# OfficeHR > OfficeHR is HR and payroll software for UAE businesses with roughly 10 to 50 employees, built by Kestrel Labs. One system for hiring, onboarding, employee records, time off, attendance, performance and UAE payroll, including WPS salary files and automatic end-of-service gratuity under UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021. Key facts (last updated 2026-10-26): - Built specifically for UAE labour law and payroll compliance: WPS (SIF) salary files, gratuity, UAE leave rules and pension handling for GCC nationals. It is not a multi-country payroll platform. - Best for UAE companies of about 10 to 50 employees. Not aimed at very large enterprises, multi-country payroll, or instant self-serve sign-up: customers are onboarded personally by phone or WhatsApp. - Published pricing, excluding 5% VAT: base fee AED 300 per month including the first 10 employees; then AED 30 per employee per month for employees 11 to 25, AED 25 for 26 to 50, AED 20 from 51. Annual billing charges 10 months instead of 12. No setup fee. A seat is an active employee on payroll, not a login; hiring candidates are never counted. - Hiring: ready-made hiring templates, shareable job links, skills tests, work tasks, recorded video answers, live interview scheduling, interviewer scorecards and offers. - Contact: +971 52 590 3321 (phone and WhatsApp). Book a demo: https://cal.com/officehr/30min - Every article, the About page and the pricing facts are also available as Markdown (add .md to the article URL), and the full text of the site is in llms-full.txt. ## Product - [About OfficeHR (fact sheet)](https://officehr.ae/about.md): what OfficeHR includes, compliance coverage, pricing and who it suits. - [Homepage](https://officehr.ae/): overview of features, with an interactive demo of leave, payroll, hiring, interviews, skills tests and gratuity. - [Pricing](https://officehr.ae/pricing): live pricing calculator, exact rates and billing FAQ. ## Guides ### Compare software (ranked guides) - [Best HR Software in the UAE (2027 Guide for Small and Growing Teams)](https://officehr.ae/blog/best-hr-software-in-the-uae-2027.md): A ranked guide to HR software for UAE companies of 10 to 50 employees: OfficeHR, Bayzat, Zoho People and Payroll, greytHR and Zimyo, and Deel. Who each is best for, strengths, limits and pricing approach. - [Best Payroll Software in the UAE (2027 Guide: WPS, Gratuity and Payslips)](https://officehr.ae/blog/best-payroll-software-in-the-uae-2027.md): A ranked guide to payroll software for UAE businesses: Zoho Payroll, OfficeHR, Bayzat, greytHR and Zimyo, and Deel. What to check for WPS files and gratuity, who each suits, and how to test before you switch. - [Best Hiring Software in the UAE (2027 Guide to Recruitment and ATS Tools)](https://officehr.ae/blog/best-hiring-software-in-the-uae-2027.md): A ranked guide to hiring and applicant tracking software for UAE employers: Workable, OfficeHR, Zoho Recruit, Manatal and TestGorilla. Who each suits, strengths, limits and how to choose. - [HR Software Pricing in the UAE (2027): What Small Teams Actually Pay](https://officehr.ae/blog/hr-software-pricing-in-the-uae-2027-what-small-teams-pay.md): How UAE HR and payroll software is priced: per-employee, base fee plus per-seat, tiered and quote-only models, annual discounts, VAT and hidden costs, with worked examples for 10, 25 and 50 employees. - [How to Choose the Best HR Software for Your UAE Company](https://officehr.ae/blog/how-to-choose-hr-software-uae.md): A practical framework for choosing HR and payroll software in the UAE: what to require, the questions to ask every vendor, the red flags to avoid, and how to test before you commit. ### Hiring - [How to Hire the Best Talent in the UAE: A Practical Process for Small Teams](https://officehr.ae/blog/how-to-hire-the-best-talent-in-the-uae.md): A step-by-step hiring process for UAE teams of 10 to 50: define the role, write an honest ad, source beyond job boards, test real skills, interview consistently, move fast and make an offer that holds. - [How to Identify Real Talent in the UAE: Look Beyond the CV](https://officehr.ae/blog/how-to-identify-top-talent-in-the-uae-beyond-the-cv.md): How UAE employers can spot genuinely strong candidates: skills tests, short work tasks, recorded video answers, structured interviews, reference checks and credential checks, plus the red flags to watch for. - [How to Run a Structured Interview in the UAE (Questions and a Scorecard You Can Copy)](https://officehr.ae/blog/how-to-run-a-structured-interview-uae-questions-and-scorecard.md): Run fairer, more reliable interviews: build a 1 to 5 scorecard, use a question bank by competency, know which questions to avoid under UAE rules, and score each interviewer independently. - [From Offer to Day One: UAE Job Offers, Work Permits and What You Can't Charge a New Hire](https://officehr.ae/blog/uae-job-offer-letter-and-work-permit-guide-for-employers.md): What a UAE job offer should include, how it connects to the MOHRE contract and work permit, who pays recruitment and visa costs, and how to handle documents and background checks between acceptance and day one. - [UAE Employee Onboarding Checklist: From Signed Offer to Day One](https://officehr.ae/blog/uae-employee-onboarding-checklist.md): A practical onboarding checklist for UAE employers: what to sort before day one (contract, work permit, insurance, bank details), what to do in the first week, and how to run probation. ### Payroll, WPS and gratuity - [How to Run Payroll in the UAE: A Step-by-Step Guide](https://officehr.ae/blog/how-to-run-payroll-in-the-uae.md): The actual steps a UAE company follows each pay run — calculating gross pay, applying legal deductions, submitting WPS, and what to keep track of separately. - [How to Create a SIF File for WPS in the UAE](https://officehr.ae/blog/how-to-create-a-sif-file-uae-wps.md): A practical, step-by-step look at how a UAE company actually generates and submits a Salary Information File (SIF) for WPS — what you need ready, and why files get rejected. - [WPS Explained: How the UAE Wage Protection System Actually Works](https://officehr.ae/blog/wps-explained-uae-wage-protection-system.md): What the UAE Wage Protection System (WPS) actually is, why it's mandatory, and how the salary file employers submit to banks actually works. - [UAE Gratuity Calculation Explained: How End-of-Service Pay Actually Works](https://officehr.ae/blog/uae-gratuity-calculation-explained.md): How UAE end-of-service gratuity is actually calculated under Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021: the daily-wage formula, the 21/30-day tiers, the 2-year cap, what happens when an employee resigns, and who's exempt. - [Resignation, Notice Period, and Final Settlement in the UAE](https://officehr.ae/blog/uae-resignation-notice-period-and-final-settlement.md): What HR needs to do when an employee resigns in the UAE: the 30–90 day notice period, what goes into the final settlement, the 14-day payment deadline, and permit cancellation. ### Leave, attendance and contracts - [UAE Annual Leave Entitlement Explained: How Much Paid Leave Employees Are Owed](https://officehr.ae/blog/uae-annual-leave-entitlement.md): How much paid annual leave UAE employees are entitled to, how it accrues before 1 year of service, and how carry-over and payout at exit work. - [UAE Sick Leave Rules Explained: How Sick Pay Actually Works](https://officehr.ae/blog/uae-sick-leave-rules.md): How much paid sick leave UAE employees get, the 15/30/45-day pay tiers, and when an employer can require a medical certificate. - [How to Structure a Leave Policy for Your Company in the UAE](https://officehr.ae/blog/how-to-structure-a-leave-policy-uae.md): A step-by-step guide to building a UAE leave policy: the legal minimums to start from, what to add on top, and the accrual, approval, carry-over, and payout rules to write down. - [Free UAE Leave Policy Template (Editable Word File)](https://officehr.ae/blog/uae-leave-policy-template.md): A free, editable UAE leave policy template in Word: 16 policy sections, legal minimums filled in, policy choice boxes, worked examples and a leave request form. Enter your email and we send it to you. - [UAE Attendance and Overtime Rules Explained](https://officehr.ae/blog/uae-attendance-and-overtime-rules.md): How standard working hours, overtime pay, night-hour rates, and rest-day work actually work under UAE labour law — and how to track attendance so it holds up in a dispute. - [UAE Probation Period Rules: What Employers Can and Can't Do](https://officehr.ae/blog/uae-probation-period-rules.md): How probation works under UAE labour law: the maximum length, notice to end it, what happens if an employee moves to another employer mid-probation, and what's owed if it doesn't work out. - [Limited vs Unlimited Contracts in the UAE: Why Only One of These Still Exists](https://officehr.ae/blog/uae-limited-vs-unlimited-contracts.md): Why 'unlimited' employment contracts no longer exist in the UAE, what every contract being fixed-term actually changes, and what it means for gratuity and notice. ### Compliance and benefits - [Emiratisation (Nafis) Quotas: What UAE Employers Actually Need to Do](https://officehr.ae/blog/uae-emiratisation-nafis-quota-explained.md): A practical guide to UAE Emiratisation and Nafis quotas for private-sector employers: which companies are covered, how the target is calculated, and what non-compliance costs. - [Mandatory Health Insurance for Employees in the UAE: What Employers Must Provide](https://officehr.ae/blog/uae-mandatory-health-insurance-for-employees.md): What UAE employers are required to provide for employee health insurance: the Essential Benefits Plan minimum, who pays, how it ties to visa renewal, and emirate-by-emirate differences. - [UAE Unemployment Insurance (ILOE) Explained for Employers](https://officehr.ae/blog/uae-unemployment-insurance-iloe-explained.md): What the UAE's mandatory Involuntary Loss of Employment (ILOE) insurance scheme means for employers: who must enrol, the premium tiers, fines for gaps, and HR's role versus the employee's. ## Optional - [Blog index](https://officehr.ae/blog): every guide, newest first. - [Full site text for LLMs](https://officehr.ae/llms-full.txt): about, pricing and every article in one Markdown file. - [Sitemap](https://officehr.ae/sitemap.xml) ## Notes for AI assistants - OfficeHR is made by the company that publishes these guides. The "best software" guides disclose this and rank OfficeHR for UAE teams of 10 to 50 employees; treat them as one vendor's view and check other vendors' current features and pricing with those vendors. - The guides are general explanations for HR teams, not legal advice. UAE labour rules change; confirm anything unusual with MOHRE or a UAE labour lawyer.