Payroll features designed to work hard for you
Simplify onboarding for every new hire

Set up payroll for new hires in just a few minutes, so that you can focus on helping them feel at home with the team.
Manage a diverse workforce with Kuwaiti citizens, expatriates, or even teams spread across GCC. As business expands, Zoho Payroll will take care of payroll so you can focus on growth.
Onboard faster by applying predefined salary templates that bring consistency to salary payments.
Store and track all your team’s documents online, from visas to permits, while staying ahead of expiries with automated alerts.
Process resignations and terminations smoothly with automated alerts, precise final settlement calculations, and timely payslip delivery, giving departures the same care as onboarding.
Turn payroll stress-free

Stay on top of payroll with a smart dashboard that highlights upcoming salaries, pending approvals, and essential tasks at a glance.
Let Zoho Payroll calculate salaries and deductions automatically, saving you hours of manual work while ensuring accuracy.
Send detailed payslips to your employees automatically after each payroll run, keeping them well-informed and up to date.
Process bonuses, commissions, or off-cycle payments anytime, so employees are rewarded on time without waiting for the next payday.
Update salaries of high-performing employees, applying revisions immediately with pro-rata adjustments when needed.
Align new employees with your payroll cycle and pay them fairly from day one, using pro-rata calculations.
When a payroll is processed incorrectly, restore it instantly and re-run it without any impact on your team’s pay.
Easily pause and restart a staff member’s salary when needed, with no impact on other team's payments.
Help employees with loans and automatically deduct repayments once they are back on track.
A smarter way to payroll

Switch to Zoho Payroll from any platform by importing your existing data and continue seamlessly, even mid-year.
Set up payroll cycles that suits your organisation policies, whether its monthly, weekly, or task-based.
Add HR or accounting team members with defined roles and permissions to collaborate on payroll while you maintain privacy and security.
Get notified about payroll tasks, expiring documents, and employee confirmations so nothing gets missed.
Move all payroll details into spreadsheets in a single step, making audits, financial reviews, and reporting fast and effortless.
Designed to stay compliant with Kuwaiti laws

We provide everything you need to manage PIFSS regulations for your Kuwaiti and GCC national employees as you build your team across the GCC.
Reward loyal employees with accurate gratuity payments, ensuring departing team members receive their EOSB accurately.
Automatically generate wage files for every payroll cycle, staying compliant with Kuwait WPS regulations without manual effort.
Recognize employees who go the extra mile with overtime calculations that ensure every additional hour is properly compensated.
Insightful reports for informed decision making

View your company’s total payroll costs in one summary, including salaries, deductions, and contributions with a single click.
Understand how every dinar is spent on hours, bonuses, and allowances to ensure pay transparency across your workforce.
Track employer and employee contributions to social security schemes for both Kuwaiti and eligible GCC employees.
Review detailed reports on gratuity liabilities with breakdowns by tenure and contribution for every employee.
Use comparison reports to analyze payroll spending by employee or pay component and make data-driven financial decisions.
Payroll and leave management, unified

Build flexible leave policies tailored to your organization, with an easy process for employees to request time off and get quick approvals.
Define work hours, shifts, and attendance policies that reflect how your business operates, with built-in tools for regularization.
Let Zoho Payroll handle the math as unused leave is encashed and paid out seamlessly with monthly salaries.
Empower employees to check in and out from anywhere even on the mobile app, while Zoho Payroll automatically records their hours.
Link attendance, leave, and payroll to calculate salaries precisely, making sure every hour is counted before payday.
Offer festival leave and recognize important occasions, giving your employees meaningful time away from work.
Personal and salary details always at their fingertips.
Instant alerts when salaries are processed.
Downloadable payslips, salary certificates, and bonus letters.
Automated reminders for expiring documents.
Time-off balances and requesting leaves from within the portal.
Tracking loan balances and repayment.
Quick answers to payroll questions with built-in messaging.
Company-wide updates delivered directly inside the portal.

Tailor Zoho Payroll your way

Define fields of your own and gather necessary employee intel right from personal info to work-related data, to help you with your tasks.
Establish unique roles for every department, so your staff only sees what’s relevant to their duties.
Extend Zoho Payroll further with new capabilities, automating tasks and creating features to make payroll faster, simpler, and tailored to your needs.
Let workflows handle all the repetitive payroll tasks through automated emails, in-app alerts and auto-updated employee fields.
Set up scheduled reminders for approvals and important milestones, including personalized emails for birthdays, anniversaries, and other key events.
Use customizable templates for salary changes, bonuses, or other communications, making your employees feel appreciated for the impact they make.
Customize salary structures to reflect your company’s requirements while maintaining accuracy and compliance.
Connect payroll with the tools your business relies on

By using Zoho Books, our VAT-compliant accounting platform, you can automate posting journal entries after every single each pay run.
Handle salaries and expense reimbursements in one go, streamlining payroll and cutting down on admin work.
Sync Zoho Payroll with Zoho People to keep employee records updated, track leave and attendance, and process LOPs effectively.