WatheeqaHR Help Center

Step-by-step guides for setting up and running attendance, payroll and employee records in WatheeqaHR. بالعربية

For owners, HR & accountants

Supported Attendance File Formats & Devices

WatheeqaHR reads Excel (.xlsx, .xls) and CSV exports and detects the layout automatically — you do not need a …

How to Set Up Your Work Calendar in WatheeqaHR

Go to Settings > Work Calendar and set your shift start/end time, weekly off days, and public holidays before …

How to Import an Attendance File (Excel/CSV) in WatheeqaHR

Go to Attendance > Import File, upload the Excel or CSV export from your biometric device, review the auto-det…

Understanding Your Attendance Report in WatheeqaHR

After an import, WatheeqaHR shows a per-employee, per-day report with present/absent/late/weekend/holiday/miss…

How to Run Monthly Payroll (Salary Ledger) in WatheeqaHR

Go to Salary, create or open the month's period, then Generate Lines — WatheeqaHR pulls basic salary, allowanc…

How to Track Salary Advances in WatheeqaHR

Go to an employee's profile or the Advances section, record the advance amount and date, and WatheeqaHR automa…

How to Track Employee Document Expiry in WatheeqaHR

Add expiry dates for each employee's visa, Emirates ID, passport, work permit and insurance on their profile p…

How to Use Employee Files, Photos and Document Review in WatheeqaHR

Employee files is an opt-in module. The company Owner turns it on in Settings, then HR can add a profile photo…

Custom Features & White-Label Branding

If your company needs a feature that doesn't exist yet, or your own branded version of WatheeqaHR (your logo, …

Manage Billing, Cancel or Delete Your Company

Go to Billing from the sidebar to see your plan, subscribe, or renew. To cancel a paid plan, click Manage Bill…

Settling Sick & Maternity Leave Pay

Sick and maternity pay isn't a simple full-pay/no-pay flag — it usually follows a wage-tiered entitlement (for…

Understanding End-of-Service Estimates in WatheeqaHR

WatheeqaHR calculates an end-of-service figure automatically based on the employee's company country, join dat…

How Country & Currency Behavior Works in WatheeqaHR

Each company in WatheeqaHR has a country setting (UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar or Oman) chosen wh…

UAE WPS Export: What It Does and Doesn't Do

For UAE companies, WatheeqaHR can generate a WPS SIF (Salary Information File) export from an approved salary …

How to Calculate Late Arrivals from Biometric Attendance

An employee is late on a working day when their first punch is more than the grace period after shift start. W…

How to Find Missing Punches Before Payroll

A missing punch is a working day where an employee has a check-in with no check-out, or a check-out with no ch…

How to Read a ZKTeco or BioTime Attendance Export

A typical ZKTeco or BioTime export has one row per punch with columns such as AC-No. (the employee number on t…

How to Calculate Overtime from Biometric Attendance

Overtime is the time an employee works after the scheduled end of the shift, taken from the last punch of the …

How to Calculate an Absence Deduction from Salary

An absence deduction is the number of unapproved absent working days multiplied by a daily rate. In WatheeqaHR…

For employees