Installable employee app (PWA)
Attendance, leave, salary records and personal settings on mobile. Add WatheeqaHR to your Home Screen; records require an internet connection.
The product
Everything WatheeqaHR does, in one place
WatheeqaHR is employee-operations software for GCC small and medium businesses moving off Excel: attendance, leave, payroll records, employee documents, and accountant-ready reports in one dashboard — without the complexity of a full HRMS.
Core capabilities
Six things WatheeqaHR actually does
Attendance
Import your biometric device's export file and get a ready employee report — no manual timesheet building.
- Automatic column detection for common device export layouts (ZKTeco, Hikvision, Suprema, Dahua, eSSL, and generic USB/TXT exports)
- Calculates present, absent, late, early leave, overtime, and missing-punch days per employee
- Flags suspected holidays and off-days for one-click confirmation instead of miscounting them as absence
- Try the free, no-signup Attendance Analyzer before creating an account
Leave management
Employees submit leave requests, managers approve them, and balances update automatically.
- Leave request and approval workflow, visible to the employee in their own portal
- Per-employee, per-leave-type balance tracking
- Sick and maternity pay is never auto-calculated — always routed to your HR team for a reviewed decision before payroll is finalized
- Public holiday calendar per GCC country, with a company-level override to disable or move a specific holiday
Payroll records & salary ledger
Generate monthly salary lines from attendance, track advances, and keep payment references as evidence — an internal ledger, not a bank transfer system.
- Salary lines generated from attendance, overtime, and employee setup each period
- Advance tracking, settled on approval and reversed if a period is reopened
- Payment references and dates kept as an internal record for accountant handoff
- Currency and end-of-service calculations adjust automatically by company country (UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman) — calculated per each country's labour law with the articles cited, for your team to review before paying, never a filing
Bank file exports
Generate UAE SIF files from approved payroll, plus ANB/QNB formats for Saudi Arabia and Qatar through the enabled review workflow.
- Generates a SIF file from approved UAE payroll for your review before submission
- You submit it yourself — WatheeqaHR does not file it with a bank, exchange house, or MOHRE on your behalf
- UAE SIF is separate from ANB (Saudi Arabia) and QNB (Qatar) exports, which require the enabled review workflow. Review files with your bank; generation does not guarantee acceptance or make a transfer
Employee documents
Track visa, ID, labor card, contract, and insurance expiry dates in one place, with renewal reminders.
- Per-employee document list with expiry dates and renewal reminders
- Optional employee files module (enabled by the company Owner): a profile photo plus contracts and other HR documents, with expiry dates and HR accept/reject review. Every file is malware-scanned, stored encrypted in a private bucket, and visible by role only
- Data-minimized by design: no passport/ID images and no biometric templates are ever stored, and identity-document upload is not part of the files module
- Alerts before a document lapses, not after
Reports
Export structured Excel/CSV reports built for handoff — to your accountant, your own records, or a quick sanity check.
- Monthly attendance, leave, and salary reports in Excel/CSV, formatted for accountant review
- The free Attendance Analyzer alone includes per-employee attendance and absence totals, no account required
- No limit on how often you export
What’s new in WatheeqaHR
Review attendance with confidence
Clear import counts, missing-punch review and explicit recalculation from recorded punches. Approved payroll remains protected.
Understand and control payroll
Saved calculation explanations, policy-change decisions and permission-based corrections with reasons and an audit trail.
Country-specific bank exports
UAE SIF plus ANB (Saudi Arabia) and QNB (Qatar) formats through the enabled review workflow. Review every file with your bank; file generation is not bank acceptance or a transfer.
Positioning
What WatheeqaHR is — and isn't
Is WatheeqaHR a full HRMS or ERP?
No. WatheeqaHR is intentionally lighter than a full enterprise HRMS or ERP. It focuses on the daily employee operations GCC SMEs actually use — attendance, leave, payroll records, documents, and reports — without a heavy implementation project.
Does WatheeqaHR file WPS or other statutory contributions for me?
No. In the UAE, WatheeqaHR generates the WPS SIF file for you to submit yourself. In Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman, statutory figures such as PIFSS and GOSI contributions are calculated from published rates for your team to review. WatheeqaHR does not file or remit any statutory contribution on your behalf, in any country.
Can I try it before creating an account?
Yes. The Attendance Analyzer is free and requires no signup — upload a real attendance export and see the report immediately.
What attendance devices does WatheeqaHR work with?
WatheeqaHR reads the export file your device or its software produces (Excel or CSV) rather than connecting to the device directly — it works with common export layouts from ZKTeco, Hikvision, Suprema, Dahua, eSSL, and generic USB devices. Upload your own file to the free analyzer to confirm it's read correctly before you commit to anything.
See it on your own attendance file
Try the free analyzer with a real export, or create an account to set up payroll for your team.