Dawmo 2026.9 is out — rendered payslips, a public API and calendar feeds. See what changed
What the Saudi Arabia pack covers, what Dawmo does about each part of it, and the rules we are willing to state in writing, each with its source and the month it was last checked.
Rules change. A pack version does not lie about which ones were in force when a payroll ran.
Wage protection
WPS through the labour ministry’s platform, as a monthly wage file
Social insurance
GOSI: pension, SANED and occupational hazards for Saudis, with the 2024 pension ramp for new entrants, and occupational hazards only for expatriates
End of service
The end-of-service award under the Saudi labour law
Nationalisation
Saudization and Nitaqat banding, and the hiring consequences that follow from it
Calendar & working week
Friday–Saturday weekend; Hijri payroll periods are common
A generic HR tool
Wage file rebuilt in a spreadsheet each monthContribution rates kept in someone's notesEnd of service worked out by hand at exitNationalisation counted in a separate sheetThe working calendar remembered, not configuredThe Saudi Arabia pack
Mudad wage fileEffective-datedSourcedGOSIEffective-datedSourcedEnd-of-service awardEffective-datedSourcedSaudization and NitaqatEffective-datedSourcedHijri pay periodsEffective-datedSourcedIf one of these dates has gone stale, that is our failure. Tell us and we will fix it.
GOSI contributions are split correctly for Saudi and non-Saudi employees.
Social Insurance Law, Royal Decree M/33Last verified August 2026
The Nitaqat band is tracked continuously rather than at quarter end.
MHRSD Nitaqat programme rulesLast verified August 2026
This describes how Dawmo handles these rules. It is not legal advice and does not replace your own advisers, particularly where your contracts, entity structure or sector change the answer.
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