Individuals and departments are overloaded, exhausted and motivation is low. They barely get through daily...

Who are the Takers, Matchers, Self- Protective Givers, Selfless Givers in your organization? Harvard Business Review Professor Adam Grant and Reb Rebele from Wharton University of Pennsylvania “Although givers are the most valuable people in organizations, they’re...

  Is It Practical to Outsource Your Payroll? | OPS For many businesses, there are advantages to outsourcing their payroll, such as cost efficiencies, consistency, labour law compliance etc. OPS encourages you to dig deeper, and thoroughly analyse whether...

Are Your Payroll Controls and Legal Requirements in Place? One of our Payroll Specialists was recently asked to assist a company in navigating through a rather difficult separation process with an Employee. The Employee argued for his final settlement to be...

Payroll: A Low-Key Back Office Job or a Subject Matter Expert?   Payroll is firmly centred around quality. The knock-on effect of compromised confidentiality, hidden errors, lack of local labour law knowledge, poor staff attendance, overpayments and debt...

What Paddling Taught Me About Payroll | OPS   Article by Diana Geldenhuys | M.Com HR I Managing Director, Outsourced Payroll Solutions I love Surfski. The feeling of catching waves, and stretching your gaze to where sea and sky fuse into blue, is something that...

We are aware that some of the GCC and surrounding countries have broken diplomatic ties with Qatar with immediate effect. These include Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Libya and the Maldives. While the economic and geopolitical impact of...

After attending the Ministry of Finance Workshop earlier this week I have concluded that not everything you read about VAT in the papers can be trusted.

Rebooting Saudi Arabia's economy by taking measures to wean it off oil, from raising taxes and reducing subsidies to slashing over-the-top perks for those on the government's payroll. He is also leading the charge for the world's largest IPO, the state-owned oil...