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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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Egypt Social Security Contribution Updates

Egypt Social Security Contribution Bases Updates. Effective from 1 January 2020, the government of Egypt announced that the monthly social security minimum and maximum contribution base amounts will increase on an annual basis until the tax year 2027. The monthl...

Dec 13, 2020 1 min read
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Saudi Arabia Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Saudi Arabia – 20% of All Engineering Positions must be filled by Saudi Nationals. The government of Saudi Arabia has announced that, effective from 14 January 2021, all private sector employers with more than four engineering positions must employ at least one ...

Sep 28, 2020 1 min read
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Egypt Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Egypt – Coronavirus Tax Calculations Clarified. As previously communicated by Mercans in its Statutory Alert dated 4 July 2020, in order to alleviate the economic impact of COVID-19, effective from 1 August 2020, the government of Egypt introduced an additional ...

Sep 21, 2020 2 min read
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UAE Payroll Outsourcing Alert

United Arab Emirates – Paternity Leave Introduced. As the first Arab country, the government of the United Arab Emirate has introduced a five-day paternity leave for all private sector male employees. Under the new law, private sector employers are required t...

Sep 13, 2020 2 min read
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UAE Payroll Outsourcing Alert

United Arab Emirates – Dubai Government Introduces a Retirement Program for Expats. The government of Dubai has launched “Retire in Dubai” program that offers long-term residency permits to expatriates aged 55 and above. Under this newly launched program, retire...

Sep 13, 2020 2 min read
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Turkey Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Turkey – COVID-19 Relief Measures Extended In accordance with the Presidential Decree No. 2810, a number of the COVID-19 related reliefs, there were set to expire on 31 July 2020, have been extended through 31 August 2020. Accordingly, the COVID-19 related sh...

Aug 16, 2020 1 min read
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Egypt Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Egypt – “Coronovirus Tax” Introduced Effective from 1 August 2020, the government of Egypt has introduced an additional tax on 1%, that will be deducted from employees’ net employment income, to alleviate the economic impact of COVID-19. At the same time, all st...

Aug 16, 2020 1 min read
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LGPD compliance in Brazil

The Example of Brazil's Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) – Why Compliance with Foreign Laws is Vital for Multi-Country Payroll and HRM Functions For the past few years, personal data collection and privacy have been under scrutiny around the world, and compan...

Aug 9, 2020 8 min read
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International PEO solutions to start global business without a local entity

An Employer of Record to take care of your international HRM Employer of Record services (EOR) enable companies to grow their international presence without setting up local legal entities. An Employer of Record – also known as an international professional empl...

Aug 4, 2020 8 min read
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Why Outsource Global Mobility to a Specialist

Global mobility, the invaluable key to international growth Companies expanding internationally do not necessarily need to create legal entities in foreign countries to conduct business abroad. However, they do need people to represent them and oversee their multi...

Jul 21, 2020 7 min read
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Kuwait Payroll Outsourcing Alert

Kuwait – Aggressive Localization Measures Proposed by Lawmakers. Mercans, a leading Kuwait payroll outsourcing, PEO/GEO, employee leasing, recruitment and BPO services provider, has published Kuwait payroll outsourcing alert. Subscribe to Mercans’ Kuwait payroll o...

Jul 14, 2020 3 min read
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UAE Payroll Outsourcing Alert

United Arab Emirates – Immigration Exemptions Cancelled. Mercans, a leading UAE payroll outsourcing, PEO/GEO, employee leasing, recruitment and BPO services provider, has published UAE payroll outsourcing alert. Subscribe to Mercans’ UAE payroll outsourcing alerts...

Jul 13, 2020 3 min read
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