HR Outsourcing in Dubai and the UAE from AED 700 per Employee per Month
Our HR outsourcing services cover your team's contracts, payroll and WPS, plus visas for staff who move to our sponsorship, with a dedicated account manager as your single point of contact. Keep your staff on your own visas, or move them to ours. You approve the decisions. We do the work and track every deadline.
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From AED 700
per employee per month
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1 to 1,000+
employees
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Live in 2 to 4 weeks
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MOHRE licence 773036
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100+
companies use our HR outsourcing
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ISO 9001 and ISO 27001
certified
Connect Resources is a Dubai-based HR and workforce company, licensed by MOHRE (licence 773036). Founded in 2016, we run HR outsourcing for 100+ UAE companies today. We pay 5,000+ employees every month.
Two ways to outsource HR in the UAE
HR outsourcing means a specialist company runs your employees' HR and payroll for you, and their visas if needed, under UAE labour law. In the UAE the same service is also called staff outsourcing, or Employer of Record when the provider employs your staff on its own visas. Pick the model that fits your licence and your visa quota.
| Staff on your visas | Staff on our visas | |
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| Who employs them | Your company | Connect Resources, under MOHRE licence 773036 |
| Visa quota used | Yours | Ours |
| What we run | Contracts, payroll and WPS, leave, HR letters, end of service | All of that, plus recruitment, visas and renewals |
| Best for | Companies with a UAE licence and free visa quota | Companies short of visa quota |
Both models cover mainland companies in every emirate and companies in free zones.
No UAE company yet? See hiring in the UAE without a company.
Only need payroll? See payroll outsourcing.
Who uses HR outsourcing
- SMEs that need HR done right but cannot justify a full-time HR officer
- Growing companies hiring faster than their HR team can process visas
- Companies that have run out of visa quota
- Companies with staff in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the other emirates, or across free zones
What our HR outsourcing services include
We run the full employee cycle, from offer letter to final settlement.
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Hiring and contracts
- Recruitment for staff on our visas
- Offer letters and contracts
- Onboarding and offboarding
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Pay and records
- Payroll paid through WPS
- Leave, attendance and payslips in our HR app (ConnectHR)
- HR letters: salary certificates, NOCs
- End of service and gratuity
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Visas and insurance
- Visas, medicals and Emirates ID for staff on our visas
- Visa renewals and cancellations for staff on our visas, tracked before expiry
- Health insurance admin
Insurance premiums, ILOE and government fees are billed separately (see pricing).
You approve every hire, every salary and every payroll. Final people decisions stay with you.
How the takeover works: live in 2 to 4 weeks
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Get a quote.
Tell us your headcount, emirate or free zone, and which visa model you want. We reply within 30 minutes in working hours.
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Contract and handover.
You sign. We collect employee files, contracts and visa records. Your account manager is your one point of contact from day one.
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Set-up.
Employees get access to our HR app for payslips and leave. Payroll and WPS are set up. For staff on our visas, visa and permit expiry dates go into our tracking.
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First payroll.
You approve the payroll report. We pay salaries through WPS.
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Every month after.
Renewals, leave, letters, joiners and leavers, handled.
Minimum term is 6 months, then 30 days' notice. If you leave, we hand back every employee file and all your data.
HR outsourcing cost in the UAE: from AED 700 per employee per month
You pay one fee per employee per month, agreed in your quote. No percentage of payroll. Billed separately: government fees for visas and permits, health insurance premiums (you choose basic to premium) and ILOE registration.
The more employees you have, the lower the fee per employee. The fee also depends on the scope: payroll and HR only, or the full visa and work permit service. Send us your headcount and what you need, and you get a quote within 30 minutes in working hours.
HR outsourcing compared with an in-house HR officer
| In-house HR officer | Connect Resources HR outsourcing | |
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| What you pay | Salary, visa, health insurance, gratuity, desk and software | One fee per employee per month (government fees and insurance premiums billed separately) |
| Cover during leave or resignation | Gaps when the officer is on leave or resigns | A team behind your account manager |
| Visa and PRO work | Extra hire or an outside PRO | Included for staff on our visas |
| Fines caused by HR errors | Your company pays | We pay fines caused by our errors |
| Scales with headcount | Hire again | Add employees to the contract |
UAE labour law compliance, handled
Fines, blocked permits and unpaid dues cost money. We keep your team compliant every month.
How to compare HR outsourcing companies in Dubai
Ask every provider these six questions before you sign.
- Does it hold its own MOHRE licence? Ours is 773036.
- Is visa and PRO work done in-house, or passed to a third party? Ours is in-house.
- Is the price per employee, in writing? Ours starts at AED 700, with government fees, insurance premiums and ILOE billed separately.
- Who pays if their error causes a fine? We do.
- Does it give you one named contact? You get a dedicated account manager.
- Can you leave with all your data? We hand back every file and record.
HR outsourcing for SMEs and large companies in Dubai
We work with teams from 1 employee to 1,000+. Small businesses get contracts, WPS, health insurance and gratuity done right, without hiring a full-time HR officer. Large companies hand over the volume: payroll, joiners and leavers for hundreds of staff, plus visas for those on ours, with one point of contact.
Why companies outsource their HR to Connect Resources
- 100+ companies run their HR with us today
- 5,000+ employees paid every month
- MOHRE licence 773036: on-demand labour supply, a licence issued only to Emirati-owned companies
- ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified, with an ICV certificate
- In the UAE since 2016: 10 years of visas, payroll and labour law
- One point of contact: a dedicated account manager handles every question, backed by our HR specialists and in-house PRO team
- We pay for our mistakes: any fine caused by our error is ours
- Part of Connect Group, and an official alliance of Randstad in the UAE
From AED 700 per employee per month, as one fee agreed in your quote. The more employees, the lower the fee per employee. It is not a percentage of payroll. Billed separately: government fees for visas and permits, health insurance premiums (you choose basic to premium) and ILOE registration.
It can be. An in-house officer brings a salary, a visa, insurance and gratuity, and HR work stops while they are on leave. You pay us per employee, with visa and PRO work included for staff on our visas.
Contracts, onboarding and offboarding, visas and permits for staff on our visas, payroll and WPS, leave, HR letters, end of service, health insurance admin, and recruitment for staff on our visas. Employees get our HR app, ConnectHR, for payslips and leave requests.
They can. Or they can move to our visas, under our MOHRE licence 773036.
We run contracts, leave and end of service to Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, the UAE Labour Law. For staff on our visas, we also register contracts and permits with MOHRE or the free zone authority.
For staff on our visas, yes. Our in-house PRO team handles applications, renewals and cancellations, and tracks every expiry date.
Yes, wherever WPS applies. Salaries are paid no later than the 1st of the month, the legal deadline, once you approve and fund the payroll.
We follow the UAE Labour Law. Gratuity starts after one year of service: 21 days' basic salary per year for the first 5 years, 30 days per year after, capped at 2 years' pay, and paid within 14 days of the contract ending. Annual leave is 30 days a year after one year of service, and 2 days for each month between 6 months and one year. Leave is tracked in our HR app.
Yes. Health insurance is mandatory for private-sector staff in every emirate. You choose the cover, from basic to premium, and the premium is billed separately. We manage enrolment and renewals for every employee.
It fits when visas, payroll and compliance take time your team does not have, or when you run short of visa quota. Start with a 6-month term; after that you can leave on 30 days' notice, and we hand back all your data.
2 to 4 weeks from signing. We collect employee files, contracts and visa records, set up payroll and WPS, and run your first payroll once you approve it.
We are ISO 27001 certified for information security. If you leave, we hand back every employee file and all your data.
Yes. Both models work for mainland companies in every emirate and for companies in free zones.
Yes, through our Employer of Record service. We become the legal employer, so you can hire without a UAE company.
Get your HR outsourcing quote in 30 minutes
Tell us your headcount, your emirate or free zone, and whether staff stay on your visas or move to ours. A specialist replies within 30 minutes in working hours (Monday to Friday 8:00 to 17:00, Saturday 9:00 to 14:00).