Checklists you can use this month, plain-language compliance notes and templates you can adapt.
Twelve checks to run before you approve payroll — from the attendance register to the bank file.
A practical way to set Basic, HRA and Special Allowance by grade so CTC, gross and statutory deductions stay consistent.
If leave falls on both sides of a weekend, should the weekend count as leave? How the rule works and how to decide.
Employee and employer PF are 12% of PF wages — but on which wages? Contributing on actual pay versus the statutory ceiling.
Who is covered by ESI, what a contribution period means, and why an employee can stay covered after a raise.
Location-checked punches work best when people understand what is checked, when, and why.
If HR spends the last week of the month correcting the register by hand, the rules belong in the system.
A short, fair salary advance and loan policy covering eligibility, limits, recovery and exits.
PT is a state tax with state slabs. Getting the employee's state right matters as much as getting the slab right.