Labour Contracts & WPS
MOHRE contracts typed, registered and amended, and your WPS registration kept in order.
The contract and the salary run, on your MOHRE file
Two things sit on a mainland company’s MOHRE file for every employee: the labour contract, and the salary run through the Wage Protection System. We type and register the first and keep the second in order.
The contract comes before the permit. Ministerial Decree No. 46 of 2022 requires the employer to “Utilise the approved standard employment contract that conforms with the job offer when requesting the issuance of the work permit” (Ministerial Decree No. 46 of 2022, on the federal portal, issued 3 February 2022). The salary run follows every month, under the WPS rules quoted below.
The permit itself is on MOHRE Work Permits.
What we handle for you
- Contract typing from the signed offer, on MOHRE's standard template
- Registration of the contract, so the permit can be applied for
- Amendments to a registered contract: salary, job title or terms
- WPS registration for a company starting its first payroll
- WPS compliance: each pay run checked against the published due date and the 85% rule
- Support when a salary file is late or rejected, before the escalation dates arrive
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Itemised in writing, government charges shown separately, before anything is filed.
Which one do you need?
Who this page is for
- New mainland companies registering their first contracts and their first salary run
- Companies changing an employee's terms, where the registered contract must match
- HR teams who want each pay run checked against the WPS dates
- Companies that have missed a WPS date and need the file brought back in order
- Owners who want contracts and salaries handled by the same desk as their permits
What the contract and the WPS need
For a contract: the offer signed by both sides, the employee's passport and visa page, and the company's licence and establishment card. The contract follows MOHRE's standard template; our guide MOHRE employment contracts explains its terms.
For WPS registration: the company's MOHRE file details, its bank or exchange house arrangement, and the list of employees with their contract salaries.
We confirm the exact list with you at quotation.
How a contract or WPS file runs
- We read the file: the offer or the current contract, and the company's MOHRE and WPS position.
- A written quote, with any authority charge kept apart from our fee.
- Typing and checks: the contract matched to the offer, the payroll matched to the contracts.
- Submission through MOHRE's channels, with the company's own approvals left with the company.
- Follow-up until the contract is registered or the WPS file is accepted.
- The monthly date goes on our list, so the salary run is checked before it is due.
The WPS calendar and what is published
The WPS calendar, from the federal portal (u.ae, payment of wages, updated 14 October 2026):
- "salaries for the previous month are due on the first day of each Gregorian month"
- "Employers must transfer at least 85 per cent of the total wages due to their employees on time"
- After the due date the portal lists steps on the 2nd, 5th, 11th, 16th and 21st day, from notifications and alerts to the suspension of new work permits and, at the end, enforcement measures.
Fees: Quote on request. Our service fee is quoted in writing, and any authority charge is listed separately in your quote.
Labour contracts
We type the contract from the signed offer, on MOHRE's standard template, and register it so the permit can follow. The offer, the contract and the permit must say the same thing, and checking that is most of the work.
Amendments
When an employee's salary, title or terms change, the registered contract changes with them. We prepare the amendment, have both sides approve it, and file it with MOHRE, so the file matches what is paid through WPS.
WPS registration
A company registered with MOHRE pays through the Wage Protection System (u.ae, updated 14 October 2026). We register the company and set the payroll file against the registered contracts before the first salary run.
The WPS calendar
Salaries for a month are due on the first day of the next Gregorian month, and at least 85 per cent must reach employees on time. After that the portal's table runs by day: notifications from the 2nd day, the suspension of new work permits on the 5th, a fine and reclassification for repeat violations on the 11th, an automatic labour dispute and permit suspension on the 16th, and enforcement measures on the 21st (u.ae, updated 14 October 2026). We put your date on our list and check each run before it falls due.
Not published officially
- A MOHRE fee for registering or amending a contract. This page quotes none; your quote lists what MOHRE charges on the day.
- How long an amendment takes. No processing time is published on the pages quoted here.
- Any total.
Labour contract and WPS questions
Does the contract come before the work permit?
Yes. Ministerial Decree No. 46 of 2022 requires the employer to "Utilise the approved standard employment contract that conforms with the job offer when requesting the issuance of the work permit" (Ministerial Decree No. 46 of 2022, issued 3 February 2022).
Can I write my own contract?
The contract follows MOHRE's standard template. The same decree adds: "It is permissible to add more benefits to the worker in the contract than those mentioned in the job offer" (Ministerial Decree No. 46 of 2022). What the template contains is explained in our guide MOHRE employment contracts.
Can a registered contract be changed?
Yes, by an amendment filed with MOHRE once both sides agree. We type and file it.
Who has to pay salaries through WPS?
"All establishments registered with Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) must pay their employees' wages" through the system (u.ae, updated 14 October 2026).
When are salaries due?
"salaries for the previous month are due on the first day of each Gregorian month" (u.ae).
What if part of the payroll is late?
The portal requires that employers transfer "at least 85 per cent of the total wages due to their employees on time", and lists escalating steps from the 2nd day after the due date (u.ae).
What happens on the 5th day?
The portal lists the suspension of new work permits from the 5th day following the due date (u.ae, updated 14 October 2026).
Which rules govern WPS?
The portal cites "Ministerial Resolution No. 0340 of 2026 on the Wage Protection System (WPS)", alongside Cabinet Resolution No. 21 of 2020 (u.ae).
Do you run the payroll itself?
No. We handle the MOHRE and WPS filings and check each run against the dates; the salaries are paid by the company through its bank or exchange house.
Do free zone companies use WPS?
A free zone company follows its zone's rules for its staff; see Free Zone PRO Services.
Every rule above names its source and its date: Ministerial Decree No. 46 of 2022 (issued 3 February 2022, hosted on the federal portal) and the federal portal u.ae on payment of wages. Rules, fees and processing times are set by the authorities and can change without notice; confirm with MOHRE before you rely on them. AL HUDHUD provides documentation and processing support and does not run payrolls. Final approvals rest with the relevant government authority.
Last updated: November 2026.
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