HR & talent
Connect recruitment, onboarding, documents, performance and development around each employee. Keep benefits, compensation decisions and departure tasks with the people responsible for following them through.
Explore HRHR, time & payroll in the UAE
HR and payroll. In the UAE. And overseas.
Payrovia brings HR, timekeeping and global payroll together for your business in the UAE and its overseas subsidiaries. One employee record connects your people, with local payroll in each country and visibility across the group.
Local teams and overseas subsidiaries. One platform.
One employee record
Every stage of working life. Connected.
Hiring, development, everyday work and the final handover. Keep the employee's history together, so each team has the context to act.
- 01Joining
A good start, with the details ready.
Bring the offer, contract, documents and first-day tasks together. Your local HR and payroll teams start with the same employee information.
Book a demo ↗ - 02Everyday work
The working day, in one place.
Give people a place for time records, leave and payslips. Managers see requests in the context of the person's employment.
Book a demo ↗ - 03Growing
Keep progress part of the conversation.
Connect goals, feedback, development and compensation decisions. Give every manager a fuller view of the person behind the next review.
Book a demo ↗ - 04Moving on
Finish with the same care you started.
Coordinate the handover, equipment, documents and final-pay preparation. Keep the people responsible clear about what is complete and what needs review.
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The Payrovia platform
Connect your UAE people operation.
Bring hiring, development and employee support together across your UAE teams. Keep local identity and employment arrangements with the shared record, alongside a defined scope for attendance and monthly payroll.
Time & leave
Record daily clock events and review leave requests and balances alongside employee information. Confirm local beta scope; scheduling, timesheets and biometric-device workflows remain pending.
Explore timekeepingLocal payroll
Review available salary, allowance and employer components within the UAE beta scope. Confirm employing jurisdiction, employee groups and manual payment and submission responsibilities before adoption.
Explore local payrollEmployee experience
Give employees a place for requests, documents, available payslips and goals. Managers follow approvals and team development with the same employee context available.
Explore employee servicesLocal payroll. Global oversight.
Your UAE business. Your overseas subsidiaries.
Run your UAE company and overseas subsidiaries on the same platform. Each entity keeps its local payroll requirements, while HR and finance share employee records and review consolidated payroll costs. Start with one company and add countries as your business grows.
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See where payroll stands across your companies.
Review headcount, payroll cost, pay dates and open approvals.
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- Local payroll by company and country.
- Consolidated payroll costs across your group.
- One employee record, with access by responsibility.
The UAE employment context
Start with who employs the person and which rules apply.
The UAE includes distinct employment settings. ADGM has its own employment regulations, while DIFC's DEWS scheme gives end-of-service benefits a particular structure. Employers need to identify the relevant jurisdiction and employee circumstances before choosing payroll and leave treatment. One company policy should not be presumed to cover every entity or worker.
The employing entity changes the discussion
A mainland operation and a financial-free-zone entity can need different employment treatment. HR needs the contract, entity and employee history together, while payroll must review the applicable gratuity, savings or pension context within the agreed product scope.
Monthly salary includes longer-term costs
Basic salary and allowances explain the monthly payment, but gratuity accrual, eligible pension contributions or DEWS can add an employer-cost perspective. Finance needs those components identified correctly rather than combining different employment arrangements into one unexplained amount.
Everyday records still need a human decision
A missed clock event or leave request should reach the manager responsible for the employee. HR needs the working context and supporting documents, while payroll needs clear reviewed information even when the company's wider scheduling process remains outside the local product.
Practical local examples
Review the person, their working record and the local pay context.
Illustrative workflows show the available building blocks. The beta scope is agreed for your entities and employee groups; policy and payment decisions remain with your team.
Example workflow
Bring a hire into the correct UAE employment record.
A company hires a colleague for its UAE entity. HR collects employment and identity information, the manager prepares the role, and payroll needs the agreed salary and local classification before reviewing monthly amounts.
- HR
Establish the employment context
Keep the Emirates ID, contract, approved compensation and employing entity with the employee. Assign onboarding documents and equipment work to the responsible people.
- Time
Review daily records
Use the available clock-in, clock-out and daily attendance views. The manager follows questions about recorded time using the company's agreed working arrangement.
- Pay
Choose the scoped components
Review monthly salary and the applicable gratuity, DEWS or GPSSA components. Confirm the employee group and jurisdiction before relying on the prepared result.
What changesThe new colleague has one employment history. Local payroll preparation begins with an identified arrangement, while HR follows the tasks that support the person's start.
Example workflow
Keep an absence connected to the employee's working life.
An employee requests annual leave while the manager is coordinating cover using the company's existing plan. HR needs the request history and relevant policy, and the monthly payroll reviewer needs the agreed absence context.
- HR
Keep the policy and request together
Maintain employment documents and the relevant leave information with the employee. Give the responsible team a reference when discussing entitlement or supporting records.
- Time
Follow the leave decision
Use available leave requests, balances and approvals alongside daily records. Agree any carry-over treatment separately because the local balance rules remain simplified.
- Pay
Review the monthly impact
Review the employee's approved absence and compensation information within the agreed payroll scope. Confirm any required pay treatment before approving the period's prepared amounts.
What changesThe employee's request has a responsible reviewer and a recorded outcome. HR and payroll can discuss the absence using the same history and confirmed policy scope.
Example workflow
Examine the gratuity context before agreeing a settlement.
An employee leaves a UAE entity after a salary change. HR coordinates handover and documents, while payroll needs employment dates and compensation history to examine the relevant end-of-service arrangement and notice terms.
- HR
Coordinate the departure work
Record the leaving date, review contract documents and assign clearance tasks. Keep knowledge transfer and asset returns visible to the manager and support teams.
- Time
Check the final working record
Review daily attendance and approved leave through the leaving date. Identify missing information for the responsible manager before the team discusses final amounts.
- Pay
Review the available estimate
Use scoped gratuity preparation and review the applicable employment arrangement. Confirm contractual notice and any unfinished settlement steps separately; complete departure integration is still partial.
What changesThe departure discussion has supporting employment information. Your team can distinguish the available calculation from the additional checks and work needed to complete the settlement.
People & development
Support the careers behind your UAE headcount.
Keep local payroll preparation within a broader people record. Shared HR tools connect recruiting, development and employee support, giving managers a continuing role and employees a route to information and requests.
A considered start
Follow recruitment, interview feedback and offers into onboarding. Assign documents, equipment and early checkpoints, so the hiring manager can help prepare the role and HR can follow incomplete work.
Development and internal opportunity
Set goals, run reviews and record development plans. Use succession candidates and readiness discussions to consider future roles, with performance and employment history available to the relevant managers.
Employee support with follow-through
Manage benefits information, HR cases, employee documents and signature requests. Assign owners and retain outcomes, while leaders review people and costs across their companies with access set by responsibility.
Explore the HR workspace
More than a name in a directory.
Follow the decisions behind a hire, a review, a pay recommendation and an everyday request. The employee record carries the context between teams.
01 / Hire & onboard
Turn an accepted offer into a prepared first day.
Keep the vacancy, interviews and offer together. Carry the new colleague into onboarding, with documents, equipment and tasks assigned to the right people.
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The hiring decision becomes the start of the employee record.
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Hiring workspace
United Arab Emirates
Interview4
Offer2
Joining1
- ✓Employment documentsComplete
- ✓Equipment requestComplete
- ○Manager welcomeOpen
One hire. A shared plan for HR, the manager and the new colleague.
02 / Develop your team
Make development part of the working year.
Connect goals, regular feedback, review cycles and development plans. Give the next manager the history behind a person's progress, with appropriate access.
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A review leads to a useful next step, with an owner and follow-up.
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Performance & development
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Example employee
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Build the team playbook
75%
Coach a new colleague
50%
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Next conversation
Career check-in
24 Sep
Goals, review history and future opportunities stay connected.
03 / Reward fairly
Bring pay and benefits into the same conversation.
Review salary recommendations alongside budgets, employee history and benefit choices. Record the approval before the change reaches the relevant payroll period.
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HR and finance can explain what changed, when and why.
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Compensation review
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Example employee
For review
Current
AED 4,000
→
Proposed
AED 4,400
Effective date
1 Oct
For review
- ○Budget review
- ○Manager recommendation
- ○Payroll handover
Illustrative recommendation. No salary change is submitted by this screen.
04 / Support employees
Give every employee question a place to go.
Connect HR requests, documents and employee services to the person. Keep a clear owner, status and response history so a question survives a departmental handover.
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The employee sees progress. HR sees the context needed to respond.
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Employee service desk
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Example employee
For review
Request
Owner
Status
Employment document
People team
Complete
Leave question
Line manager
Open
Benefit change
Benefits team
Open
Access follows the role. Sensitive case details stay with authorised people.
Illustrative product screens · fictional records and amounts
Useful to everyone
One place for the everyday questions.
Make the employee record part of daily work. Employees, managers and HR participate through the information and actions relevant to their role.
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For employees
Employees request leave, find documents, read available payslips and follow goals, with everyday HR questions connected to their employee record.
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Employee workspace
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A clear place for everyday work.
- ◷Leave request↗
- ▤Published payslip↗
- ↗Employment documents↗
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For managers
Managers review requests, approve relevant changes and follow team goals, with employee history available when a decision needs more context.
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Manager workspace
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The information behind the next decision.
- ◷Team requests3
- ▤Time corrections2
- ↗Development conversations4
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UAE payroll detail
Prepare local components within a defined scope.
The beta country tools include monthly calculations and local payroll records. Agree the employee groups, applicable arrangements and review steps before adopting the outputs for your business.
Explore payrollMonthly earnings and employer components
Review salary, allowances and available gratuity accrual, DIFC DEWS and GPSSA components. These are different employee and employer treatments; their applicability must match the actual employment arrangement.
Identity and company setup
Maintain Emirates ID and employee details with trade licence, MOHRE establishment, WPS bank and relevant pension registration information. Keep those local inputs connected to contracts and employment history.
Daily attendance and leave
Record daily clock events and review leave requests and balances. Local scheduling, timesheets and biometric-device workflows remain pending; simplified leave carry-over needs an agreed approach for your company.
Files and payslip preparation
Prepare available itemized payslips, payroll drafts and WPS SIF payment information. Bank upload and return review are manual; prepared outputs do not establish bank, WPS or authority acceptance.
Inside the payroll review
See what changes pay. And why.
Choose a situation. Follow the source information into an illustrated payslip, then see the checks before release. Local treatment stays with the country and employee.
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UAE payroll detail
United Arab Emirates
An approved hour has a place on the payslip.
Compare time with the roster and the approved request. Keep the earning separate so payroll and the employee can follow its source.
The approved time record
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Example employee
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- Recorded time
- 8 additional hours
- Manager decision
- Time approved
- Payroll input
- Additional earning
02 / Payroll preview
For review
Example employee
Illustrative pay period · AED
- Basic pay
- AED 4,000
- Additional earnings
- AED 200
- Gross pay
- AED 4,200
- Employee tax / contributions
- AED -500
Net pay
AED 3,700
Employer costs · separate from net payAED 280
- 01
Check the hours and supporting request.
- 02
Review the applicable local treatment.
- 03
Approve the payroll version before release.
What this means for your team
Monthly earnings and employer components
Review salary, allowances and available gratuity accrual, DIFC DEWS and GPSSA components. These are different employee and employer treatments; their applicability must match the actual employment arrangement.
A pay rise starts with the right effective date.
Carry an approved salary change from HR into the right period. Retain the earlier amount and the explanation behind the difference.
The HR pay change
AE
Example employee
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- Previous pay
- AED 4,000
- Revised pay
- AED 4,400
- Effective date
- Start of this example period
02 / Payroll preview
For review
Example employee
Illustrative pay period · AED
- Basic pay
- AED 4,400
- Gross pay
- AED 4,400
- Employee tax / contributions
- AED -500
Net pay
AED 3,900
Employer costs · separate from net payAED 280
- 01
Confirm the approved employee change.
- 02
Check dates, proration and any earlier periods.
- 03
Explain the variance before finalising.
What this means for your team
Identity and company setup
Maintain Emirates ID and employee details with trade licence, MOHRE establishment, WPS bank and relevant pension registration information. Keep those local inputs connected to contracts and employment history.
Explain take-home pay, line by line.
Review employee deductions individually. Keep the employer's costs separate, with the approved basis for any repayment visible.
The employee's local setup
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Example employee
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- Payroll country
- United Arab Emirates
- Employee details
- Current record
- Repayment instruction
- Approved schedule
02 / Payroll preview
For review
Example employee
Illustrative pay period · AED
- Basic pay
- AED 4,000
- Additional earnings
- AED 200
- Gross pay
- AED 4,200
- Employee tax / contributions
- AED -500
- Approved repayment
- AED -100
Net pay
AED 3,600
Employer costs · separate from net payAED 280
- 01
Review tax and contribution inputs.
- 02
Check the authorised deduction or repayment.
- 03
Reconcile balances and employer costs separately.
What this means for your team
Daily attendance and leave
Record daily clock events and review leave requests and balances. Local scheduling, timesheets and biometric-device workflows remain pending; simplified leave carry-over needs an agreed approach for your company.
The last payslip needs a fuller review.
Bring leaving dates, remaining pay and applicable settlement items together. Keep clearance, calculation approval and payment responsibilities distinct.
The departure record
AE
Example employee
United Arab Emirates · 0142
- Employment change
- Leaving date recorded
- Pay treatment
- Partial period in this example
- Handover
- Final items for review
02 / Payroll preview
For review
Example employee
Illustrative pay period · AED
- Basic pay
- AED 2,000
- Additional earnings
- AED 200
- Gross pay
- AED 2,200
- Employee tax / contributions
- AED -300
Net pay
AED 1,900
Employer costs · separate from net payAED 280
- 01
Confirm dates and locally applicable amounts.
- 02
Review leave and outstanding obligations.
- 03
Authorise settlement and follow the payment outcome.
What this means for your team
Files and payslip preparation
Prepare available itemized payslips, payroll drafts and WPS SIF payment information. Bank upload and return review are manual; prepared outputs do not establish bank, WPS or authority acceptance.
Teaching example only. These are not statutory rates, a quotation or a live payroll calculation. Pay frequency, tax, contributions and final-pay treatment must be confirmed locally.
EOR arrangements
Bill centrally. Manage people locally.
Payrovia provides operating software for relationships with your own employing entities or separately agreed providers. Organize UAE worker assignments, agreements and client access alongside central billing by client and period. The legal employer is defined in your arrangement; UAE statutory cost estimates and automatic reconciliation with finalized local payroll require separate confirmation.
01 / The agreement
Agree the terms. Connect every assignment.
Define the client, employing entity or provider, countries, fees and responsibilities. Connect each person to the arrangement under which they work.
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Keep agreements, worker documents and assignments connected.
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Client agreement
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Client agreement
- Client
- Example client
- Local operation
- United Arab Emirates
- Employment arrangement
- Your entity or agreed provider
- Billing terms
- Agreed service fee
The agreement names the parties and responsibilities; software does not become the legal employer.
02 / Local people
Keep local employment close to the person.
Bring HR records, leave, benefits and payroll coordination into the assignment. Give clients access to the information and approvals you have explicitly agreed.
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Define client visibility and approval access.
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Worker assignment
United Arab Emirates
AE
EOR-028
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Worker assignment
- Employee
- Example employee
- Client agreement
- Linked to the agreement
- Local payroll currency
- AED
- Client access
- Configured by role
Local payroll connections and employer-cost coverage are confirmed for your arrangement.
03 / Central billing
Make the central bill easy to explain.
Review employment costs, agreed fees and adjustments by client and period. Keep the supporting assignment detail beside the draft invoice.
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Review assignment costs, fees and invoice history.
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Central client invoice
United Arab Emirates
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INV-024
For review
Central client invoice
- Employment costsCosts for the example period
- USD 12,000
- Service fee · example 10%Example commercial terms
- USD 1,200
- Approved expensesSeparately identified
- USD 300
- Draft totalFor finance review
- USD 13,500
Illustrative USD invoice, not Payrovia pricing. FX evidence, tax, credits and settlement need their own review.
Illustrative EOR workflow. Availability of local connections and automated reconciliation is confirmed separately.
Why teams choose Payrovia
Depth in every part. One connected business.
HR that goes beyond a directory.
Recruitment, onboarding, performance, development, succession, compensation, benefits and employee services—around the same record.
Payroll with the history behind it.
Connect employee changes, approved time and leave to local payroll review. Give reviewers the information behind the result.
A local team. An international group.
Run one company or connect overseas subsidiaries. Keep local payroll requirements visible while finance reviews the wider business.
Choose your next step with Payrovia.
Explore the product and detailed features, review pricing and security, or see how implementation works. Book a demo to discuss your people, countries and first rollout.
Questions from UAE employers
What does UAE beta availability mean for our company?
We agree the entities, employee groups, calculation components and outputs that fit your requirements. Monthly payroll, daily clock records and leave tools are partially ready, with some local workflows still pending. Your team checks representative results and the required processes before relying on a live cycle.
Does one UAE setup cover mainland, DIFC and ADGM employment?
No uniform treatment is assumed. The employing entity, jurisdiction and employee circumstances must be reviewed separately. Available UAE components include gratuity, DIFC DEWS and GPSSA context, but that does not establish complete support for every regime. We confirm your required rules and any gaps before adoption.
Are WPS files and pension submissions delivered automatically?
WPS SIF preparation and local draft records support your operator's process. Bank upload, relevant portal submission and return-file review remain manual, and automated return processing is unavailable. We confirm the required formats and responsible people with you; file generation does not confirm accepted submission or completed payment.
Can HR prepare an employee's departure in the same system?
Shared HR tools support documents, clearance, handover and asset-return work. UAE gratuity and final-pay preparation need a scoped review of the relevant arrangement and contract, including notice terms. Some departure integration remains partial, so the remaining settlement and submission steps are agreed explicitly with your team.
A walkthrough for your business
See the work you could bring together.
Tell us about your local team and any overseas subsidiaries. We'll focus the demonstration on the HR, timekeeping and payroll work you want to improve.
- Start with your people and priorities.
- See the relevant local and global workflows.
- Discuss scope, implementation and next steps.