StartHR industry pack

HR & payroll for Construction in Oman

Crews, sites and credentials under control — from mobilisation to handover.

Construction companies run large expatriate crews across moving sites, under the summer midday ban and licensing rules. StartHR ties every worker to a site, every credential to an expiry and every overtime hour to payroll.

9 live features · 3 on the roadmap · plus every core StartHR module
12:30–15:30Outdoor work ban, 1 Jun – 31 Aug
30 daysPaid annual leave from the first year
SPFOmani contributions on every payroll
The problem

What slows construction HR teams down

Workers move between sites and nobody knows the labour cost of each project.
Expired residence permits, driver cards and verification certificates surface only at a checkpoint.
Summer midday-ban violations bring fines and stop-work orders.
Foreman overtime sheets arrive late and get re-typed into payroll.
What you get

12 features built for construction

Live features work today. Roadmap items are planned and marked honestly.
Project & site crew boardLive

Assign every worker to one active project, see headcount, monthly labour cost, site allowances and margin against the contract value.

Midday-ban roster guardLive

Checks your shift policy against the 12:30–15:30 summer ban and lists the outdoor sites and workers it affects.

Trade & engineer credential matrixLive

Safety induction, trade certification, engineering and operator licences per worker, with expired and missing items flagged.

Omanisation trackerOn the roadmap

Your Omani share by role, measured against the Omanisation rules for your sector.

Biometric attendance per siteLive

Fingerprint and face devices at each gate feed the daily log, lateness and overtime automatically.

Foreman overtime straight to payrollLive

Overtime hours come from punches into the payroll run at 125% — no re-typing.

Residence permit, work permit & staff-loan permit trackingLive

Expiries, renewals and government fees for every worker, with 30/60/90-day alerts.

PPE & tool custodyLive

Issue helmets, harnesses and tools as assets and recover them at demobilisation.

Mobilisation & demobilisationLive

Onboarding checklists, clearance and final settlement with EOSB when a project ends.

6-day site shift templateLive

Apply an early-start, 6-day site week to your attendance policy in one click.

Labour camp & housing registerOn the roadmap

Rooms, occupancy limits (4 m² per resident, max 10 per room) and licence expiry.

Safety officer ratio & incident logOn the roadmap

Track safety officers against headcount and record incidents and toolbox talks.

Rules we track for you

Credentials, localisation and working time

Certificates & licences

  • Safety inductionRequired before anyone enters a site.
  • Trade certification
  • Engineering licenceEngineers and technicians — needed for residence permit renewal.
  • Driver card
  • First aid
  • Heavy equipment licence
Each is matched to the right job titles and alerts before it expires.

Omanisation

  • OmanisationSector Omanisation targets and roles reserved for Omanis; the Ministry checks them before issuing work permits.
Sector targets change by decision — confirm yours with the Ministry of Labour. Official rules

Recommended working time

  • 06:00–15:00Weekend: Friday6-day site week with an early start; split outdoor work around 12:30–15:30 in summer.
  • Summer midday banNo outdoor work 12:30–15:30, 1 Jun – 31 Aug. StartHR checks every outdoor site's shift against it.
  • Projects & sitesAllocate people, see the monthly labour cost and the margin against each contract.

Pay elements set up for you

Site allowanceFood allowanceRemote / hardship allowanceOvertime at 125% from biometric punchesCompletion bonusAnnual air ticket

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