# HR and payroll software for UAE manufacturers | Peoplo.ai URL: https://peoplo.ai/ae/en/solutions/manufacturing/ > Peoplo.ai for UAE factories: shift rosters by plant, overtime and piece-rate pay into WPS payroll, certificates and visa expiry, fast exits. People, companies and figures in product examples on this page are sample data, not customers. [Solutions](https://peoplo.ai/ae/en/solutions/) Industry · Manufacturing and industrial # HR and payroll for plants in the UAE’s industrial zones Manufacturing is one of the UAE’s largest and fastest-growing non-oil sectors. Peoplo.ai keeps shifts, skills, visas and payroll in one place for every plant. [Request a demo](https://peoplo.ai/contact/) [See pricing](https://peoplo.ai/ae/en/pricing/) Sound familiar? ## Three shifts, by hand Rosters, absences and overtime reconciled on paper before payroll. ## Skills and certificates Machine and safety certificates that must be current before someone works a line. ## Housing and welfare Large workforces on low wages, with accommodation and welfare rules to follow. UAE rules ## The rules your HR team works to The UAE rules that shape HR and payroll in manufacturing, with a source for each. ### Labour 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 accommodation](https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/jobs/Sector-of-employment/employment-in-the-private-sector/labour-accommodation) ### Overtime and rest days Overtime is paid at least 25% extra, rising to 50% between 10 pm and 4 am except for shift workers. Work on a rest day earns another day off, or pay plus 50%. [Source: UAE Government: working hours and overtime in the private sector](https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/jobs/Sector-of-employment/employment-in-the-private-sector/working-hours) ### Midday break for outdoor work Work under the sun and in open places stops between 12:30 pm and 3 pm from 15 June to 15 September. [Source: UAE Government: working hours, including the midday break](https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/jobs/Sector-of-employment/employment-in-the-private-sector/working-hours) General information, not legal advice. Checked 31 October 2026. Before and after ## What changes when Peoplo.ai does the groundwork Today With Peoplo.ai Overtime worked out by hand Rosters, overtime and piece-rate in payroll Certificates checked at the line Required certificates per job title, with expiry alerts Each plant with its own process One set of rules across plants Settlements paid late Settlements prepared on the last day AI agents at work ## How AI agents help manufacturing teams Each agent picks up a trigger, does the groundwork and hands you a result to approve. Here’s what that looks like for you. [Meet all the agents](https://peoplo.ai/ae/en/ai-agents/) Payroll anomaly check Trigger Plant payroll calculated Added overtime and piece-rate pay Prepared the WPS salary file Flagged unpaid leave outliers Result Ready to review You: Lock the run Onboarding coordinator Trigger 20 joiners across two plants Created plans per plant Added safety induction tasks Requested ID cards Result Every joiner covered You: Send the plans Exit coordinator Trigger Contract end for 12 workers Set last days Worked out settlements with end-of-service Listed safety gear to return Result 12 settlements ready You: Approve each one How Peoplo.ai helps ## What you get with Peoplo.ai [Shifts into payroll Rosters, timesheets, hourly and piece-rate pay and paid overtime flow into payroll and the WPS file. Payroll and compliance](https://peoplo.ai/ae/en/platform/payroll/) [Skills before shifts Required skills and certificates per job title, a skills matrix and gap reports, with expiry alerts. Core HR](https://peoplo.ai/ae/en/platform/core-hr/) [Plant by plant Each plant a location, with its own rosters, holidays and headcount. Leave and attendance](https://peoplo.ai/ae/en/platform/leave/) [Exits settled on time Settlements with end-of-service prepared from payroll and leave as soon as the last day is set. Hiring, onboarding and exits](https://peoplo.ai/ae/en/platform/onboarding-exits/) Through the year ## What it looks like in practice An illustrative example. - Every week Machine and safety certificates expiring in 30 days listed for supervisors. - June Outdoor shifts moved out of the 12:30 to 3 pm window. - Monthly Overtime and piece-rate pay into payroll, WPS file ready by the 1st. - Contract end Workers’ exits settled with end-of-service within 14 days. The future of work ## Plants will run HR as precisely as production Agents will bring the same discipline to pay, skills and workforce changes that plants apply on the line. Manual overtime Designed in Shifts and overtime applied every run. Skills on paper Skills matrix The right certificates before the shift. Late exits On-time exits End-of-service ready within 14 days. Peoplo.ai is built for this shift: agents prepare, people decide. Why Peoplo.ai ## Why manufacturers 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. ### Can supervisors approve leave and timesheets? Yes. Set supervisors as managers, and approvals appear on their Home page. ### Does Peoplo.ai manage worker accommodation? No. Accommodation is registered with MOHRE. Peoplo.ai keeps the people side: rosters, pay, documents and exits. ### Can plants have different weekly offs and holidays? Holidays can be set per location, and weekly offs are set for the company. ### Can we track machine and safety certificates? Yes. Set required certificates per job title, record them per person and get alerts before they expire. ## See Peoplo.ai set up for manufacturing We’ll run the agents on your policies and payroll rules in the demo. 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