Onboarding coordinator
Trigger
30 seasonal joiners
- Created plans per store
- Assigned store manager tasks
- Collected passport, visa and Emirates ID
Result
30 plans ready
You: Send the plans
Solutions
Industry · Retail and trade
HR for retailers with stores in every mall
Trade is the largest share of the UAE’s non-oil economy, and the most common business activity. Peoplo.ai gives every store its own roster and holidays, and one payroll for the whole chain.
EmployeesSample
Stores · Dubai and Abu Dhabi
7 locations · 96 people
- Dubai Mall18
- Mall of the Emirates15
- Yas Mall14
- Warehouse · Al Quoz20
Sound familiar?
Long mall hours
Stores open 10 am to midnight, so every store manager juggles two shifts and weekend cover.
Festival peaks
Staffing up for Ramadan, Eid and the shopping festivals, then settling contracts after.
Store managers as HR
Managers approving leave and onboarding joiners without HR training.
UAE rules
The rules your HR team works to
The UAE rules that shape HR and payroll in retail and trade, with a source for each.
Working hours
The normal day is 8 hours, or 48 a week, and overtime cannot exceed 2 hours a day as a rule.
Source: UAE Government: working hours and overtime in the private sectorOvertime and rest days
Overtime is paid at least 25% extra. Anyone asked to work on their rest day gets another day off, or their pay plus 50%.
Source: UAE Government: working hours and overtime in the private sectorSalaries through WPS
Salaries for each month are due on the first day of the next month, through the Wage Protection System.
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
Store teams on spreadsheets
Every store a location on one system
Festival hiring rush
An onboarding plan for every seasonal joiner
Store managers unsure of leave rules
Approvals with the balance shown
Seasonal exits paid late
Settlements prepared on the last day
AI agents at work
How AI agents help retail 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.
Receipt reader
Trigger
Store expense receipt
- Read merchant and amount
- Matched the category
- Checked the store limit
Result
Claim line ready
You: Approve the claim
Exit coordinator
Trigger
Seasonal contracts end
- Listed uniforms and devices
- Worked out settlements with end-of-service
- Drafted experience letters
Result
Exits ready
You: Approve each one
How Peoplo.ai helps
What you get with Peoplo.ai
Every store a locationEach store with its own roster, holidays and headcount, and people filtered by store.Core HR
Rosters for long hoursTwo-shift rosters, swaps and leave with the store calendar in front of the manager.Leave and attendance
Seasonal hiring and exitsOne onboarding plan for every seasonal joiner, and settlements prepared when contracts end.Hiring, onboarding and exits
One payroll for the chainOvertime from rosters and unpaid leave from approvals, in one WPS salary file.Payroll and compliance
Through the year
What it looks like in practice
An illustrative example.
- NovemberSeasonal staff onboarded before the winter festivals.
- DecemberStore managers approve leave around festival rosters.
- RamadanShorter days and late-evening shifts planned store by store.
- MonthlyPayroll for every store in one WPS file.
The future of work
Retail HR will run like the shop floor
Agents will keep every store staffed and every peak covered, so managers can focus on customers.
Store by store One network
Every store on the same rules.
Peak panic Planned peaks
Seasonal plans ready before the festivals.
Policy confusion Instant answers
Staff get the same answer in every store.
Peoplo.ai is built for this shift: agents prepare, people decide.
Why Peoplo.ai
Why retailers 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 we see headcount and labour cost by store?
Yes. Set each store up as a location, and filter the directory, reports and rosters by it.
Can store managers use Peoplo.ai on their phone?
Yes. Peoplo.ai installs from the browser on a phone, so managers approve leave on the shop floor.
Can we onboard staff who don’t have a work email?
Each employee needs an email to sign in. Many retailers create work emails for store staff or use personal emails.
Can stores in different emirates have different holidays?
Yes. Holidays can be set per location.
See Peoplo.ai set up for retail and trade
We’ll run the agents on your policies and payroll rules in the demo.