Customers with accounts in UAE: enhancements to UAE Wages Protection System (WPS) payments

Effective 6 December 2015, the existing UAE WPS payment screens and file formats were updated in accordance with Central Bank of the UAE guidelines.

Summary of UAE WPS changes effective 6 December:

• The character limit for the EMPLOYER ID (Establishment ID) field has been increased from 13 to a maximum of 35 characters;
  
  
• The character limit for the EMPLOYEE ID field has been increased from 14 to a maximum of 35 characters;
  
  
• The UAE WPS system now supports the population of new “Employee Variable Pay” (EVP) fields/record types:
• EVP includes expenses such as: Housing allowance, Conveyance Allowance, Medical Allowance, Annual Passage Allowance, Overtime Allowances, All Other Allowances, Leave Encashment.

Please note that you are not required to incorporate these changes at this time. Should these changes become mandatory at a future date, we will provide written notification to ensure that you are provided advance notice of this requirement.

ACH Credit - Wages Protection System Payments
When creating a WPS payment using the Wages Protection System Payments form, ensure that you provide the employer ID, employee ID and any variable pay/EVP allowances, if applicable, in the Employee Details section of the form.

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ACH Credit - ACH Payments screen/template
Field label	Information to be provided
Customer Reference	Establishment ID
Beneficiary Name	Employee MOL ID
Beneficiary ID	Staff ID
Beneficiary Reference	Salary Period
Purpose of Payment	"SAL - SALARY"

 

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• Customers using HSBCnet File Upload service

For additional details on creating WPS payments in HSBCnet, please refer to the UAE Wages Protection System guide available post-logon in the HSBCnet Help Centre. This guide can also be found in the Create new Payment service window by selecting the ‘Help’ button in the top right corner.

For guidance on HSBCnet Payments/Templates changes, please contact your HSBC representative or your local HSBCnet Support Centre. Alternatively, you can contact the HSBCnet UAE Helpdesk at hsbcnetuaehelpdesk@hsbc.com or 8004407 (or 0097143669001 from outside the UAE).

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