ERP development · UAE payroll and WPS
Payroll in the UAE has to satisfy three parties at once: your people, who expect an accurate payslip on time; the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, which expects salaries paid through the Wage Protection System (WPS) with a correct SIF file; and your accountant, who needs the salary journal in the books by cost centre. Next Orbit implements and supports e-tijariX, whose HR and payroll module is built on UAE labour law and does all three in one run.
Quick answer
UAE payroll software calculates monthly pay under UAE labour law, produces the WPS salary file (SIF) that banks and exchange houses submit to MoHRE, and records the result in the accounts. e-tijariX, which Next Orbit implements and supports, runs payroll as calculate, review, approve, SIF, payout and lock, with gratuity, leave salary, air-ticket provisions, GPSSA pension for UAE nationals, overtime and the deduction cap handled by configurable rules, bilingual payslips emailed in bulk and the salary journal posted by department, branch and cost centre. Labour-law rules are editable defaults; confirm them with your HR adviser.
What we deliver
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Deliverable 01
A seven-step wizard sets the working week, Ramadan hours, overtime rates, public holidays, leave types, probation, notice and gratuity rules for UAE mainland (Federal Decree-Law 33/2021), DIFC, ADGM or a free zone. Every rule is an editable default.
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Deliverable 02
Passport, visa, Emirates ID, labour card, IBAN checks and dependants, with expiry alerts at 90, 60 and 30 days and salary data visible only to permitted roles.
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Deliverable 03
Calculate, review with variance and AI anomaly flags, approve, generate the WPS salary file (.SIF), pay out and lock. Loans, advances, one-off additions and deductions and the deduction cap are applied in the run.
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Deliverable 04
End-of-service gratuity, leave salary and air-ticket provisions accrue every month; GPSSA pension for UAE nationals; final settlements calculated on exit with the checklist completed.
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Deliverable 05
Web and mobile clock-in with optional location check, biometric import, a ROTA builder that checks rest days, maximum hours and the mid-day break, and two-level leave approvals with accrual, carry-forward and encashment.
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Deliverable 06
Bilingual payslips, salary certificates, NOC and experience-letter requests and expense claims in My HR; every payroll run posts its journal automatically and payouts match in bank reconciliation.
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Discovery CallWe work from one office in Dubai with trading, distribution, retail, services and contracting businesses across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the whole UAE.
Implementation covers your policy profile (mainland, DIFC, ADGM or free zone), employee records and documents, the first parallel payroll run and the WPS file for your bank or exchange house.
A SIF file in the format banks and exchange houses submit to MoHRE, with employee, employer and salary details that match the labour contract and the bank account.
Basic and allowances, overtime at the statutory rates, unpaid leave, loans and advances with automatic recovery, the deduction cap, gratuity accrual and final settlements.
Policy setup, employee and document import, payroll configuration, a parallel run against your current payroll, WPS submission with your bank and training for HR and finance.
Architecture-first
Before a line of production code is written we draw the system: the people who use it, the services behind it and the systems it must talk to. This reference architecture from our ERP development practice is the starting point we adapt to your operation.
Flow 01 Inventory Finance & accounting Reports & Power BI
Flow 02 Sales Finance & accounting Reports & Power BI
Flow 03 Procurement Finance & accounting Reports & Power BI
Flow 04 Projects & assets Finance & accounting Reports & Power BI
Flow 05 HR & payroll Finance & accounting Reports & Power BI
Technology stack
Chosen per project from tools we run in production. Pick a category to see the part of the stack behind it.
How it runs
5 stages, each with a deliverable you can review and sign off before the next begins.
Choose the jurisdiction profile, confirm the rules with your adviser and import employees, contracts and documents.
Salary structures, allowances, overtime, loans, provisions and the journal mapping to your chart of accounts.
One month run side by side with your current payroll until every payslip and the SIF file reconcile.
The SIF file is submitted through your bank or exchange house and the journal posts automatically.
Rule updates, year-end and audit support, and new companies or branches added as you grow.
Who it is for
Sales, warehouse and driver teams with overtime, commissions and shift patterns.
Branch-based staff, rotas and Emiratisation targets tracked against headcount.
Salaried staff with leave, loans and allowances across several companies.
Large headcounts, site rotas, air-ticket provisions and settlements on project completion.
DIFC, ADGM and free zone policy profiles with their own leave and gratuity rules.
One HR system, several payrolls, consolidated reporting and a single audit trail.
Platforms we offer
e-trainia is our own platform; e-tijariX, MeezanX and AuthentiQ we implement and support. Each can be customised for your operation.
B2B + B2C commerce, inventory & ERP
Dealer and consumer sales, multi-warehouse stock, procurement and VAT accounting on one product master.
B2B + B2C one store, one stock figure
Explore e-tijariXQuestions, answered
The Wage Protection System is the MoHRE electronic salary transfer system under which registered employers pay salaries through approved banks, exchange houses and financial institutions, reported in a salary information file (SIF). Requirements and deadlines are set by MoHRE and apply to mainland employers; some free zones have their own rules. Confirm your obligations with MoHRE or your adviser.
Yes. After a payroll run is approved, e-tijariX generates the WPS salary file in the SIF format for your bank or exchange house, records the submission and matches the payout in bank reconciliation.
End-of-service gratuity accrues monthly according to the rules in your policy profile under UAE labour law, with the provision posted to the ledger. Final settlements apply the accrued balance together with unused leave, air-ticket provisions and any loan balance. The rules are editable defaults to confirm with your HR adviser; this page is not legal advice.
Yes. Each company can have its own policy profile, letterhead and numbering, and payroll is run per entity with consolidated reporting and branch-scoped access.
Yes. Payslips, HR letters and the employee handbook are produced in Arabic, English or both, and the employee self-service works in both languages.
Yes. Every run posts a journal with salaries by department and cost centre, provisions and deductions, so the finance team never re-keys payroll figures.
Yes. The Migration Centre imports joining dates, contracts, leave balances, gratuity accruals, loans and payroll history, with cut-over checks on headcount and gratuity before sign-off.
Further reading
Payroll software in the UAE explained: WPS and SIF salary files, gratuity and leave provisions, overtime, GPSSA, the 50% deduction cap and ledger posting.
All-in-one ERP vs separate tools for UAE SMEs: the hidden cost of stitched systems, when best-of-breed still wins, and how to migrate safely.
A migration checklist for UAE businesses switching from Tally, QuickBooks or Zoho to an ERP: what moves, cut-over checks, backups, undo and archive.
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