HR software for Odisha SMEs, from offer letter to final settlement
Offrd gives an Odisha employer one place to generate offer letters, onboard new joiners, run payslips with EPF, ESI and the Odisha professional tax slab already applied, track attendance, and close exits with a full and final settlement. Setup takes under two minutes. Pricing starts at Rs 99 a document, with 50 free credits on signup.
This is the state hub. It explains what the platform does, lays out the Odisha statutory numbers your payroll has to get right, and links to a dedicated page for each of ten cities, because a steel ancillary in Rourkela and a beach hotel in Puri do not run HR the same way.
What Offrd covers for an Odisha company
The platform follows an employee's paperwork through its whole arc. Before the hire, the offer letter generator produces a branded, compliant offer in minutes, with an AI editor for the clauses you want phrased differently, and the Pre-Hire pipeline screens and ranks resumes before you ever schedule a call. At joining, onboarding collects and verifies Aadhaar, PAN and bank details into a clean employee file.
Month to month, payroll computes each head from the CTC. Basic, HRA, EPF at 12 percent from employer and employee, ESI where gross wages sit within the ceiling, gratuity accrual, and the Odisha PT slab. Attendance flows in from the bundled Atndnz app, which does QR check in, GPS and geofencing, and leave requests route to one manager by email, nothing more baroque than that. The policy builder drafts POSH, leave and conduct policies from a questionnaire.
At the end, probation confirmations, increments, separation letters, Form 16 generation, and a dedicated full and final settlement module that pulls from the same salary heads as the payslip, so the closing arithmetic matches the monthly one. More than 4,000 companies across 350 plus Indian cities run on this stack, and Offrd has generated over 7 billion rupees in offer letter value.
The Odisha statutory numbers your payroll must get right
Odisha levies professional tax on salaried employees, and every employer in the state must register as a deductor, deduct it from monthly salary, and deposit it with the state treasury. The slabs below are published by the Odisha Commercial Tax department.
| Annual salary | Professional tax |
|---|---|
| Below Rs 1.6 lakh | Nil |
| Rs 1.6 lakh to Rs 3 lakh | Rs 125 per month |
| Above Rs 3 lakh | Rs 200 per month for 11 months, Rs 300 in the last month |
On top of PT sit the central rules. EPF runs at 12 percent employer and 12 percent employee on wages capped at Rs 15,000 under Para 26A, per the EPFO. ESI applies at 0.75 percent employee and 3.25 percent employer on gross wages up to the Rs 21,000 ceiling. Every hire needs a written appointment letter under the labour codes in force since 21 November 2025, per the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Offrd bakes these rates into the payslip so nobody maintains them in a spreadsheet formula.
Offrd computes and shows the deductions. Depositing PT with the treasury and filing EPF or ESI returns stays with your accountant, working from the exports Offrd hands over.
Which Odisha city are you hiring in?
Each page below is written for how companies in that city actually operate, with the local industry mix in mind.
Bhubaneswar
Startups, IT services and the capital's office economy
Cuttack
Trading houses, distributors and the twin city's family firms
Rourkela
Steel ancillaries, fabricators and shift based teams
Sambalpur
Western Odisha's commercial hub, retail and services
Berhampur
South Odisha traders, institutions and growing firms
Balasore
Coastal manufacturers and industrial estate units
Paradip
Port services, logistics and transport operators
Puri
Hotels, restaurants and seasonal hospitality staffing
Angul
Coal, aluminium and power belt employers
Jharsuguda
The industrial town growing around smelting and power
Why Odisha SMEs pick a document first tool over a big HRMS
Most Odisha companies under 100 employees have one person doing HR alongside accounts or admin. What slows them down is not the absence of dashboards. It is the letter that takes an hour to draft, the payslip formula someone edits by hand each month, the exit that drags because nobody is sure what the settlement owes.
The enterprise suites solve different problems, appraisal cycles, engagement surveys, approval matrices, and price them into a monthly floor. Offrd takes the terser route. Five jobs done well, documents, payroll, attendance, leave and policies, at Rs 99 a document or Rs 50 per active employee a month. No setup fee, no implementation calls, no modules idling on your invoice. If you genuinely need OKRs or a full recruitment funnel, a larger HRMS will fit you better, and it is fair to say so on our own page.
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How Odisha's industry mix shapes the HR job
Odisha's employers do not share one workplace shape, and the HR work differs with the shape. In the industrial belts, Rourkela, Angul, Jharsuguda, the workforce is shift based, partly outdoor, and lives under vendor audits and labour inspections, so attendance integrity and inspection ready wage records carry the weight. On the coast, Paradip's port economy scatters crews across berths, yards and highways, and Puri's hospitality trade hires in seasonal waves, so batch letters and GPS attendance matter most. The commercial cities, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Berhampur, Balasore, run counters, godowns and routes where the fight is simply retiring paper registers and consultant drafted letters. And Bhubaneswar's office economy competes for talent against remote offers from the metros, where offer speed and a professional paper trail win candidates.
One platform serves all of these because the statutory floor underneath is identical. The same EPF and ESI rates, the same PT slabs, the same appointment letter mandate apply to a smelter vendor and a beach hotel alike. What changes is emphasis, which is why each city page above reads differently. Pick the page that matches your shape, or start from the product itself, the offer letter generator and the attendance suite are the two most common doors in.
Frequently asked questions
What does HR software need to handle for an Odisha employer?
Four things done correctly: employment documents from offer to exit, payroll with EPF, ESI and the Odisha professional tax slab deducted, attendance and leave records, and a full and final settlement when someone leaves. Offrd covers all four. The deposit of deducted tax with the state treasury stays with your accountant, working from the payroll data Offrd produces.
What are the professional tax slabs in Odisha?
Per the Odisha Commercial Tax department, salary below Rs 1.6 lakh a year attracts nil professional tax. Between Rs 1.6 lakh and Rs 3 lakh it is Rs 125 a month. Above Rs 3 lakh it is Rs 200 a month for the first 11 months and Rs 300 in the last month of the year.
Does Offrd work for small towns in Odisha or only Bhubaneswar?
It is cloud software, so it works anywhere with an internet connection. Offrd is used in more than 350 Indian cities, including tier 2 and tier 3 towns. The city pages on this hub cover ten Odisha cities, and a company in any other town in the state can use the same product the same way.
How much does Offrd cost for an Odisha SME?
Two ways to pay. Rs 99 per document with no monthly commitment, or a subscription at Rs 50 per active employee per month. Every new account gets 50 free credits, and the Atndnz attendance app is bundled free for paying users. There is no setup fee.
Does Offrd file PT, EPF or ESI returns with the government?
No. Offrd computes the deductions, puts them on the payslip, and prepares EPF ready payroll files your accountant can work from. Depositing professional tax with the Odisha treasury and filing EPF or ESI returns stays with your accountant or company secretary.
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