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UAE & GCC
HR built for how the UAE actually works.
WPS-compliant payroll. End-of-service gratuity calculated correctly the first time. Multi-currency runs across AED, SAR, KWD, BHD, OMR and QAR. Free zone and mainland entities side by side. And on-the-ground partner support through The HR Partner Middle East — because compliance is a people problem before it is a software problem.
UAE
● Live
Saudi Arabia
● Live
Kuwait
● Live
Bahrain
● Live
Oman
● Live
Qatar
● Live
Compliance, day one
The UAE-specific stuff, already built in
The compliance load that takes most platforms a six-month implementation phase to configure is in Gallery HR on the day you sign.
WPS — Wages Protection System
Generate the Salary Information File (SIF) in the exact format required by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation. Submit through your bank or directly. No manual reformatting, no missed reference numbers.
Format covered: Standard SIF, with auto-validation of agent codes, employee IDs and salary breakdown before export.
End-of-service gratuity
Auto-calculation per UAE Labour Law: 21 days for the first five years, 30 days thereafter, capped at two years' salary. Liability tracked per employee, posted as a provision in your reports, paid out cleanly on exit.
Variants supported: Standard UAE Labour Law, DIFC Employment Law, ADGM Employment Regulations.
Leave entitlements & policies
UAE Labour Law leave types pre-loaded: annual, sick (with stepped-down pay rates), maternity, paternity, hajj, bereavement. Public holiday calendars maintained for each emirate. Rules update automatically when the law does.
Coverage: Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 and subsequent amendments.
Working hours & overtime
Normal hours, Ramadan reduced hours, Friday and public holiday premium calculations. Overtime rules per category. Configurable for shift workers, office staff and mobile teams.
Rates supported: 25%, 50%, 100% premium calculations on overtime, weekly rest, and public holiday work.
Emirates ID & visa tracking
Store visa expiry, Emirates ID renewal dates, labour card validity, passport copies. Auto-alerts at 90, 60 and 30 days before expiry. PRO and HR see the same dashboard.
Documents tracked: Visa, Emirates ID, labour card, passport, education certificates, medical fitness.
Saudi GOSI & qiwa integration
For Saudi entities — GOSI contributions, Saudization (Nitaqat) percentage tracking, Qiwa-aligned employment records. Configurable for the GCC market spread.
Calculations: 21.5% employer + 9% employee for Saudi nationals, with appropriate deduction caps.
Same platform, different rulebooks
Free zone and mainland, side by side
Most UAE businesses run a mix of mainland and free zone entities. Each follows different employment law, different leave entitlements, and sometimes different gratuity rules. Gallery HR runs them in parallel, in one login.
Free zone entities
Whether you are in DMCC, JAFZA, ADGM, DIFC, twofour54, RAKEZ, or any of the 40+ UAE free zones — Gallery HR knows the difference.
- DIFC Employment Law (DIFC Law No. 4 of 2021) variant
- ADGM Employment Regulations 2019 variant
- Standard free zone employment template
- Free-zone-specific leave entitlements
- WPS exemptions tracked per entity
- End-of-service calculations per zone rules
Mainland entities
Standard UAE Labour Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021) plus all subsequent amendments. The default — and the most common — setup.
- Full UAE Labour Law compliance
- WPS submission required and supported
- Standard end-of-service gratuity rules
- Federal leave entitlements
- Emiratisation tracking and reporting
- MOHRE-aligned record-keeping
UAE Partner
Backed by The HR Partner Middle East.
Software is half the answer. The other half is a person who picks up the phone when your accounts team cannot match a SIF reference, or when a long-tenure employee resigns and you need to know exactly what their end-of-service should be.
That is why we partnered with Jessel Villaruz and the team at The HR Partner Middle East. They are based in the UAE, they know the local employment landscape, and they are the on-the-ground extension of Gallery HR for our GCC customers.
"UAE HR is not a software problem you can solve from outside the country. The rules change, the implementation matters, and somebody needs to be in the same time zone as the regulator. That is the gap we close for Gallery HR customers in the GCC."
JV
Jessel Villaruz
Founder, The HR Partner Middle East
Live & On-Demand
HR Unfiltered — the GCC webinar series.
Real conversations on the things HR teams in the UAE and broader GCC actually deal with. Hosted by Jessel Villaruz. Featuring practitioners, not platform vendors. No thirty-slide intros.
Sessions cover end-of-service done right, navigating WPS rejections, hiring and offboarding in DIFC, Saudization realities and the dozen things your auditor will flag if you have not set up your HR records correctly.
22
May
End-of-service done right
The five mistakes that cost UAE companies six-figure settlements.
12
Jun
WPS rejections — what they mean and how to fix them
A walk-through of common SIF errors and how to prevent them.
26
Jun
Hiring in DIFC vs. mainland
What changes when you set up your next entity in a free zone.
10
Jul
Saudization — practical realities
What Nitaqat means in practice if you are growing into KSA.
Multi-currency, native
Run payroll in the currencies your entities pay in
Each entity can have its own base currency. Cross-entity reports roll up at consolidated FX. No hacks, no spreadsheets, no quarterly reconciliations.
AED
UAE Dirham
SAR
Saudi Riyal
KWD
Kuwaiti Dinar
BHD
Bahraini Dinar
OMR
Omani Rial
QAR
Qatari Riyal
Common questions
What UAE HR teams ask before they switch
Is Gallery HR a UAE-registered company?
Gallery HR is built by Soft Gallery (Pvt) Ltd, headquartered in Sri Lanka, with on-the-ground partner support in the UAE through The HR Partner Middle East. UAE customers contract through the structure that suits their procurement model — speak to us about local invoicing options.
How does WPS submission actually work?
You configure your bank's WPS code and your establishment's MOHRE registration number once. From the next pay run onwards, Gallery HR generates the SIF in the exact format your bank's WPS portal expects. You upload it through your bank's portal — most customers automate this last step too.
How is end-of-service calculated for someone who has been with us for nine years?
21 days' basic salary for each of the first five years, plus 30 days' basic salary for years six through nine. Capped at two years' total salary. Pro-rated for partial final year. The system shows you the calculation, the source rule, and the resulting amount before payment.
Where is our payroll data hosted?
Standard hosting is in regional cloud infrastructure with full encryption in transit and at rest. For customers requiring UAE-resident data, we offer a UAE-hosted instance — speak to our team for the technical and commercial details.
Can it handle a mix of mainland and DIFC entities?
Yes. Each legal entity can be configured under its own employment law variant. An employee in your mainland entity follows UAE Labour Law; an employee in your DIFC entity follows DIFC Employment Law. Gratuity, leave entitlements, and notice periods automatically apply the right rules.
What languages is the platform available in?
English is the default. The employee self-service app supports English and Arabic. Implementation, training and support are delivered in English by both Soft Gallery and The HR Partner Middle East teams.
How long does implementation take in the UAE?
For a typical 100–250-person mainland setup, 6 to 8 weeks: configuration, data migration, WPS setup, training, and one parallel pay run. Multi-entity rollouts (mainland + DIFC + Saudi, for example) take 10 to 14 weeks. The HR Partner Middle East handles the on-the-ground change management.
Ready to see this for your UAE business?
Book a 30-minute demo with our UAE specialist. We will run your actual setup — mainland, free zone, multi-entity, multi-currency — through the platform.