UAE Construction Workforce Compliance
Compliance you can prove not just promise.
Tipsoi turns the everyday movement across your site, camp and transport into a verified, exportable record — so when MOHRE asks for evidence, it’s already sitting there, ready.
Free walkthrough. No commitment beyond your pilot site.
- Workers accounted for312 / 312
- Weekly hours vs. 48h capWithin limit
- WPS attendance fileReady to export
- Visa & labour cardsAll current
The odds have changed
The paperwork you used to skip is now the first thing they ask for
430,000 → 668,000
MOHRE inspection visits, 2023 to 2024 — a 55% jump in one year
12,509
Establishments found violating labour, health and OSH requirements in 2024
5,400+
Establishments already in breach halfway through 2025, on pace to exceed 2024
What a MOHRE inspector asks for on-site
Confirmed in current 2026 inspection guidance
- Evidence of employee time attendance, sign in / sign out
- Company trade licence & establishment card
- Labour card / MOHRE contract copy
- Evidence employees are actively working
- Leave approvals, balances and absence records
- Employment contracts and any amendments
Attendance · Accommodation · Transport · Visa
MOHRE is Already Fining Non-Compliant Sites. Is Your Workforce Next?
Mandatory Attendance Recording
Labour Law 33/2021, Art. 17 & 65
- Maintain accurate daily attendance records for every worker
- Records must show actual hours worked
- Must be available for MOHRE inspection at any time
AED 10,000–20,000 per violation, escalating on repeat
WPS Attendance Compliance
Cabinet Resolution 46/2013 · Ministerial Resolution 340/2026
- WPS submissions must reflect actual hours, overtime & deductions
- MOHRE cross-checks payroll against attendance during inspections
- Discrepancies are treated as wage theft
Hiring blacklist + AED 5,000–50,000 fine
Max Daily / Weekly & Overtime Hours
Labour Law 33/2021, Art. 17, 19 & 20
- 8-hour day, 48-hour week limit (exceptions during Ramadan)
- 2-hour daily limit on overtime
- Pay rate must match exact hours and time worked
AED 1,000–5,000 per worker, per violation
Employee Leave Tracking
UAE Labour Law 33/2021, Art. 29
- Leave records must be maintained and reconciled against attendance
- Prevents disputes over unpaid or unrecorded leave
AED 5,000 per incident, up to AED 1,000,000 for repeat cases
Real-Time Occupancy Monitoring
Dubai Civil Defence Resolution
- Labour accommodation guidelines require an evacuation plan
- A designated muster point must be in place
- Must be able to account for all residents during an emergency
Criminal liability if residents are unaccounted for
Passenger Manifest & Headcount
Federal Decree-Law 33/2021, Art. 37
- Police reports mandated for transit accidents
- Reports must include worker's name, age, occupation, address & nationality
Civil liability; insurance claim rejection
Visa Expiry Monitoring & Renewal
Federal Decree-Law 29/2021
- Every worker must hold a valid MOHRE work permit
- Work permit must be tied to a valid, unexpired residence visa
Fines up to AED 1,000,000 for irregular immigration status
How Binghatti is Navigating Compliance
Jebel Ali Residential Labour Camp
- Fixed biometric device at accommodation entry/exit
- Captures real time headcount of who is resident, who is on site, who is off site
- Maps to Worker Headcount & Real-Time Occupancy Monitoring.
Verifies real-time worker presence against registered labour accommodation records to meet mandatory housing and headcount obligations.
Bus / Daily Camp-to-Site Transport
- Portable device used on the bus itself
- Captures passenger and headcount per trip, camp to site and back
- Biometric tracking secures duty-of-care with instant, insurance-compliant manifests during transit accidents.
Confirms exactly who was on board to mitigate work injury claims under UAE labour law
Active Construction Site
- Biometric Devices at site.
- Captures site entry/exit, layered by main contractor, subcontractor, temporary labourers.
- Track exact working hours & overtime.
- Real-time headcount for all the employees in site.
Navigate compliance with real-time attendance, overtime, and layered contractor headcount against MOHRE’s working hour and OSH rules, giving verifiable records.
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Skip ahead — book a 20-minute walkthrough on your own site.
Built for the site, not the boardroom
Made for real construction conditions — and every worker on it
A compliance system only earns its place if it survives the site, and everyone standing on it can actually use it.
Works in direct sun and dust
Glare-resistant recognition and rugged housings, built for outdoor UAE site conditions — not an office lobby.
No fixed power or wifi needed
Portable devices run on built-in battery with SIM-based connectivity, so remote sites are covered from day one.
Recognises through PPE
Hard hats and light dust don't block recognition — no need to remove safety gear just to check in.
No smartphone, no login, no literacy required
A worker just looks at the device. On-device prompts run in multiple languages for a multinational workforce.
Your data stays yours
Role-based access and encrypted storage. Used only for attendance and access control — you control every export.
Plugs into your existing payroll
Exports straight into WPS-ready files or Excel — no need to rip out your current payroll process.
Binghatti - Managing Mandatory Attendance Recording Across Multi Site for MOHRE Compliance
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Deployed biometric devices across sites
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They chose Portable biometric devices with built in battery and SIM based internet connectivity to work in harsh construction environments.
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Track data from multi sites for every employee and gather all the data into a single software application.
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Data exportable to Excel on demand and available for MOHRE inspection at any time”
From Punch to WPS File: A Verifiable Chain of Evidence for Binghatti
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Managing accurate attendance, work hour, overtime recordings on a daily, weekly and monthly basis for all the employees.
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Actual punches show real hours worked per day against the 8-hour baseline
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Daily data aggregates into a running weekly total against the 48-hour cap
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Monitoring subcontractor compliance on their workforce to protect Binghatti from risk
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Ready to upload work hour, absent, overtime files to WPS for cross check, managing compliance for Binghatti & their contractors all in a single place.
Accurate Leave Management for Binghatti, Fully Compliant
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Tracking leave history and balance automatically for every Binghatti employee
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Leave rules apply by hierarchy, so camp workers, site staff, and managers each follow the right policy
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Clear leave balances and histories reduce disputes over approved versus taken time, keeping Binghatti and its contractors compliant.
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This gives Binghatti accurate, auditable leave records, meeting MOHRE’s core leave compliance requirement.
Residential Compliance, Verified in Real Time
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Tipsoi logs every entry and exit in real time, giving an accurate headcount for fire safety and emergency checks giving a full audit trail for OSH and labour inspections
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Ensures only authorized residents can enter. Also, unknown entries are flagged into unrecognized logs..
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Enables Binghatti verify actual occupancy against MOHRE’s approved capacity per accommodation
Binghatti Tracks Every Ride & Proves Every Hour
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Installed portable biometric device on the bus that logs exact boarding and alighting time for every worker, camp to site.
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Using timestamped logs to prove actual commute duration, supporting the travel-time exclusion from working hours under Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021
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Maintains a verified headcount of every worker who boarded and reached site, supporting worker safety accountability during transit
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keeps long-term transit records to defend against labour disputes over hours worked versus travel time
Binghatti's Visa and Labour Card Compliance, Centrally Monitored
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Scan visa or labour card to enroll each worker directly into the system
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Track visa and labour card validity for every worker, vendor-wise, with automatic flags for non-compliant cases
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Notifications are sent to both the visa/HR manager & employees with details, so action can be taken before expiry.
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Records are retained for 5 years, supporting long-term MOHRE compliance history
Binghatti's Rollout
From a single site to a centralised system
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Pilot on one site
- Binghatti installed device installed on site
- Biometric enrollment of workers for accurate identification
- attendance and site presence records
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Expanded to multi site
- Expanded the solution to their own transportation (bus)
- Expanded to their camp
- Coverage extended to camp occupancy, access control, and transit tracking, closing compliance gaps beyond the worksite.
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Centralized Compliance & Visibility Management
- Single dashboard view across site, transport, and camp
- Leave, attendance, overtime compliance tracked centrally
- Visa and labour card expiry monitored and flagged
- Long-term audit trail maintained for MOHRE and OSH inspections.
Before you book a call
Questions every operations team asks first
Straight answers, not sales lines.
No — it feeds it. Tipsoi exports MOHRE and WPS-ready attendance and overtime data directly into your existing payroll run. You keep your bank and your payroll provider; we just make sure the numbers going in are accurate.
Face and fingerprint devices need no phone and no login — a worker just looks at the device. On-device prompts run in multiple languages, so literacy or nationality isn’t a barrier to adoption.
They’re built for outdoor site conditions, not office lobbies: glare-resistant recognition, rugged housings, and portable units with battery and SIM connectivity for sites with no fixed power or wifi. Recognition works through hard hats and light dust.
It’s encrypted, access is role-based, and it’s used only for attendance and access control — never shared externally. You control exports and retention, and it’s your data, not ours.
Most pilots go live on one site within days: install the devices, enrol your workforce, and you’ll have your first attendance report inside the first week.
No. Start with one site, see it prove itself, then expand to transport, camp, and additional sites at your own pace.
Ready to see it on your site?
Book a free compliance walkthrough with our UAE partner. One call, and we map Tipsoi to your sites, camps, and transport.
Dubai, UAE
Based in Business Bay
45,000+
End users supported (2025)
16,000
Devices deployed (2025)