HR & payroll, done right
for the UAE
From the first punch of the day to a WPS file your bank accepts — attendance, leave, payroll, gratuity and visa compliance run on one system, for HR on desktop and every employee on their phone.
Trusted by HR teams across the Emirates
One punch, all the way to the payslip
Most HR tools are separate apps stitched together. In ZawiyaHR every module reads the same records — so what happens at the door is exactly what lands in payroll.
- 01
Punch
From the app, a terminal or a door — every punch lands in one immutable log.
08:57 · Main entrance - 02
Attendance day
Shift rules decide present, late, half-day or overtime — automatically.
Present · 9h 02m · 0 late - 03
Leave & holidays
Approved leave, public holidays and week-offs fill every remaining day.
Annual leave · Aug 4–6 - 04
Payroll run
Pro-rated, balance-aware pay per branch. Nothing re-keyed.
22.5 paid days · OT 6h - 05
WPS & payslip
The bank file and every employee’s payslip, from the same numbers.
SIF accepted · PDF sent
Every way your people clock in
Phones today; biometric terminals, face scanners and door access control next — all writing to the same attendance log, so payroll never cares where a punch came from.
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Mobile check-in
Employees punch from the ZawiyaHR app.
- Live
Offline punching
Queued on the phone, synced when back online.
- Coming soon
Biometric terminals
Fingerprint and card devices at the site.
- Coming soon
Face recognition
Touch-free check-in at the entrance.
- Coming soon
Access control
Door access by role, branch and shift — every entry logged.
- Coming soon
Geofenced locations
Allow punches only on site, per employee.
Everything HR touches, in a single system
No spreadsheets, no disconnected tools. Every module shares the same data, so a change in one place is right everywhere.
Onboarding & offboarding
A guided 5-step wizard — job, assets, documents, accounts, family — with clearance tracking on exit.
Attendance
Offline-first punching, an automatic day engine, shift policies and overtime that flows to payroll.
Leave management
Dynamic leave types, balances, half-days and an approval chain that follows your org hierarchy.
Payroll & WPS
Pro-rated, balance-aware runs per branch, structured salary components and a compliant WPS file.
Documents & letters
Visa, EID and passport tracking with expiry alerts, and offer letters generated from the salary structure.
Reimbursements
Employees claim, HR approves, and approved amounts settle into the next payroll run.
Feed & social
Announcements, events with RSVP, polls and an employee wall to keep teams connected.
Organization
Companies, branches, departments, a positions hierarchy, holidays and policies.
Every employee-day, already worked out
- Present, late, half-day and overtime derived from shift rules
- Leave, holidays and week-offs filled in automatically
- HR corrections and missed-punch requests in one grid
The UAE rules, handled for you
Generic HR tools leave the hard parts to you. ZawiyaHR builds Federal Decree-Law 33 of 2021 into payroll, leave and documents — so compliance isn't a separate job.
WPS salary processing
The Salary Information File with IBANs, MOL IDs and the fixed/variable split — validated before it reaches your bank.
Document & visa expiry
Passports, Emirates IDs, visas and labour cards tracked, with alerts from 90 days out and red flags inside 30.
Standard salary structure
Basic, housing and transport by grade template, with a minimum-basic rule so every basic-based figure is right.
Statutory leave pay
Full, half or unpaid by leave type — maternity at 45 days full and 15 at half pay, with probation rules per type.
Gratuity & end-of-service
21/30-day accrual on basic salary, with GPSSA for UAE nationals.
Final settlement
Gratuity, leave encashment, notice pay and recoveries in one printable statement.
Emiratisation reporting
Nationality mix and Emirati share of skilled roles against your target.
Medical insurance
Policies for employees and dependents, with renewals tied to visa validity.
- Art. 30Maternity: 45 days full + 15 days half pay
- Art. 43Notice period of 30–90 days by contract
- WPSSalaries filed through the Wage Protection System
- Art. 51Gratuity on basic salary — coming
Your whole team, in their pocket
Employees get a fast, native app for attendance, leave, payslips and company news — while HR runs everything from the desktop. One shared backend keeps both perfectly in sync.
Offline-first punching
Punches queue on the device and sync when back online — no lost time on remote sites.
Leave in a tap
Apply, see balances and track approvals from the same app.
Payslips on the phone
Download a PDF payslip the moment payroll runs.
Live in a day, not a quarter
Set up your company
Add branches, departments, shift and leave policies, and holidays. Invite HR with role-based access.
Onboard your people
Run the guided wizard, import documents, define salary structures and hand out mobile app logins.
Run the month
Attendance and leave flow in automatically. Review, then process a pro-rated, compliant payroll.
Pay & stay compliant
Export the WPS file, send payslips to every phone, and let expiry and gratuity tracking run itself.
Trusted across the Emirates
“We replaced three tools with one. Payroll that used to take two days now takes an hour — and the WPS file just works.”
“The gratuity and final-settlement math alone paid for it. No more spreadsheets, no more disputes at exit.”
“Our staff actually use the app. Offline punching on site was the feature that sold our operations team.”
Simple plans that scale with you
Per month in USD. Basic is free for up to five employees — no card required.
Basic
For very small teams getting organised.
- Attendance & leave
- Employee mobile app
- Payslips & reimbursements
- WPS SIF export
- Community support
Standard
Most popularThe full product, priced by headcount.
- Everything in Basic
- Multi-branch payroll
- Grade salary structures
- Offer letters & document expiry alerts
- Comp-off & leave pay rules
- Email & priority support
Enterprise
Runs on your servers, so your data never leaves them.
- Everything in Standard
- Installed on your own cloud or servers
- Your database, your data residency
- Custom salary structures & integrations
- Onboarding & migration help
- Dedicated success manager
Headcount counts active staff only — offboarded people stay in your records at no charge.
Questions, answered
Yes. ZawiyaHR generates the Salary Information File (SIF) with employee IBANs, MOL person IDs, the establishment ID and the fixed/variable pay split — the exact format your bank or exchange house submits to MOHRE.
Gratuity is coming soon. The groundwork is already in place: every employee has a standardised salary structure with a defined basic, which is what gratuity under Federal Decree-Law 33/2021 is calculated on — 21 days of basic per year for the first five years, 30 after. Final settlement will build on it.
Every employee gets a native mobile app for attendance, leave, payslips and company news. Punching works offline and syncs automatically, which is ideal for sites with patchy connectivity.
Today employees punch from the mobile app, online or offline. The attendance log is already built to accept biometric, face-recognition and access-control sources, and device integrations are on the way. Tell us which terminals you use and we'll add you to early access.
ZawiyaHR is multi-tenant with database-level row security, so your data is strictly separated. Enterprise customers can opt for a dedicated database and in-region data residency.
Most companies are live within a day. You add your branches and policies, onboard employees through a guided wizard, and invite your team — no IT project required. Enterprise migrations get hands-on help.
Payroll runs per branch in AED, each with its own salary cycle. Multi-branch companies process everything from one place while keeping each branch's numbers separate.
Give your HR team their time back
Run payroll, attendance and compliance on one platform. Start free — no card, no commitment.