Guides
Statutory payroll, explained by the people who had to implement it.
These are working notes rather than marketing. Each one exists because getting it wrong in Nova HRM would have produced a wrong number on somebody's payslip, and the detail that prevents that is rarely written down anywhere useful.
Saudi Arabia
GOSI payroll: what payroll software has to get right
GOSI is assessed on a contributory wage, not on gross pay. What that distinction means in practice, why nationality is a payroll input, and where mid-month joiners and allowance changes produce the wrong monthly figure.
Updated 21 September 2026
United Arab Emirates
UAE WPS and the SIF file: how salary payments are reported
What the Wages Protection System is, what a Salary Information File actually contains, why submissions get rejected, and what payroll has to produce every month.
Updated 21 September 2026
A word of caution. These guides are general information, not advice, and statutory rates change. Check the current position with the relevant authority before you rely on anything here — the Disclaimer explains why that matters more than it usually does.
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