MasdarEOR is an Employer of Record (EOR) provider operating across the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council: the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman. Founded in 2008, the company enables organizations to employ staff in these markets without incorporating a local legal entity.
MasdarEOR maintains wholly owned legal entities and licensed manpower platforms in each of the six countries it serves, rather than delivering services through third-party partners or in-country agents. Its licensing includes a mainland entity in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, registration under the ISTIQDAM platform in Saudi Arabia with Green Nitaqat status, LMRA sponsorship licensing in Bahrain, PASI-registered operations in Oman, and direct manpower platforms in Qatar and Kuwait.
Services cover the employment lifecycle: visa sponsorship and processing from application through renewal and cancellation, employment contract drafting aligned to local labour law, onboarding and offboarding, and ongoing compliance monitoring. Payroll is processed on a consolidated multi-country basis and includes WPS-compliant salary disbursement, statutory social insurance contributions (GOSI, PIFSS, SIO, PASI), end-of-service gratuity provisioning, and leave salary and airfare entitlements. The company also administers nationalisation quota requirements (Emiratization, Saudization, and Omanisation) and provides market entry and regulatory advisory for organizations establishing operations in the region.
Services are billed on a fixed-fee basis.