Wages Protection System (WPS)
Wages Protection System (WPS) is an electronic salary transfer system that allows institutions to pay workers’ wages via banks, approved and authorized to provide the service. The system, developed by Qatar Central Bank, allows the Ministry of Labor to create a database that records wage payments in the private sector to guarantee the timely and full payment of agreed-upon wages. The WPS covers all institutions registered with the Ministry across all sectors and industries and will benefit different categories of labor.
The Wage Protection System is available online for your business to transfer your employees’ salaries online and save time!
Thanks to WPS Portal, you can now save all the time you need for your business by simply transferring your employees’ salaries, online and from your office, with a click of a button.
To know more about the WPS Account Opening Procedures and main Rejection reasons, please click here
Register and login by visiting WPS Online Portal: https://wps.qib.com.qa
As a business owner, you can now update your employees’ information easily through the WPS Online Portal; to know how to update their information, please click here.
About WPS
WPS targets the following parties from the Ministry partners:
- Workers: each and every individual who works in the private sector in return for agreed-upon wages and who has a labour card issued by the Ministry
- Employers: whoever owns a company or institution registered with the Ministry and hires one or more workers in return for agreed-upon wages
- Banks: the financial institution which the employer has a bank account with that is used to transfer the wages amount through WPS to the appointed agent to distribute to the labours.
Joining WPS requires:
- The company needs to be registered with the Ministry of labor
- The Company should have a bank account with one of the banks operating in Qatar.
- Complete the registration form
- Provide the bank with following documents copy :
- trade license.
- commercial registration.
- establishment identity documents “computer ID”.
- QID copy for the authorized signatory.
WPS Fees
WPS Salary processing fees:
Please be informed that as per Qatar Central Bank guidelines, there will be a monthly charge with immediate effect for processing your employees’ salaries through WPS and the charge will be debited from your corporate account with QIB.
Following is the WPS Salary processing regulated charge matrix :
| Category | Fees (QAR) |
|---|---|
| 10 workers or less | 50 |
| From 11 to 50 workers | 100 |
| From 51 to 100 workers | 200 |
| From 101 to 200 workers | 300 |
| From 201 to 300 workers | 400 |
| From 301 to 500 workers | 500 |
| From 501 to 1000 workers | 600 |
| From 1001 to 2000 workers | 700 |
| From 2001 to 3000 workers | 800 |
| From 3001 to 4000 workers | 900 |
| From 4001 to 5000 workers | 1000 |
| 5001 or more | 1100 |
As per QCB instruction WPS salary processing charge should not be deduct from workers/employees accounts.
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How to upload employees salaries online?
How to Approve the transfer of employees salaries online?
Worker Account Opening
Employee Account Opening
- Encode all required information for payroll account opening application through WPS Online (Maker access is a must).
- Personal mobile number (registered under the employee’s QID).
- Qatar Residential Address should specify the Building, Street & Area Numbers.
- All details should be in capital letters.
- Following valid ID documents must be attached with the Payroll Account Opening Form:
- Copy of Qatar ID (front & back) with Authorized Signatory signature & company stamp.
- Copy of Passport (including last page for below Countries – which includes home country address) with Authorized signatory signature & company stamp.
| Countries that require passport copy of home country address | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | Rwanda | Uzbekistan | Bangladesh | Kenya |
| Nepal | Uganda | Afghanistan | Indonesia | China |
| Sri Lanka | Togolese | Iraq | Myanmar | Mali |
| Philippines | South Africa | Guinea | Ghana | Thailand |
| Bhutan | Brazil | Yemen | Tanzania | Burkina Faso |
- Employee will sign as per their Qatar ID only inside the designated signature boxes (Customer Declaration & Signature Specimen Card).
- Authorized signatory will have to sign as per computer card inside the Employer Undertaking box.
- All of the supporting documents (other than Corporate Application for Payroll Account opening & Payroll Account Opening form) available with employee/authorized signatory signatures must be company stamped.
- Attach the control sheet (computerized) with computer card copy. (Establishment card). Click here for Control Sheet
Tracking process for employee Account opening:
Please note all Account opening applications can be tracked using the below instructions.
- Login to your WPS online portal: wps.qib.com.qa using your username and password.
- Select “My account opening request” from the menu.
- Using the search option (application reference number / QID / employee name) you can find the status of Account opening request that you have submitted.
- For rejected applications the employer can check the reason by chooses “My account opening request” from the menu and then search the record by (application reference number / QID / employee name) then select “view” and they can see the reason in “remarks”.
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