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Jan 18, 2022 4 min read

The Power of Data Lakes

Solving your global payroll challenge Payroll cannot work without accurate and timely HR data. Yet, getting HR data obtained from various sources directly into payroll software has been a challenge for decades.

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UAE Changes Its Labor Law – Consider Recruitment Process Outsourcing

UAE Changes Its Labor Law: Employment Offers Are Now Binding In accordance with the amended UAE Labor Law, effective from January 1, 2016, job offers will become binding and integral parts of employment contracts. This change to the Labor Law is intended to combat...

Oct 11, 2015 2 min read
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Find the best job openings straight from our webpage

FIND THE BEST JOB OPENINGS STRAIGHT FROM OUR WEBPAGE We have launched a new “Jobs” section on our webpage where you can view and apply to various vacancies. Currently we have posted more than 80 job openings and there is more to come. New job search environment...

Oct 4, 2015 1 min read
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Importance of the Exit Interview

In every business there are moments when employees leave and new ones come. As staff turnover can be costly, conducting exit interviews with leaving employees is a truly beneficial tool, which in the long run, can help the whole enterprise reduce staff turnover cos...

Sep 20, 2015 4 min read
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Qatar – Statutory Change Alert

Deadline for the implementation of the Wages Protections System (WPS) delayed until November 3, 2015. Executive Summary: Ministry of Labor in Qatar has delayed the deadline for the implementation of WPS until November 3, 2015. The deadline was extended in order...

Sep 3, 2015 3 min read
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Qatar Implements Wages Protections System (WPS) – Consider Payroll Outsourcing Solutions

Implementation of WPS in Qatar poses a new challenge and encourages utilization of payroll outsourcing providers. Following suit of the UAE and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar is implementing Wages Protection System (WPS) to ensure that salaries paid t...

Aug 14, 2015 3 min read
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Hundreds of Engineers Show Up for the Engineering Recruitment Day in Riyadh

Mercans’ hosted a Recruitment Day for engineers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on July 31, 2015. Candidates from the following disciplines were invited to attend the Interview Day: Structural/Civil Engineers Architectural Engineers Electrical Engineers Mech...

Aug 1, 2015 1 min read
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Things to Consider Before Accepting a Job in the Middle East

The salaries in the Middle East are often many times higher than in your home country. On top of that, there is no income tax in most of the countries in the Middle East. This means that your net earnings will be several times higher than what you would be earning at home...

Jul 25, 2015 5 min read
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Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labor introduces new regulations for telecommuter programs

The Ministry of Labor for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has issued a Ministerial Decree No. 792 dated December 14, 2014 and effective from February 20, 2015, which establishes procedural requirements for the companies that wish to employ telecommuters or teleworkers....

Jul 16, 2015 2 min read
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Mercans’ Interview Day for Engineers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mercans will be holding a special Recruitment Day for qualified engineers and engineering specialists on 31 July 2015 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Please see the list of vacancies below.

Jul 11, 2015 3 min read
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Does the Employee Outsourcing work in the Middle East?

Contingent or temporary workforce is often the right solution for the companies that need to onboard non-core staff quickly and without having to deal with the hassles of recruiting and payrolling them. Utilizing the Employee Outsourcing solutions becomes especially attra...

Jun 6, 2015 2 min read
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Can you pay employees in non-local currencies in the Middle East?

Many multinational companies operating in the Middle East employ expatriate staff and expats often want to be paid either in a non-local currency or multiple currencies. Our clients are struggling with either finding ways to pay expats in the non-local currencies or actua...

Jun 5, 2015 2 min read
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2014 results place Mercans on top of the recruitment industry

Based on the 2014 results, Mercans ranks as one of the fastest growing recruitment firms in the Middle East. In 2014, Mercans placed more than 1,600 engineers across various disciplines throughout the Middle East, making Mercans an industry leader in the engineering recru...

May 1, 2015 1 min read
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