Viriksha HR Solution
Payroll Management vs Payroll Outsourcing
Explore the key differences between Payroll Management and Payroll Outsourcing. Choose the right approach to ensure accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency.
Both payroll management services and payroll outsourcing services assist the businesses to maintain correct payroll and remain in line with the PF/EPF and ESI regulations. However, a good strategy will be based on your internal strength, compliance risk and stage of growth.
Payroll Management and Payroll Outsourcing go beyond simply processing salaries. They ensure accuracy, compliance, and efficiency in handling employee compensation. In Chennai’s competitive business environment, choosing the right approach — managing payroll in-house or outsourcing to experts — helps businesses stay compliant, reduce workload, and scale with confidence.”
— VIRIKSHA HR SOLUTION, CHENNAI
Payroll Management vs Payroll Outsourcing — They're Not the Same Thing
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Payroll Management Services |
Payroll Outsourcing Services |
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Role of Viriksha
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Viriksha is the partner of your HR or finance team, which processes payrolls and regulates company compliance issues.
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The payroll is a function that Viriksha completely owns.
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Control
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The company is in charge of employee information, approvals, and human resource decisions.
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Your team would supply attendance and employee inputs and Viriksha will take care of everything.
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Scope of Work
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Virksha did payroll calculation, generation of payslips, maintenance of statutory registers, PF/EPF, and ESI filings.
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Full service payroll Like salary processing, payslips, statutory compliance, and labour register maintenance.
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Compliance
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Such monthly filings as PF ECR submission, ESI remittance, Professional Tax, and Labour Welfare Fund.
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Equal compliance coverage and total operating responsibility.
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Best For
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Organizations that require HR services that are provided by compliance specialists and PF consultants or ESI consultants.
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Companies that desire to outsource payroll entirely.
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Two models are used to achieve compliance with the statutory requirements, and the correct one should be made based on your internal team strength, number of employees, and compliance risks.
What goes wrong without proper payroll
The payroll errors do not manifest themselves very quickly. In the vast majority of instances, enterprises learn about the presence of problems only when a labour inspection or governmental notice is received. It is at that point that discrepancies between remuneration and legal submissions emerge.
One of the problems is the mismatch between PF ECR filings and the Wage Register. Likewise, penalties and compliance will be initiated by a late payment of ESI contributions. Most organizations also have wage registers in wrong formats or they lose the need to update the required records like the Overtime Register.
In the labour laws like the Shops & Establishments Act and the Factories Act, during site-visits, inspectors usually compare payroll submission with statutory registers. In case of discrepancies, one gap can lead to a notice, and repeated checks and penalties can be issued in a case of a variety of problems.
This is a risk that is prevalent among those businesses that handle payroll through the use of Excel or incomplete software that cannot produce statutory registers.
Businesses Served Across Tamil Nadu & Pan India
What Viriksha handles every month
Monthly Viriksha also fills statutory reports and furnishes evidence of doing so such as PF ECR filing with challan, ESI contribution filing with challan, Professional Tax deductions and remittance, and Labour welfare fund filing where applicable.
There are also mandatory labour registers that are kept and updated on a routine basis. They are the Employee Register, Muster Roll, Wage Register, Leave Register, Overtime Register and the Holiday Register.
Joiner and leaver are managed safely which involves pro-rated remuneration, admission or discontinuation of PF /EPF, registration of ESI and statutory register.
A comprehensive compliance report is provided to your HR/finance contact at the conclusion of each payroll cycle, and full transparency and documentation is achieved.
Which model is right for your business?
EPF management lies on compliane on a monthly basis. Both the employer and employee make contributions based on 12 percent of basic wages and dearness allowance. Employee salaries should be arranged properly so as not to be under-calculated or do so illegally.
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Under 10 employees
Companies having less than 10 employees and no HR department usually enjoy having full payroll outsourcing, with access to payroll tools.
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10–200 employees
Organizations with an HR executive and a workforce of between 10 and 200 staff prefer payroll management services where Viriksha is the compliance interface with the internal approvals being handled by the HR executive.
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200+ employees
Payroll outsourcing offers a central payroll control system and a multi-state coverage of compliance to organizations with more than 200 employees or located in more than one location.
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Any size, already have software
Payroll management can work together with an existing system in case your business is already using such tools as Zoho Payroll, Keka, or GreytHR.
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Any size, received PF/ESI/labour notice
The companies already informed about PF or ESI, or even notified by labour department must start with the audit of payroll compliance before choosing the appropriate model.
Running Payroll on Excel
Excel is the most popular payroll start-up in many businesses due to its seeming simplicity and affordability. Nevertheless, Payroll systems based on Excel are usually risky with the increase in the workforce.
Payroll errors are easily caused by formula errors, version confusion and manual updates. The Excel also does not provide an audit trail so that later changes in the calculation of salaries can not always be traced.
The other difficulty is statutory compliance. The labour registers are not created automatically in the prescribed forms in Excel files. This compels HR to keep payroll and statutory registers in separate locations – or even not to bother in register keeping.
Viriksha assists small businesses to shift to an organized payroll management framework that contains payroll tools. Calculations of PF/EPF and ESI contribution are carried out manually by use of Excel as well which exposes them to the risk of erroneous deductions.
Payroll Tool Subscriptions
There are already numerous payroll or HR software solutions, including Zoho Payroll, PagarBook, FactoHR, SalaryBox, DarwinBox or HROne. Salaries are processed and payslips made up by most of the tools. They fail to keep statutory labour registers, process PF/EPF filings, remittances of ESI, and ensure that minimum wage laws are adhered to.
Viriksha HR Solution integrates with your current payroll software and does not compel a system migration. Our team will interface with your existing HRMS, and will be in charge of payrolls, compliance reporting and documentation.
In case of businesses that are not currently operating on a payroll system, Viriksha will also make an appropriate HRMS subscription available as a part of the engagement. The choice of the solution depends on your number, complexity of operations and your reporting needs.
ISO audit & labour inspector readiness
Any company that is under ISO certification has to keep HR and payroll records, which can sustain an external audit. The payroll records are frequently scrutinized as part of an ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and SA8000 audit.
Viriksha provides an assurance that it keeps payroll records and statutory registers in audit-ready standards. Documentation is arranged and is traceable and accessible with ease when needed.
When a labour inspector visits your work place, your dedicated PF consultant or the ESI consultant with Viriksha offers you instant assistance, such as preparing of documents, coordinating inspection and management of post inspection responses.
