HR outsourcing in Dubai, the employment admin, run for you
You hold the licence and employ your people. tamdeed runs the HR administration behind them: WPS payroll, visa and work permit cases, employment contracts, leave and attendance, insurance enrolment, gratuity and the compliance calendar, on one platform you can see into, priced per employee per month. If you would rather not hold the employment at all, staff outsourcing employs the people for you instead.
- Platform for payroll, visas, contracts, leave and compliance
- 1Platform for payroll, visas, contracts, leave and compliance
- Per employee per month, the published core platform price
- AED 14Per employee per month, the published core platform price
- Salaries filed through WPS
- 100%Salaries filed through WPS
- Government fees marked up: passed through at cost
- 0Government fees marked up: passed through at cost
What HR outsourcing means in Dubai
HR outsourcing in Dubai is handing the administration of employment to a provider while your company remains the legal employer and visa sponsor: monthly WPS payroll and payslips, work permit and residence visa cases and renewals, employment contracts prepared to the labour law, leave and attendance records, medical insurance enrolment, end-of-service gratuity accrual, and the calendar of filings and expiries that each carry a fine if missed. The provider does the work on your behalf; your licence, your people, your decisions.
It is a different service from staff outsourcing, and the two are sold under the same word. With HR outsourcing you keep the employment; with staff outsourcing the provider employs the people on its own licence. The first suits a company with a licence and a growing team that does not want an HR, payroll and PRO department yet; the second suits a company without an entity, at its visa quota, or wanting a category of staff off its own headcount. tamdeed offers both, and this page is about the first.
The reason to outsource HR in Dubai is accuracy and capacity. UAE employment carries monthly, quarterly and per-hire obligations that most growing companies track in a spreadsheet kept by someone hired to do something else. tamdeed runs them on a platform, priced per module per employee per month, with the published prices below and government fees passed through at cost.
HR outsourcing, PEO, staff outsourcing or EOR: which one is this?
Two questions settle it: who holds the licence, and do you want to keep the employment.
Who outsources HR to tamdeed
Companies with a UAE licence and people to run, who would rather not build the department.
A new Dubai entity hiring its first ten to fifty people
Licence and establishment card in hand, no PRO, no payroll officer, no HR system. tamdeed is all three from the first hire.
A branch of a foreign group
Head office wants UAE payroll and immigration done properly and reported monthly, without a local HR team for a small headcount.
An SME whose admin became a full-time job
Visa renewals, WPS files, leave balances and gratuity accruals tracked by someone who was hired to sell or to build.
A company that also uses supplied or outsourced staff
Your own employees and the workers tamdeed employs for you on one platform, one attendance record and one invoice.
What HR outsourcing includes
Each line is a module of the tamdeed platform, priced on its own so you take what you need.
Employment contracts
Prepared to UAE labour law, ready for registration under your establishment, stored against each employee with every amendment.
Visa and work permit cases
Every permit, visa and renewal under your sponsorship tracked stage by stage in the immigration pipeline, expiries flagged ahead of time, with an audit log. Filing on your behalf scoped in your quote.
WPS payroll every month
Gross pay from approved attendance, overtime and allowances applied, the WPS salary file prepared and submitted, itemised payslips in the employee app.
Leave, attendance and timesheets
Office check-in or geofenced field attendance, timesheets for approval, statutory and contractual leave requested and approved in one flow.
Medical insurance and benefits
Mandatory cover enrolled and renewed, allowances and benefits administered against the contract.
Gratuity and end of service
Accrued as people work and settled correctly when they leave, with the calculation visible to you.
Compliance calendar
Midday break rules, overtime limits, contract renewals and document expiries watched by the platform, with the record to show an inspector.
Reporting
Headcount, cost per employee, leave liability and document status in your portal, exportable for your board or auditors.
How it starts
Most companies run their first payroll on the platform within the month they sign.
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Tell us about your entity and your people
Licence, establishment card, headcount today and planned, and which modules you want run.
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We set up your workspace
Employee profiles, document vault, attendance rules and pay elements configured to your contracts, approved by you in the portal.
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HR runs on the platform
Contracts, visa cases, payroll and leave flow through tamdeed month after month. Your managers approve; the platform files.
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One invoice, every line visible
Modules per employee per month on their own lines, government fees at cost on theirs.
HR outsourcing, staff outsourcing or manpower supply: who employs whom
Three different services sold under one word. The test is who holds the licence and who signs the contract.
| HR outsourcing | Staff outsourcing | Manpower supply | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is the legal employer | You | tamdeed | tamdeed |
| Who sponsors the visa | You | tamdeed | tamdeed |
| Do you need a UAE entity | Yes | No | No |
| Who runs payroll, visas and HR admin | tamdeed, on your behalf | tamdeed | tamdeed |
| Priced as | Per module per employee per month | Per person per month plus salary at cost | Monthly rate per worker |
| Where to read more | This page | Staff outsourcing | Manpower supply |
What HR outsourcing costs with tamdeed
Pricing is per employee per month, by module, with government fees passed through at cost on their own invoice lines. The numbers below are the published platform prices; the pricing pages carry the detail for each.
Live pricing applies to teams of one to ten. Above ten employees tamdeed prepares a custom quote from the same lines.
Illustrative combination for a company taking all four modules: AED 168 per employee per month before government fees. Your quote lists exactly the lines you take.
You watch the work, not the inbox
Every visa case, payroll run and leave request is a record in your portal with a status and a date. Nobody has to ask a PRO where a file is.
Questions, answered plainly
What is HR outsourcing?
Handing the administration of employment to a provider while your company remains the legal employer and visa sponsor: WPS payroll, visa and permit cases, contracts, leave, insurance, gratuity and compliance. tamdeed runs these on a platform, priced per module per employee per month.
What is the difference between HR outsourcing and staff outsourcing?
Who employs the people. With HR outsourcing you keep the licence and the employment and tamdeed administers it. With staff outsourcing tamdeed employs the people on its own licence and you direct the work. The staff outsourcing page covers the second.
Is HR outsourcing the same as a PEO?
Yes, in substance. PEO is the international name for a provider that runs employment administration for a company that holds its own licence; HR outsourcing is what UAE buyers usually call it. tamdeed's PEO page describes the same service.
Do I need a UAE trade licence?
Yes. HR outsourcing administers employees under your own licence and establishment card. If you do not have an entity, or do not want one, staff outsourcing employs the people for you instead.
Can you handle our visa cases?
Work permit, visa and renewal cases under your sponsorship run through tamdeed's immigration pipeline: each stage tracked in your portal, expiries flagged ahead of time, with an audit log behind each change. Filing on your behalf is scoped in your quote.
How is payroll paid?
Through the Wage Protection System every month. Gross pay is computed from approved attendance, the WPS salary file is prepared and submitted, and each employee receives an itemised payslip in the app.
How much does HR outsourcing cost in Dubai?
tamdeed prices per employee per month by module: core workforce from AED 14, managed payroll AED 85, compliance and immigration AED 40, benefits administration AED 29. Government fees are passed through at cost. A company taking all four modules pays AED 168 per employee per month before government fees, for teams of one to ten; larger teams receive a custom quote.
Can I outsource payroll only?
Yes. Each module is priced on its own, so a company can take managed payroll alone, or payroll and the compliance and immigration module, and add the rest later.
Tell us about your entity
Three fields and a tamdeed adviser calls you back with a per-employee quote.