HR & payroll software for UAE teams that work in shifts
Attendance from the phone or the biometric device, rosters, leave and payroll in one system, with an employee app your whole workforce can read.
What UAE companies need from HR software
Most UAE private-sector employers run multinational, often shift-based teams across sites, warehouses and branches. That makes three things matter more than anything else:
- Reliable attendance from wherever people work, so pay is based on real hours.
- Payroll on time: from June 2026, private-sector salaries are due on the 1st of each month under the Wage Protection System. See our guide to the 2026 UAE salary payment rules.
- An app employees actually use, in Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Tamil or Bengali, not only English.
What Index HR gives UAE teams
- Geofenced mobile clock-in across multiple sites, plus ZKTeco biometric devices
- Shift rosters with patterns, shift swaps and overnight shifts
- Payroll calculated from attendance, leave, overtime, missions and loans
- Overtime approved before it is paid; lateness deducted as a separate line
- Multi-currency payroll for groups paying in AED and other currencies
- Expiry alerts for visas, Emirates IDs, passports, contracts and insurance
- Recruitment, performance, training and asset custody included
- Payroll posting to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
FAQ
What is the best HR software for UAE companies?
It depends on your workforce. Companies with shift-based, multinational teams need geofenced attendance, rosters and an employee app in the languages their staff speak. Index HR is built for that, with payroll calculated straight from attendance. Office-only teams may prioritise benefits administration instead.
Does Index HR help with the UAE Wage Protection System?
Index HR calculates payroll from attendance, leave, overtime and loans, and exports a clean payroll file per employee for your WPS agent (bank or exchange house) to process. Closing attendance early helps you meet the 1st-of-month salary deadline that applies from June 2026.
Which languages does the employee app support?
English, Arabic, French, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Malayalam and Tamil, which covers most of the UAE private-sector workforce.
How much does Index HR cost in the UAE?
From $3 per employee per month with a minimum 15-employee package. Every module is included and yearly billing saves 20%.
See Index HR with your UAE rosters
Bring a sample month of shifts and payroll, and we will run it through Index HR with you.