HR software in Maharashtra for small companies

What should a confirmation letter say?

The date the probation started, the date confirmation takes effect, the designation on confirmation, any change in salary, and the notice period that now applies. That last line is the one most often left out, and it is the one that gets quoted at exit.

Issuing it on time is a calendar problem more than a writing problem. A company in Maharashtra with twenty people has a confirmation due most months, and they are easy to miss.

probation and confirmation letters

Why do employees question their payslip?

Usually because the deductions are not explained. Provident fund at 12 percent of basic and dearness allowance, employee state insurance at 0.75 percent of gross where the wage ceiling applies, professional tax where the state levies it, and tax deducted at source under section 192. Four different bases, four different rules, and a single net figure at the bottom.

Showing the base alongside the deduction ends most of those conversations. So does keeping the salary structure stable, because a change in the basic pay share moves provident fund and gratuity at the same time.

how provident fund is calculated

How much gratuity does a company in Maharashtra have to provide for?

Enough to pay 15 days of wages for every completed year of service for every employee who will cross five years. For a growing company that number gets large quietly, because it is driven by the basic pay of long serving people rather than by headcount.

Since 21 November 2025 there is a second check on the wage base. Where allowances excluded from wages exceed half of total remuneration, the excess is added back. A salary structure that kept basic pay thin to hold the liability down no longer does so.

gratuity calculator

What does the monthly provident fund filing involve?

A return listing every covered employee, their wages for the month, their contribution and the employer share, filed with the fund office along with the payment. Days of loss of pay change the wage figure, so attendance for the month has to be settled before the return can be prepared.

Offrd produces the payroll and payslip records that the return is built from, including the basic and dearness allowance base for each employee. Filing itself is done on the fund portal.

the electronic challan cum return

What is the Maharashtra professional tax slab for payslips?

Women earning up to Rs 25,000 a month are exempt, a change effective April 2023 that many payroll spreadsheets still miss. Alongside PT, payslips carry EPF at 12% employer and 12% employee up to the Rs 15,000 wage ceiling, and ESI at 3.25% and 0.75% where gross pay is within Rs 21,000.

What does Offrd do in every one of these cities?

The same five jobs. Offer and appointment letters generated in minutes, the appointment letter being mandatory under the Labour Codes. Onboarding where the joiner's Aadhaar, PAN and bank details verify from a phone. Payslips with the statutory lines computed per person. Attendance by QR code or GPS through the free Atndnz app. Exit letters with a full and final settlement. Policies, POSH included, come from a guided builder.

What it deliberately leaves out, return filing, performance reviews, expense claims, is listed on the Offrd India overview. More than 4,000 Indian companies use the platform across 350+ cities. Pricing, both the Rs 99 pay per use route and the Rs 50 per employee subscription, is on the pricing page, and the wider library of guides sits at HR tools and guides for India.