Payroll anomaly check
Trigger
October payroll calculated
- Added overtime from site timesheets
- Prepared the WPS salary file
- Flagged overtime twice the usual for one crew
Result
Ready to review
You: Lock the run
Solutions
Industry · Construction and contracting
HR and payroll for contractors running crews across sites
Construction is the UAE’s fastest-growing sector and one of its biggest employers. Peoplo.ai keeps crews, rosters, timesheets and visas on one record, and turns site hours into a WPS-ready payroll.
RostersSample
Crew B · Al Furjan tower
Week of 2 Nov · 24 workers
- Morning shift
- 6:00 to 12:30
- Afternoon shift
- 15:00 to 18:30
- Overtime this week
- 46 hours
- Visas expiring in 30 days
- 3
Publish roster
Sound familiar?
Hours on paper
Foremen send timesheets on WhatsApp, and payroll retypes them before the WPS file is due.
Summer rosters
From mid-June to mid-September, outdoor shifts have to fit around the midday break.
Crews that move
Workers move between sites and subcontractors, with visas and permits to track for each.
UAE rules
The rules your HR team works to
The UAE rules that shape HR and payroll in construction and contracting, with a source for each.
Midday break, 15 June to 15 September
Outdoor work under the sun stops between 12:30 pm and 3 pm, with shaded rest areas and water on site. Fines are AED 5,000 per worker, up to AED 50,000.
Source: Khaleej Times: MOHRE on the midday break and its fines, 6 July 2026Labour accommodation
Establishments with 50 or more workers earning up to AED 1,500 a month must house them in accommodation registered in MOHRE’s system.
Source: UAE Government: labour accommodationSalaries through WPS
Salaries for each month are due on the first day of the next month, through the Wage Protection System, and end-of-service is worked out on basic salary.
Source: UAE Government: payment of wages and the WPS, Ministerial Resolution No. 340 of 2026General information, not legal advice. Checked 31 October 2026.
Before and after
What changes when Peoplo.ai does the groundwork
Today
With Peoplo.ai
Timesheets on WhatsApp, retyped for payroll
Foremen approve timesheets in Peoplo.ai; hours flow into payroll
Summer rosters rebuilt by hand
Rosters and shift swaps planned around the midday break
Visa expiry found at the gate
Visas and permits flagged 30 days ahead
Subcontractor hours on paper
Subcontractor statements from the same timesheets
AI agents at work
How AI agents help contractors
Each agent picks up a trigger, does the groundwork and hands you a result to approve. Here’s what that looks like for you.
Weekly brief
Trigger
Monday morning
- Listed visas expiring in 30 days
- Counted joiners and leavers by site
- Checked the WPS date
Result
Your week across sites
You: Nothing, it only reports
Exit coordinator
Trigger
Project ends for 18 workers
- Set last working days
- Worked out settlements with end-of-service
- Listed tools and safety gear to return
Result
18 settlements ready
You: Approve each one
How Peoplo.ai helps
What you get with Peoplo.ai
Crews and rostersProjects, crews, rosters and shift swaps, planned around the summer midday break.Leave and attendance
Timesheets into payrollHourly, daily and piece-rate pay and paid overtime flow from timesheets into payroll and the WPS salary file.Payroll and compliance
Visas, permits and certificatesVisa, work permit, Emirates ID and safety certificate expiry on one screen, with alerts 30 days ahead.Core HR
Job costing and subcontractorsLabour cost by project and subcontractor statements, from the same timesheets.Business operations
Through the year
What it looks like in practice
An illustrative example.
- JuneSummer rosters published: morning and late shifts around the 12:30 to 3 pm break.
- MonthlyTimesheets approved by foremen, overtime into payroll, WPS file ready by the 1st.
- Project endCrew moved to the next site; contract-end exits settled with end-of-service.
- Every weekVisas and safety certificates expiring in 30 days listed for HR.
The future of work
Contractors will run crews as precisely as schedules
Agents will keep hours, visas and pay in step with the programme on site, so HR moves at the speed of construction.
Paper timesheets Hours as they happen
Approved on site, in payroll the same day.
Expiry surprises Early warnings
Nothing lapses without a reminder.
Site by site One view
Every crew and project on one record.
Peoplo.ai is built for this shift: agents prepare, people decide.
Why Peoplo.ai
Why contractors choose Peoplo.ai
AI agents that ask first
Agents do the preparation and stop for approval. Approvals go to the audit log, and each agent can be switched off.
Built for the UAE
Payroll designed to support WPS salary files and end-of-service for mainland, DIFC and ADGM, with a payroll guide and calculator kept current.
HR and operations on one record
People, pay, goals, claims, assets and passwords together, so nothing falls between tools.
Clear prices, fast start
AED 12 per employee a month, published in AED. Import your people from a CSV and start the same week.
ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001 certifications are held by the company behind Peoplo.ai. Built for GDPR and SOC 2. No SOC 2 certificate yet.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers about Peoplo.ai for UAE companies.
Does Peoplo.ai handle piece-rate and overtime pay?
Yes. Timesheets feed payroll with hourly, daily and piece-rate pay and paid overtime, and the WPS salary file is prepared each month.
Can we track workers across several sites?
Yes. Set up projects and crews, roster people to each site, and move them between projects. Labour cost is tracked by project.
Can workers without a computer use Peoplo.ai?
Yes. Workers use the phone app, installed from the browser, to clock in, apply for leave, see payslips and ask Kili questions.
Can we pay by the piece?
Yes. Piece-rate pay sits alongside hourly and daily pay, and flows from timesheets into payroll.
See Peoplo.ai set up for construction and contracting
We’ll run the agents on your policies and payroll rules in the demo.