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What is WPS Dubai

Wages Protection System (WPS) is an electronic salary transfer system that allows institutions to pay wages via banks, bureaux de change, and financial institutions approved and authorized to provide the service. Developed by the UAE Central , the system allows the Ministry of Labor to create a database that records wage payments within the private sector, guaranteeing timely and complete payment of agreed-upon wages. The WPS covers all institutions registered with the Ministry across all sectors and industries and will benefit different categories of labor.

Requirements for WPS Dubai

Wages Protection System is a mandatory legal requirement in the UAE for businesses registered under the MoHRE. Such registered companies must adhere to this system as their mode of salary payment. There are some requirements to be fulfilled for joining WPS as the company summarized as follows:

The company must be registered with the Ministry and have a bank account with any banks operating in the UAE;
The company must enter in to contract with any of the banks or financial institutions approved by the Central Bank of the UAE to issue services. The MoHRE has a list of authorized agents, and the employer could choose any one of them in the list. Both of the parties should agree on the services, payments, and other charges;
The institution will transfer the wages through the WPS by the deadlines defined in Ministerial Resolution No. 788 of 2009. Within the two weeks of their due date or on the date stipulated in the employment contract, the financial institution will transfer the salaries through WPS; and
All the bank fees, expenses, provider charges, and other costs incurred on joining the WPS will be the employer’s responsibility as the employer cannot deduct any such costs from the wages of the workers.

Wage Protection System – Payment Process

Following the steps below, once the account has been successfully registered, the next step is to complete the payment.

Step 1

The employer is required to open a bank account in the UAE if he does not own an account. However, the bank or the agent must be an authorized one.

Step 2

The employer is required to sign a WPS agreement with the bank or agent to proceed further.

Step 3

A bank or agent transmits information about an employee’s salary and pay transfer to the UAE Central Bank via electronic means, which then notifies the WPS (Workforce Payment System).

Step 4

The UAE Central Bank sends all details to MOHRE for cross-checking.

Step 5

Employers receive an authorization from WPS to pay their employees’ earnings directly to their bank accounts.

Step 6

After the employee is paid, the bank transfers the salary to that employee’s bank account. Employees of WPS can check the status of their salary transfers by using the app.

Penalties for the Delayed Payment of the Wages

WPS is compulsory for all businesses or companies who have registered with MoHRE as they must adhere to the system to pay wages for the workers. So, there will be consequences who fail to join in WPS. The companies that fail to join WPS will be blocked from all new work permits until the salary is paid fully. If the employer continued the violation, then all the new work permits will be denied for a month after the wages are paid. For instance, of third and repeated violation employer will be banned for the work permit for two months, and for the fourth, it will be three.

The ban will only be lifted only after the complete payment of the worker’s wage if the institution that delayed the wage payment a month after the due date will be subjected to suspension of their licenses. The work permits of such companies will be denied along with the all-other institutions owned by the owner of the violated institution, i.e., no new visas are allowed for the new applicants of the same owner. Hence such companies will be downgraded as the ‘Third category’ Let’s look into the fines for evading WPS. The apply for the WPS submission and the steps to avoid any penalties could have been easily carried out if a competent corporate lawyer is hired at the time of company registration. To cover all corporate commercial costumes required.

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