What employment as a service actually means
You decide who works for you. tamdeed makes them employed: contracts, visas, salaries, insurance and welfare, handled in-house on one platform, billed on one itemised invoice. That is the whole idea, and this page explains how it works in practice.
Employment as a service is a way to run a workforce in the UAE where tamdeed employs the workers on your behalf. The workers report to you and work at your sites. tamdeed holds the employment, runs every legal obligation that comes with it, and shows you all of it live. You get the workforce without building the machinery an employer normally needs.
Two things make this work. The first is technology: one platform runs hiring, visas, payroll, attendance, insurance and billing, which is why our overheads stay small and your rate stays honest. The second is that the employment itself, from the contract to the residency visa, is handled by tamdeed in-house, end to end. You will never be sent to a typing centre or left chasing a government portal.
The two ways clients use it
Bring your workforce
For clients who already have people they trust and want them employed properly.
- 1Add your people one by one, with their details and documents, inside your portal
- 2Already in the UAE? We transfer their employment and visa to tamdeed sponsorship
- 3Coming from abroad? We handle the new work visa and entry from start to finish
- 4From day one we run their contract, payroll, insurance and renewals
Build your workforce
For clients who need people found, vetted and put to work.
- 1Write the scope of work once: the role, the site, the hours, the duration
- 2We check our own ready workforce first. If we have your match, you can have them fast
- 3If not, choose openly from vetted recruitment agencies on the platform, or let us pick
- 4Interview candidates yourself from a link we send, or leave the interviews to us
- 5Approve your candidate, pay one itemised charge, and the offer goes out the same day payment clears
Both paths work whether your people are already in the UAE or coming from abroad. The paperwork differs, the pricing differs, and both are handled for you either way.
How it differs from what you know
Against traditional manpower supply
The industry standard gets workers to your site, but the monthly rate carries an invisible operation: coordinators, runners, paperwork teams and margin on all of it. You rarely see a breakdown, and you almost never see your workers' compliance status. With tamdeed the software does that work, the bill is itemised, and the compliance of every worker is on your screen.
Against global employment software
Global hiring platforms are built for remote desk workers: a contract and a payslip, delivered by a local partner you never meet. A workforce on the ground in the UAE, in branches, on sites and on the road, needs far more: visas and medicals, real attendance, transport, insurance and welfare, under labour law that is enforced. tamdeed is built for exactly that, and only that.
What the service covers
Employment contracts
Drafted, signed and registered properly, in line with UAE labour law.
Visas and residency
Work visas, transfers, Emirates ID and renewals, processed in-house and tracked live.
WPS payroll
Salaries paid on time through the Wage Protection System, every month, with records you can open.
Labour law, built in
Overtime, gratuity, leave, the midday break and Ramadan hours are calculated by the platform, not by memory.
People operations
Attendance on site, transport, medical insurance and worker welfare, managed and visible.
One live platform
Every worker, document, milestone and dirham in one portal you can check any time.
Questions we hear most
What does employment as a service mean?
It means you decide who works for you, and tamdeed makes them employed. We hold the employment relationship in the UAE, run the visas, pay the salaries through WPS, insure the workers and manage them day to day, while you direct their work. You pay one itemised bill instead of building an HR, PRO and payroll operation of your own.
How is this different from a traditional manpower supplier?
The industry standard model runs on people and paperwork: layers of coordinators, manual government runs and a monthly rate that hides all of it. tamdeed runs the same obligations through software, so the rate is lower and every line of it is visible. You also get something suppliers rarely offer: a live portal showing your workers, their documents and your bills.
Can you take over staff we already employ?
Yes. That is one of the two main ways clients use us. You add your people in the portal with their documents, and we transfer their employment and visa to tamdeed sponsorship. They keep working for you throughout. It works for staff already in the UAE and for people you want to bring in from abroad.
Who actually employs the worker?
The employment sits with tamdeed. The worker's contract, visa, salary and insurance are all held and managed by our UAE employment operation, and every obligation that comes with them is ours to meet. You direct the work; we carry the employment.
What do we pay?
An itemised charge agreed before anything starts: the recruitment fee, the first month salary, visa and government fees at cost, and an administration fee. You can pay online or by bank transfer. Live pricing covers teams of one to ten people; for larger teams our team prepares a tailored quote.
Do workers pay anything to be hired?
Never. Workers do not pay recruitment fees, in line with UAE law and with how we believe this industry should work. Hiring costs sit with the employer, always.