Feature · Payroll & HRMS

Run Payroll in 20 minutes.

Payroll for Indian schools is uniquely painful: state-specific PT slabs, EPF, ESI, gratuity, proxy teachers, mid-year increments, and board audits. OrbitGurukul handles all of it in one workflow.

20 min
Average monthly Payroll runtime for a 100-staff school
21
State-specific Professional Tax slabs maintained for you
100%
EPF/ESI filing accuracy across 50,000+ payslips processed
₹0
Per-staff hidden charges — Payroll is included in your plan

Every module a school office needs.

Staff Attendance

Biometric, face-recognition, RFID or manual marking. Late, half-day and overtime captured automatically into Payroll.

EPF & ESI Calculation

Statutory rates kept current by us. UAN, ECR challan and ESI returns generated month after month with zero manual work.

Leave Management

CL, SL, EL, maternity, paternity, sabbatical, comp-off — your school's policy modelled exactly, with carry-forward, lapse and encashment rules.

Automated Salary Slips

PDF salary slips with full earnings & deductions breakup. Auto-emailed and WhatsApp-delivered on the 1st of every month.

Proxy Teacher Logic

Automatically pay substitutes for periods covered when a teacher is on leave — zero spreadsheet work, full audit trail.

Audit-Ready Exports

Form 16, Form 24Q, Professional Tax, board inspections — every export your auditor or board asks for, ready in one click.

Loan & Advance Tracking

Salary advances, festival loans, vehicle loans — EMIs deducted automatically with full repayment schedule visible to staff.

Increment & Arrears

Mid-year increments with retro-effective arrears calculated and paid in the next cycle — bonus, gratuity and DA hikes included.

Onboarding & Exit

Offer letter, joining kit, ID card, EPF/ESI registration, F&F settlement and experience letter — the whole lifecycle, one workflow.

Compliance, the boring part — done.

Our compliance team tracks every gazette notification so your school never misses a circular. The platform updates the same week.

  • EPF UAN registration & ECR challan
  • ESI returns & employee onboarding
  • Professional Tax for all 21 states
  • TDS quarterly returns (Form 24Q)
  • Form 16 issuance & Form 12BA
  • Gratuity & bonus calculation
  • Labour Welfare Fund (state-wise)
  • Minimum Wages Act compliance
  • Shops & Establishments registers

A Monday morning that actually starts at 9.

Before OrbitGurukul, the average school principal spends 6–8 hours every month on Payroll — most of it on Sunday. Here's what a typical pay cycle looks like with us:

  1. 25th of the month

    Attendance auto-finalised. Exceptions (LOP, leave without sanction) shown for review.

  2. 28th

    Increment, bonus and arrears applied. Payroll preview generated for principal sign-off.

  3. 1st of next month

    Salary credited via bulk NEFT or HDFC Payzapp. Slips delivered on WhatsApp.

  4. 5th

    EPF ECR challan auto-generated; ESI return filed. Compliance dashboard turns green.

  5. 7th

    Professional Tax & TDS deposited. Monthly MIS sent to the trustee.

See it on your school's data

We'll spin up a sandbox with your fee structure in under 24 hours.

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