UAE payroll, from GPSSA to the MOHRE wage file
AhlanHamad runs UAE payroll on the UAE rules: GPSSA and the emirate-level pension funds treated separately as the law requires, gratuity on the basic-wage basis, DEWS for DIFC entities, and visa and Emirates ID expiry watched across every entity.
End-of-service calculator
End-of-service benefit for an employee in the UAE with 10 years of service on a AED 1,000.00/month salary, terminated by the employer:
AED 8,500.00
Computed live from the same statutory engine that powers the product.
Open the free UAE end-of-service calculator
Read the UAE labour-law quick guide
See the current GPSSA contribution rates
How wage protection (WPS) works in the UAE
Calculate net pay & employer cost in the UAE
UAE annual leave: days, carry-over and pay-out
UAE sick leave: days and pay bands
Emiratization: how the quota works in the UAE
UAE public holidays 2026 and 2027
UAE Ramadan working hours 2027
Compare HR software & switch to the UAE
Payroll software in the UAE: WPS, social insurance and end-of-service
The employee app your team gets in the UAE
UAE free-zone end-of-service rules & calculator
Calculate your DIFC DEWS contributions
GCC HR glossary (EN/AR)· About AhlanHamad & how we verify figures
Already in the product in the UAE
Beyond payroll and government paperwork, all of this runs in AhlanHamad today, in the same plan:
- Recruiting: job posts, your company's own careers page, applicant stages, interview feedback, and a hire that moves straight into onboarding.
- An AI recruiting assistant that drafts job descriptions in English and Arabic, suggests screening questions, prepares interview questions for the role and proposes interview times. Decisions stay with you; it does not score CVs on its own.
- 360-degree feedback, answered from the employee app, with the person seeing the overall picture and never who wrote which comment.
- Pulse surveys, one-off or repeating, answered on the phone and anonymous if you choose, with an alert to HR when a survey closes with sentiment down.
- Flight-risk scoring every month from tenure, absence, leave and performance, a clear rule-based score with an alert when someone moves into high risk.
- Approval chains: step-by-step leave approval, terminations signed off by HR and then the CEO, and loans that pass manager, HR and finance with a different signatory at each step.
- A finance ledger with a chart of accounts for the UAE: payroll journal entries post themselves when a run is finalised and paid, and end-of-service liability is on your books.
- DIFC and ADGM set per establishment: DIFC employees accrue DEWS contributions instead of gratuity, while ADGM and the rest of the UAE keep gratuity.
- PRO work as tracked tasks with an owner, documents and a due date; licence expiries that show which renewal would hold up payroll; and your Emiratization (Nafis) ratio from your actual headcount.
AhlanHamad tracks, calculates and prepares. Anything that goes to a ministry or authority is still submitted by you.
Frequently asked questions
Does AhlanHamad support HR & payroll in the UAE?
AhlanHamad runs UAE payroll on the UAE rules: GPSSA and the emirate-level pension funds treated separately as the law requires, gratuity on the basic-wage basis, DEWS for DIFC entities, and visa and Emirates ID expiry watched across every entity.
How is end-of-service calculated in the UAE?
For an employee with 10 years of service on a AED 1,000.00/month salary, terminated by the employer, the end-of-service benefit is AED 8,500.00 — computed from the same statutory engine that powers the product.
Is there a free trial in the UAE?
Yes — a 30-day free trial with no credit card required.