Emiratisation Targets 2026: Who Is Covered and By When
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For HR teams
Run the workforce record, and prove it on any day
One record per person, joiners and leavers by checklist, visas caught before they lapse, and requests on your own approval rules.
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What you get
The parts of Tarleaks an HR team uses most. Each links to the full feature list.
One record per person
Job, manager, contracts, pay history, documents and compliance numbers on one page, loaded from a bilingual Excel workbook.
Joiners and leavers by checklist
Onboarding and leaving plans for each Gulf country, with tasks owned by the right people.
Visas and permits before they lapse
One register for visas, Iqamas, Emirates IDs and work permits, with nightly alerts to HR and the manager.
Requests on your own approval rules
Letters, equipment, travel and other requests go through the chain you build for each type.
Letters from templates
About three dozen starter templates, many with an Arabic twin, filled in from the employee record.
Workforce numbers
Headcount trend, hires against leavers, and headcount by department, branch and work mode.
Your week in Tarleaks
Five tasks, each linked to the exact step in a guide checked in the product.
| Task | How often | Step by step |
|---|---|---|
| Clear what is waiting on you | Daily | Decide what is waiting on youHR manager guide, step 4 |
| Work the company's leave queue | Daily | Work the leave queue for the whole companyHR manager guide to attendance, step 7 |
| See who is joining and what is outstanding | Weekly | See who is joining, and what is outstandingHR manager guide, step 5 |
| Catch expiring visas and permits | Weekly | Catch an expiring permit before it expiresHR manager guide, step 7 |
| Read the workforce numbers | Monthly | Read the workforce numbersHR manager guide, step 8 |
Apps you will use
HR is the base; add the others as your team needs them.
HR Management
People, contracts, documents, visas, requests, onboarding and leaving.
Time & Attendance
Leave, clocking, shifts and timesheets, decided by managers and HR.
Recruitment (ATS)
Job openings, a public career page and candidates moved to hire.
Document Management
A document library with access by person, team or role.
What your staff and managers see
Self-service takes the routine questions off your desk.
- Employees raise requests and see their own record, benefits and reviews from one page. HR
- Employees ask for leave and are told the answer. Attendance
- Line managers see and approve for their own departments only. HR
- With Payroll, employees issue their own salary certificate in English or Arabic. Payroll and WPS
Guides
Plain-language guides from our blog, with their official sources, and step-by-step guides for each role.
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Step-by-step role guides
Questions
Can managers approve without seeing everyone's data?
Yes. A line manager's view is limited to the departments they manage; they read and approve for those people only, and other teams' salary and personal data stay out of reach.
Do visa and Iqama reminders go out by themselves?
Yes. A nightly job alerts the line manager and HR when a residence or employment visa, Iqama, work permit or labour card reaches a reminder day. Emirates IDs, health cards and passports are tracked but do not send alerts.
Can we import our current employee list?
Yes. Download a bilingual Excel workbook with sheets for branches, departments, positions and employees, check it for row-level errors, then load everything in one step.
Does HR feed payroll?
Yes, with Payroll. Finishing a joiner's onboarding opens their pay contract, and pay changes in HR reach payroll automatically.
Not covered yet
- Emiratisation growth in skilled jobs and Nitaqat rates by activity: the trackers use simpler references.
- Expiry alerts for Emirates IDs, health cards and passports (they are tracked without alerts).
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