Track attendance and break compliance through our payroll software, run accurate shift-wise and overtime payroll for machine operators and plant staff. Stay compliant with CLRA, ESIC, and multi-plant Professional Tax, without manual spreadsheets or shift-roster guesswork.
A factory with 800 employees spread out over 3 shifts, 40 % of contracted labor, and plants in 5 states faces payroll complexity that general-purpose software was never designed to handle.
Day shift, night shift, overtime, and production bonuses have different pay rates. One miscalculation across 800 workers creates 800 wrong payslips.
The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act requires specific registers, returns, and compliance for every contract worker - separate from permanent staff.
Workers earning ₹21,000 gross or less must be covered under ESIC. With high turnover, the process of enrolling and submitting challans on a monthly basis is very cumbersome.
Three plants in Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu mean three different PT regimes, three different slabs, and three different filing frequencies.
The Payment of Bonus Act mandates a minimum of 8.33% of wages across eligible employees. At 1,000+ workers, getting the allocable surplus and per-employee amount right is not a spreadsheet task.
Manufacturing sees 20–40% annual attrition. Full and final settlement, including gratuity, earned leave encashment, and notice recovery, within the Labour Code's 2-day window is operationally impossible without automation.
Indian manufacturing companies manage 4–6 distinct worker categories simultaneously. Each with different pay structures and different statutory obligations. TankhaPay is the only platform built to handle all of them from one login.
Monthly CTC-based salary, PF on basic, ESIC where applicable, TDS under applicable regime, shift allowances, and annual bonus.
Full PF + ESIC + TDSPayroll managed under CLRA with separate ECR submission, principal employer liabilities are tracked. And proper ESIC and PF contributions made for all contractual employees.
CLRA Registers + ReturnsPaid per day worked at the applicable state minimum wage. Payment of Wages Act compliance for frequency and mode. LOP calculated per absent day.
Minimum Wages ActWages based on production performance. Even if production is lower, minimum wages will apply. Overtime at 2x as per the Factories Act.
Production-Linked PayNATS apprentices on stipend receive separate payroll treatment. BOAT portal compliance and reimbursement processing handled natively within TankhaPay.
NATS + BOAT ComplianceRecruited specifically during the production season, these workers have to be onboarded quickly with proper ESIC and PF enrolment and F&F settlement at season-end.
Fast Onboard + F&FRunning payroll in a factory is complex. Shift differentials, piece-rate pay, multi-state compliance, and high-volume contract workers all need to be handled at once. Here is how TankhaPay simplifies every step.
Consolidate data from the factory workers, warehouse workers, and office workers in a single hub. Manage hourly, salaried, daily wage, and contract workers along with their shift timings, departments, and designations in real-time mode.
TankhaPay calculates gross wages from shift attendance, applying the correct rate for each shift type - day, night, double, or rotating - plus overtime, production bonuses, and piece-rate pay. No manual calculation. No spreadsheets.
All the deductions made are done precisely – ESIC at 3.25% employer for all eligible employees, PF on accurate basics, TDS as per the appropriate regime, PT as per state, and LWF wherever applicable. Contractual workers are processed as per CLRA with separate registers and returns.
Once payroll is approved, salaries are disbursed directly to bank accounts for all worker. Whether salaried monthly employees or daily wage workers. Digital payslips are generated instantly in the employee app. PF and ESIC challans are filed without a separate step.
CMMI Level 5 is a certification held by fewer than 1% of Indian tech companies. It means the quality standard your statutory filings are processed under is the same standard trusted by the Government of India.
No Indian payroll software competitor holds this certification. When your investors or audit teams ask who runs your payroll, this row wins the conversation.
We have processed payroll through every significant Indian labour law change since 1998. The Labour Code 2025 is not a new challenge for us - it is the latest in a 26-year track record.
If your HR team can run it in-house, use the software. If a 5,000-worker factory needs a dedicated payroll manager, switch to managed services. Same platform throughout.
TankhaPay was built for India's payroll complexity - not a global tool adapted for Indian use. CLRA, minimum wage notifications, and all 28 states' PT – it is native, not patched.
From biometric-linked shift payroll to CLRA register maintenance - every manufacturing-specific requirement is handled by the system, not by your HR team manually.
Day shift, night shift, double shift, overtime pay rate 2x, performance bonus, and attendance-based attendance deduction. All these calculations are done by TankhaPay to calculate the right gross for each employee.
Integrate permanent and contractual workers within one management system, , with CLRA-compliant registers maintained automatically, proper TDS of contractor, and ESI cover to all eligible contract workers.
Most manufacturing plants already have biometric systems. TankhaPay integrates with Essl, Realtime, ZKTeco, and all major biometric vendors - pulling shift data directly into payroll without manual reconciliation.
PF filing for the entire workforce, ESIC filing for Shop floor, Bonus Act computation, compliance with minimum wages per state, PT filing for all units – all filed before deadline without HR interference.
See labour cost by plant, by shift, by department, and by workforce type - permanent vs contract - in real time. Track cost-per-unit of production alongside payroll for integrated manufacturing cost analytics.
No manual data entry. No spreadsheet. No payroll errors at 3 AM on the last working day of the month.
Attendance data from all plants syncs automatically. Shift type, overtime hours, and leave deductions computed without manual entry.
Zero data entry effortCalculations of shift differentials, production bonuses, PF, ESIC, TDS, PT, and the Bonus Act are done automatically at prevailing statutory rates.
Per worker, per shift, per plantReviewed by plant manager and approved by HR head via maker-checker system. Any anomaly is identified prior to disbursement and not in the bank statement.
AI flags errors pre-runSalaries credited to 2,000 bank accounts. PF ECR, ESIC challan, and PT remittance are all filed. Payslips sent. Done before the statutory deadline.
Full compliance in one clickBuilt for India's manufacturing complexity - not general-purpose payroll software with a manufacturing label added to the header.
Day, night, double shifts - each with distinct pay rates, allowances, and OT calculations. Handled per worker per pay cycle.
Essl, Realtime, ZKTeco, and all major biometric solutions. Payroll calculation based on punched data without any need for exporting/importing.
Automatic Form A, Form B, Form XII maintenance for contract workers. CLRA returns filed on time without a separate compliance team.
Auto-enrollment of all workers under ₹21,000 gross. Monthly ESIC challan generated. Half-yearly returns filed automatically.
Allocable surplus, minimum and maximum bonus per employee - calculated correctly under the Payment of Bonus Act for every eligible worker.
Different plants, different states, different PT regimes - all managed from one login with plant-level reporting and approval workflows.
Labour Code 2025 mandates 2-day F&F. High manufacturing turnover means this runs monthly. TankhaPay automates every F&F component.
Shop floor workers can get payslips, PF amounts, and form 16 using mobile apps – resulting in a reduction of 80% in HR queries.
Real-time plant-level labour cost, permanent vs contract cost split, and CFO-ready board reports - not month-end MIS extracts.
Updated for Labour Code 2025, Minimum Wages notifications, and ESIC rate changes - before the deadline, not after the notice.
Highlighted pills are manufacturing-specific compliance requirements that generic payroll tools frequently get wrong or omit entirely.
Practical guidance for HR leaders and IR managers running payroll for permanent and contractual workforce across multiple plants.
Who qualifies for ESIC, how the Rs 21,000 threshold works with Labour Codes 2025, and what manufacturing employers must get right for shop-floor workers.
PF, ESIC, PT, TDS, CLRA - every statutory obligation Indian manufacturing employers carry, with deadlines and how automation prevents penalties.
How to evaluate payroll software for manufacturing - shift payroll support, biometric integration, CLRA registers, and multi-plant PT handling compared across 10 platforms.
The questions manufacturing HR heads and IR managers ask before committing to a payroll system.
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