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13 Aug 2026

Klok HRMS

Klok's HRMS is designed to cater to the unique needs of Indian businesses, providing a comprehensive platform to manage...

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12 Aug 2026

Klok: Streamline Attendance

Indian manufacturing plants face numerous challenges, including attendance and leave management. Klok's automated HR man...

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12 Aug 2026 · Payroll & compliance

The ESI mistake that turns into a shortfall notice

Eligibility is tested at the start of a contribution period, not every month. Employers who stop deducting the day wages...

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12 Aug 2026 · Payroll & compliance

The 50% rule: what the Code on Wages does to your salary structure

Excluded allowances may not exceed half of total remuneration. Structures built on a small basic and a large special all...

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12 Aug 2026 · Payroll & compliance

Why your PF ECR upload keeps failing on the 15th

The ECR is unforgiving of things that are invisible on screen: a byte-order mark, a trailing blank line, a name that doe...

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11 Aug 2026

Fixing Shift Attendance and Overtime for Contract Workers in Plants

Manufacturing plants running multiple shifts with contract labour face constant attendance mismatches and overtime calcu...

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07 Aug 2026 · HR operations

Leave Management

Effective leave management is crucial for Indian manufacturing settings to ensure productivity and employee satisfaction...

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06 Aug 2026 · Payroll & compliance

Why your Form 16 does not match the payslips you already issued

Every June, employees compare Form 16 against twelve payslips and find a difference. The cause is almost never the certi...

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04 Aug 2026 · Payroll & compliance

The gratuity mistake that inflates your liability by half

Gratuity is computed on basic plus dearness allowance. Companies that compute it on gross provision for a liability far...

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03 Aug 2026 · Payroll & compliance

Arrears belong to two months, and payroll usually records only one

An increment effective in April and processed in July produces arrears that relate to April, May and June but are paid i...

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29 Jul 2026 · Attendance & leave

The comp-off that was promised on the shop floor and never recorded

A supervisor tells two technicians they will get a day off for working Sunday. Nobody records it. Eight months later it...

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28 Jul 2026 · Attendance & leave

The loss-of-pay divisor that quietly destroys trust in payroll

Twenty-six, thirty, or the actual days in the month — any of them can be defended. Switching between them month to month...

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27 Jul 2026 · HR operations

Thirty seconds at onboarding, or two years of a stalled PF claim

A joiner who worked before already has a UAN. Not asking for it generates a second one — and splits their retirement sav...

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26 Jul 2026 · HR operations

Almost every HR dispute starts at the exit, not at the hire

Companies invest heavily in hiring and treat separation as paperwork. Then they discover that separation is where the co...

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25 Jul 2026 · HR operations

Your contractor did not pay their workers. That is now your problem.

Engaging workers through a contractor moves the employment relationship. It does not move the compliance exposure nearly...

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24 Jul 2026 · HR operations

Employee self-service fails for one reason: nobody trusts the number

Self-service removes most routine HR traffic — but only if the balance it shows is right. Publishing a number HR themsel...

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