HR and payroll built for the factory floor
Shifts, overtime and contract labour are what make factory payroll hard. AiroHR takes punches from a face kiosk or your biometric machine, applies your shift and overtime rules, and turns them into salaries and statutory registers.
From the gate to the salary slip
Attendance and payroll are one system, so the hours on the shop floor are the hours that get paid.
Face kiosk at the gate
Mount an Android tablet at the gate with Airo Lens. Workers look at it to punch in, so nobody needs a smartphone and nobody shares a fingerprint scanner.
Your biometric machine
Already have a fingerprint or card machine? Export the punch log and import it into the same daily register.
Night shifts that pair correctly
A punch-out after midnight closes the shift that began the evening before, so a night shift stays one attendance day.
Rosters and shift matching
Plan shifts on a weekly grid or upload them from Excel. A punch is judged against the shift it fits, so a night worker is not marked 11 hours late.
Overtime you approve
Overtime is worked out from punches and waits for approval. Work on a weekly off can pay 1x, 2x, 3x or your own rate, or earn a comp-off day.
Contract labour by firm
Record each supplying firm with its own ID series. Run each firm's staff separately on its own salary calendar, and print a firm-wise PF, ESI, PT, TDS and LWF annexure.
Registers on demand
Muster Roll, Salary Register, Overtime Report, Bonus Register (Form C), Form D and, for Karnataka factories, Form 22 muster roll cum register of wages.
Statutory deductions
PF, ESI, PT and TDS run with payroll, with the EPFO ECR file, ESIC data and an LWF return from locked payroll.
Tools and safety gear
Issue tools, uniforms or safety gear on the employee's profile, and see what is still out when someone leaves.
One month on the floor
Workers punch
At the face kiosk, on the app, or on your biometric machine.
HR reviews
Punches that need a look, overtime and leave are approved in one place.
Payroll runs
Attendance, overtime, fines, advances and loan instalments flow into the pay run.
The month closes
Lock the month, pay from your bank file, and download the registers and statutory files.
Fewer surprises at month end
- A locked payroll month keeps its figures, so registers match what was paid.
- Late and early fines follow your rules and need approval before they are deducted.
- Employees can dispute a fine from their portal, and HR decides it on record.
- An HR user can be limited to one plant or department. See Security.
Also in the same system
- Joining documents and KYC, collected before day one.
- Loans and salary advances, recovered through payroll.
- Exit and full and final settlement, with asset collection.
- A payroll journal for Tally.
Questions from factories
Can workers without a smartphone mark attendance?
Yes. A shared Android tablet running Airo Lens works as a face kiosk at the gate, and fingerprint or card machines work through log import.
Will our existing biometric machine work?
Yes. Export the punch log from your machine and import it into AiroHR, or send punches from your own system through the AiroHR API.
How is contract labour handled?
Add each supplying firm in Settings. Its staff get that firm's ID series and are processed firm by firm on the firm's own salary calendar. After locking, you get an annexure of the PF, ESI, PT, TDS and LWF for that firm.
Is Form 22 available for every state?
No. Form 22 follows the Karnataka Factories Rules. Companies in other states can use the Muster Roll and Salary Register reports. Forms specific to other states are not built in.
Does AiroHR calculate piece-rate pay?
Not by itself. AiroHR pays by the day, the duty or the hour. If you pay piece rate, work out each worker's amount and enter it as an Additional Payment, and it goes through payroll.
Does it track production or machines?
No. AiroHR covers people, attendance and pay. It does not record production output.
This page describes AiroHR as of October 2026. Steps done by employees need the employee portal or app on their plan.
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