A new UAE rule can freeze your hiring —
over a payroll error you can't see.
Since 1 June, Resolution 340 means you can pay every salary on time and still fail WPS. Detection is automatic — the system flags you within hours — and Abu Dhabi has stood up a dedicated Labour Prosecution to pursue it.
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How a company that pays in full still fails.
WPS doesn't just check that you paid. It checks that what you paid — and who you paid — reconciles against the records MOHRE already holds. That gap is where well-run companies get caught.
85% is measured per employee
You can pay total payroll in full, but if one person's recorded amount falls below 85% of their registered salary, the establishment is flagged.
The contract on file doesn't match
MOHRE holds a registered salary for each worker. If your WPS transfer reports less than that figure, it reads as underpayment — even when the employee received every dirham owed.
Allowances paid outside WPS
Housing, transport and site allowances paid off-channel never reach the WPS record. The system only sees the portion that flowed through it — and marks the rest as missing.
Joiners and leavers out of sync
A new hire not yet in WPS, or an exited employee never cancelled, both show as an obligation with no matching payment — a flag for people you either just hired or no longer employ.
None of these is a failure to pay your people. Each is a reconciliation gap between your payroll and MOHRE's records — invisible unless someone checks both sides.
Underpaid or just mis-recorded, the response is the same.
The system doesn't ask why you fell below 85% — it just escalates · tap any stage for detail
The moment your recorded wages fall below the 85% threshold — whether from late payment or a reconciliation gap — the system flags the establishment electronically. There is no longer a grace period.
The damage starts with your operations. Then it reaches you personally.
Ministerial Resolution 340/2026
A flag freezes new permits, transfers and renewals within days — hiring and mobilisation stall while the violation persists.
For a growing business, a permit freeze is the immediate cost. The personal exposure comes later, if it isn't resolved.
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Permits freeze — the business stalls
From Day 5, no new work permits, transfers or renewals until the flag clears. Onboarding, mobilisation and project staffing seize up entirely.
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Category 3 raises every cost
Reclassification to the third MOHRE category raises government service fees across the board and tightens your visa quotas.
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Then it reaches individuals
For repeat violations at scale, precautionary attachment, travel bans on the person responsible, and referral to the Abu Dhabi Labour Prosecution (Resolution 25 of 2025) follow.
Your WPS exposure, mapped in seven days.
We reconcile your payroll against MOHRE's records and surface exactly where the gaps above are putting you below the line. Five checks, one risk score.
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WPS compliance ratio
Whether your on-time payment rate clears the 85% threshold under the new zero-grace rules.
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Salary-to-contract mismatch
Whether WPS amounts match the salaries registered against each MOHRE contract.
- 03
Allowance routing
Whether allowances flow through WPS as required, or outside it — a common, silent violation.
- 04
New-hire onboarding lag
Whether new staff are in WPS from their first pay cycle — the old onboarding grace period was removed under Resolution 340.
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Cancellation lag
Whether exited employees still appear in your submissions — exposure on people who already left.
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- WPS & payrollStart here
- Visa & permit validityMonitored
- Visit & mission visasMonitored
- Emiratisation & NafisMonitored
- Offboarding & cancellationsMonitored
- Establishment & quotaMonitored
Across that surface, the published penalties are not theoretical — MOHRE now monitors payroll, permits and Emirates ID activity electronically and in near real time.
per worker on an invalid permit — including visit-visa staff.
Labour Law · Art. 60per unfilled Emiratisation slot, per year.
Cabinet Res. 44/2024one fine, one company, 113 fictitious Emirati hires.
MOHRE caseper delayed employee, alongside permit suspension.
WPS · Cabinet Res. 21/2020per overstaying or lapsed-visa employee.
ICP · 11 Feb 2026escalation reaches asset attachment, travel bans and prosecution referral.
Min. Res. 340/2026Your WPS exposure, mapped in seven days.
Independent — we audit your exposure, we don't replace your PRO.