Courses / Short Learning Series
Payroll & Employee Cost Basics
SL-14 · Business finance
Understand what an employee really costs a UAE business, how payroll runs through the Wage Protection System, and how salaries, pensions and end-of-service gratuity are accounted for. Finish by using that knowledge to plan headcount, choose between overtime and new hires, and keep employee costs under control.
Who it's for
Business owners, managers and finance professionals in the UAE who run, review or budget for payroll.
What you'll be able to do
- Build the full annual cost of an employee, including gratuity or pension, benefits and visa-related costs
- Run a monthly payroll cycle with correct overtime and leave pay, and pay salaries through WPS on time
- Calculate end-of-service gratuity and record payroll, pension and gratuity provision journals
- Use payroll KPIs and an overtime-versus-hire analysis to plan headcount and control employee costs
Lessons
- 1The full cost of an employeereading
- 2Payroll processing and WPSreading
- 3Accounting for payroll and end-of-service provisionsreading
- 4Workforce planning and cost controlreading