Payroll & Compensation
Payroll & Compensation collects 11 guides for HR teams operating in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and India, among them UAE Payroll Processing Guide: Monthly Cycle and WPS Compliance and UAE Salary Structure Guide: Basic Salary, Allowances and Total Package. Salary structures, payroll processing, and compensation guides. Most recently updated on 13 September 2026.
11 guides available
UAE Payroll Processing Guide: Monthly Cycle and WPS Compliance
Complete guide to UAE payroll processing including monthly cycle, WPS compliance, SIF file preparation, salary calculations, and MOHRE requirements for employers.
UAE Salary Structure Guide: Basic Salary, Allowances and Total Package
Complete guide to UAE salary structure including basic salary ratios, housing and transport allowances, gratuity impact, and WPS requirements for employers.
UAE Employee Allowances Guide: Types, Rules and Best Practices
Complete guide to UAE employee allowances including housing, transport, air ticket, education, and relocation allowances. Understand mandatory vs discretionary benefits.
UAE Salary Deductions Guide: Legal Rules and Limits
Complete guide to legal salary deductions in UAE including permitted deductions, limits (50% maximum), employee consent requirements, and prohibited deductions under labor law.
UAE Bonus and Incentives Guide: Types, Taxation and Best Practices
Complete guide to bonuses in UAE including annual bonus, performance bonus, Eid bonus, signing bonus, and retention bonus. No tax on bonuses in UAE.
UAE Commission and Sales Compensation Guide: Structures and Compliance
Complete guide to commission structures in UAE including base plus commission, tiered rates, accelerators, clawback provisions, and WPS compliance for sales teams.
Why WPS Files Get Rejected: A Field Taxonomy of SIF Errors
A rejection taxonomy for UAE WPS/SIF files — format errors, wage-basis mismatches, timing errors under MR 340/2026, and bank-side validation errors — mapped to their manual failure mode and what automated SIF generation actually prevents.
The Real Cost of Manual Payroll in the UAE: A Transparent AED Framework
A formula-first, AED-denominated cost model for manual payroll in the UAE — hours × hourly cost × frequency, plus WPS resubmission and gratuity-error rework — with a worked example explicitly labelled hypothetical.
Validating a UAE WPS SIF File Before the Bank Does
The 36 structural rules a UAE WPS Salary Information File must satisfy — file name, SCR, EDR and EVP records — and where public guides disagree.
GOSI Contribution Cohorts: Reconciling a Saudi Payroll File
Saudi employees split into two GOSI contribution cohorts at 3 July 2024. What a payroll file must carry, and ten checks before the Mudad upload.
Emiratisation 2026: the AED 10,000 Step and the Dates
From 1 July 2026 the Emiratisation shortfall contribution is AED 10,000 per unfilled role per month. The figure's history and the two deadlines.