Mellow Blog

HR & payroll, done properly

Practical, country-by-country guides on payroll, compliance and leave — and how to treat your people as capital to invest in, not headcount to manage. Written for HR leaders at growing companies across the UK, Ireland, USA, UAE, India and Australia.

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People Management Australia

Discrimination law in Australia: an employer's guide

Discrimination law in Australia prohibits employers from treating employees or job applicants unfairly on the basis of protected attributes — covering hiring, pay, promotion, dismissal and workplace c

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People Management USA

Discrimination law in the United States: an employer's guide

Discrimination law in the United States is a layered framework of federal, state, and local rules that prohibit employers from treating workers or job applicants less favorably because of protected ch

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People Management UAE

Discrimination law in the United Arab Emirates: an employer's guide

Discrimination law in the UAE prohibits employers from treating workers unfairly on grounds including race, nationality, religion and sex. The framework is spread across several laws rather than a sin

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People Management UK

Discrimination law in the United Kingdom: an employer's guide

Discrimination law in the UK protects workers from unfair treatment based on who they are. The Equality Act 2010 is the main piece of legislation, and getting it wrong — even unintentionally — can lea

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People Management Ireland

Discrimination law in Ireland: an employer's guide

Discrimination law in Ireland protects employees and job applicants from being treated less favourably on specific, defined grounds. Employers who understand those grounds — and build fair processes a

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Payroll UAE

How to Run Payroll in the UAE

To run UAE payroll: calculate gross pay, apply social insurance for nationals only, accrue end-of-service gratuity, and submit a WPS Salary Information File. There is no income tax.

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Global Payroll Global

HR Software for UAE Companies: WPS Compliance and End-of-Service Gratuity

UAE payroll has no income tax — but it does have social insurance for nationals, end-of-service gratuity, and the mandatory WPS Salary Information File. Here is what HR software must handle.

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Comparisons Global

Mellow vs Deel: HR and Payroll Compared Across 6 Countries

Deel and Mellow solve different problems. Deel is built for Employer of Record hiring in 150+ countries. Mellow runs native HR and payroll across six. Here is an honest comparison.

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Industry Guides Global

HR for Construction: Managing a Distributed, Site-Based Workforce

Construction HR must handle health and safety compliance, subcontractor management, and site-based mobile workers. Here is the approach designed for distributed, project-based workforces.

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Industry Guides Global

HR for Retail: Managing Store Teams and Head Office in One System

Retail HR must serve shift-based store teams and office staff through one system, handling scheduling, variable hours, and sector compliance. Here is the approach that works across the estate.

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People Management India

Fixed-term and part-time employee rights in India

Fixed-term and part-time employees in India have many of the same statutory rights as permanent, full-time workers — proportionate pay, social security contributions, and protection from arbitrary dis

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People Management Australia

Fixed-term and part-time employee rights in Australia

Fixed-term and part-time employees in Australia have the same core entitlements as permanent full-time staff under the National Employment Standards — the main differences lie in how those entitlement

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