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Built for Hourly & Daily-Wage Workers

Hourly Employee Time Tracking Built for Indian Pay Cycles

SalaryBox is a complete hourly employee time tracking software for Indian businesses paying staff by the hour or by the day. Capture exact clock-in and clock-out times with face-verified attendance. Auto-calculate payable hours, break deductions, and overtime per Factories Act multipliers. Pay daily wages, hourly rates, shift differentials, and overtime in the same payroll run with full PF, ESI, Professional Tax, and TDS compliance. Built to stop time theft, eliminate buddy punching, and make every minute on the clock auditable.

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Rajesh Kumar — Active Timesheet
Worker ID: HW-042 · Shift: Morning
Tracking
Hours worked today
07h 38m
Clock-in: 09:02 AM · Live
₹1,145 Earned today
Hourly rate ₹150 / hr
Gross hours 8h 08m
Break (auto-deduct) −30m
Net payable hours 7h 38m
Face-verified punch ✓ Geofenced
Estimated day pay ₹1,145
Per MinutePay calculated to the minute
Auto OTPer Factories Act multipliers
ZeroBuddy punching with face verify
Daily / WeeklyWage payout cycles
The Hourly Reality

What Manual Hourly Pay Costs You Every Month

Every minute miscounted on an hourly worker's timesheet either underpays the worker (creating disputes) or overpays the business (wasting wages). For a 50-person hourly team, even 10 minutes of inaccuracy per worker per day adds up to ₹1,00,000+ per month in either lost productivity or unjustified payout. Here's exactly what breaks before the right time tracking system is in place.

01

Buddy Punching on Hourly Workforces

One worker punches the card for two. Two friends share a biometric login. With paper timesheets, supervisors sign for absent staff. On hourly pay, every fake hour clocked is direct money lost — and the high performers see it happen and lose motivation.

02

Overtime Calculated Wrong (or Not at All)

The Factories Act and Payment of Wages Act mandate overtime at twice the regular rate beyond statutory weekly limits. Manual calculation either skips overtime (legal liability) or pays incorrect overtime (financial loss). Either way, month-end is a dispute.

03

Break Time Never Properly Deducted

An 8-hour shift with a 30-minute lunch break and two 15-minute tea breaks is not 8 payable hours. Without break tracking, paid hours are inflated by 4–5 hours per worker per week — ₹3,000+ per worker per month in unbilled overpayment.

04

Daily Wage Payouts Take Hours of Manual Math

For workers paid daily or weekly, finance teams calculate payable hours from paper timesheets every single payout cycle. A 100-person daily-wage operation burns 8–10 hours per cycle on calculation alone. Errors generate worker disputes that damage trust.

Shift Roster Planning

Build Shift Rosters for Every Worker, Every Day

SalaryBox handles every shift configuration Indian businesses run — fixed daily shifts, rotating roster shifts, split shifts, and night shifts. Build a monthly roster for your entire hourly team in minutes, with shift time limits, mandatory working hours, and break tracking built in.

October Roster · Hourly Team
8 workers · 4 shift types · auto-applied
Live roster
Shift Type
Mon14 Oct
Tue15 Oct
Wed16 Oct
Thu17 Oct
Fri18 Oct
Sat19 Oct
Sun20 Oct
Morning 06:00 – 14:00
3 workers
3 workers
3 workers
3 workers
3 workers
2 workers
— Off —
Afternoon 14:00 – 22:00
2 workers
2 workers
2 workers
2 workers
2 workers
3 workers
3 workers
Night 22:00 – 06:00
2 workers
2 workers
2 workers
2 workers
2 workers
2 workers
2 workers
Split shift 10–14 + 18–22
1 worker
1 worker
— Off —
1 worker
1 worker
1 worker
1 worker
Fixed & Rotating Shifts

Set fixed daily shifts or rotate workers across morning, afternoon, and night cycles weekly or monthly.

Shift Time Limits

Block early check-ins and late check-outs that inflate hours. Workers can only clock in within the configured shift window.

Break Tracking per Shift

Configure paid and unpaid breaks per shift type. Auto-deducted from payable hours every day, every worker.

Mandatory Working Hours

Set minimum daily hours so a 4-hour worker is correctly tagged as a half-day, not a full day, in payroll.

Overtime Done Right

Auto-Calculated Overtime per Indian Labour Law

The Factories Act, 1948 and the Payment of Wages Act govern overtime in India. Workers are entitled to overtime at double the regular rate beyond the statutory weekly hour cap. SalaryBox tracks hours worked per day and per week, applies your configured regular and overtime rates, and triggers the correct multiplier the moment a worker crosses each threshold.

Configure your business's regular hours, overtime threshold, and overtime multiplier once. SalaryBox watches every worker's clock-in data continuously and bills the correct rate for every hour. Workers can see their projected pay as the day progresses. Managers get alerts before workers cross overtime thresholds — so they can adjust shifts in real time and control wage costs proactively, not at month-end.

  • Per-minute time tracking (not 15-minute rounding)
  • Auto-applies overtime rate at configured weekly threshold
  • Manager alerts before workers cross thresholds
  • Audit-ready reports for Labour Department inspections
Weekly Hours · Sample calculation
Worker: Rajesh K. · Configured rate from your salary policy
Regular · 40 hrs
OT · 8 hrs
2× · 4 hrs
0–48h Regular
1×
48–56h Overtime
1.5×
56h+ Double time
2×
Regular hours × base rate 40 × 1×
Overtime hours × 1.5× 8 × 1.5×
Double-time hours × 2× 4 × 2×
Total payable wage units 60.0 units
From Clock-In to Bank Account

How Hourly Pay Flows Through SalaryBox

Four steps from morning punch-in to wages disbursed — all automated, all auditable, all compliant. No spreadsheets, no manual calculations, no payout disputes.

1
Clock In with Face Verification

Worker takes a selfie at shift start. Face verification confirms identity. GPS geofence confirms location. Buddy punching becomes impossible.

2
Hours Auto-Tracked

Every minute counted live. Breaks auto-deducted per shift policy. Overtime triggers automatically when thresholds are crossed. No manual timesheets.

3
Manager Reviews & Approves

End-of-shift summary auto-generated. Manager approves or adjusts in one tap. Audit trail preserves every change with timestamp and reason.

4
Payout — Daily, Weekly, or Monthly

Run wages on your chosen cycle. PF, ESI, PT, LWF, TDS auto-calculated. Payslips push to worker app. Bank disbursement ready.

Six Capabilities Hourly Employers Need

Built for the Indian
Hourly Workforce Reality

Every feature below is live in SalaryBox today — verified from the product. Built specifically for businesses paying staff by the hour, by the shift, or by the day.

Face-Verified Clock-In

AI Selfie Punch-In with face verification confirms the right worker is clocking in. Biometric devices, GPS, QR code, and AI Attendance Kiosk also supported. Five modes, one source of truth.

Per-Minute Time Tracking

Hours tracked to the minute, not rounded to 15-minute blocks. Every minute on the clock counts. Workers see live hours and earnings. Managers see live wage costs.

Break Tracking & Auto-Deduction

Configure paid and unpaid breaks per shift. SalaryBox auto-deducts unpaid time from payable hours. No more inflated timesheets. No more break-time disputes.

Overtime Threshold Alerts

Managers get a notification before any worker crosses the configured weekly overtime threshold. Adjust shifts in real time to control wage costs — or approve OT proactively when needed.

Buddy Punching Prevention

Face verification + geofencing + Verified Device Punch-In + Fake GPS Blocking. Four layers ensure the right person punches in from the right place on the right device. Time theft becomes impossible.

Daily, Weekly & Monthly Payouts

Pay hourly workers on your chosen cycle. Daily wages for casual labour, weekly payouts for contract staff, monthly for permanent hourly. All in one platform with full statutory compliance.

Used by Indian Businesses With Hourly & Daily-Wage Teams

From restaurant kitchens to construction sites, retail floors to security agencies — SalaryBox tracks time and pays wages for every Indian business model that runs on hourly labour.

Restaurants & Cafés Retail Outlets Construction Labour Manufacturing Workers Security Guards Housekeeping Staff Warehouse Workers Delivery Personnel Salon & Spa Staff Gym & Fitness Instructors Catering Staff Event Crews Banquet Staff Hotel Stewards Healthcare Support Cleaning Services Drivers & Cab Crews Contract Workers Daily-Wage Labour Casual Workforce
Customer Stories

Indian Businesses Pay Hourly Workers on SalaryBox

From 30-person restaurant kitchens to 200-worker manufacturing units — SalaryBox tracks time and disburses wages with zero disputes.

“

Our restaurant kitchen runs 28 staff across two shifts on hourly pay. Before SalaryBox, every Friday payout was a shouting match because someone's hours were off. Now payable hours are computed automatically with face-verified clock-ins. Zero disputes for 8 months running. Our finance team reclaimed 6 hours every week.

SK
Sandeep Kulkarni
Owner · Restaurant chain · 4 outlets
Zerowage disputes
6 hrs / weekfinance time saved
“

We have 140 contract workers on our manufacturing floor on hourly wages with overtime. Manual timesheets meant we were either underpaying genuine OT or overpaying ghost hours. With SalaryBox, every minute is tracked to the second, OT triggers automatically per Factories Act, and PF, ESI, and PT compliance is built in. Our wage cost dropped 7% in the first quarter — pure recovered ghost hours.

VN
Vineet Nair
Operations Head · Manufacturing SME
7%wage cost recovery
140 staffper-minute tracked

Stop Losing Money to Manual Hourly Pay Calculations

Free trial, no credit card required. Onboard your hourly team in 15 minutes. See per-minute wage tracking, automatic overtime, and zero buddy punching from day one.

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  • Per-minute time tracking with face verification
  • Auto-calculated overtime per Factories Act
  • Break tracking and auto-deduction
  • Buddy punching impossible — 4 verification layers
  • Daily, weekly, monthly wage payout cycles
  • Full PF, ESI, PT, LWF, TDS automated
Frequently Asked Questions

Hourly Time Tracking — Common Questions

Everything Indian business owners, finance heads, and operations managers ask before adopting SalaryBox for hourly and daily-wage workers.

Hourly employee time tracking software is a digital platform that captures exact clock-in and clock-out times for workers paid by the hour or by the day, calculates payable hours and overtime automatically, and feeds the data directly into payroll. The best Indian hourly time tracking software handles per-minute tracking, automatic break deduction, overtime per Factories Act multipliers, multi-shift differentials, daily/weekly/monthly wage cycles, and full statutory compliance for PF, ESI, Professional Tax, Labour Welfare Fund, and TDS. SalaryBox delivers all of these in one mobile-first platform with no hardware needed.
Four verification layers prevent buddy punching. (1) AI Selfie Punch-In with face verification confirms the right worker is clocking in — a colleague's face fails. (2) Geofencing ensures the clock-in is from the actual workplace. (3) Fake GPS Blocking detects and rejects location-spoofing apps. (4) Verified Device Punch-In locks each worker to an approved phone or biometric device. Together these make time theft on hourly payroll effectively impossible.
Yes. Configure your business's regular weekly hours, overtime threshold, and overtime multiplier (typically 1.5× or 2× per the Factories Act and Payment of Wages Act). SalaryBox tracks every worker's hours continuously and applies the correct rate the moment they cross each threshold. Audit-ready reports for Labour Department inspections are exportable to Excel anytime.
Yes. Configure paid and unpaid break policies per shift. A standard 8-hour shift might include a 30-minute unpaid lunch and two 15-minute paid tea breaks. SalaryBox tracks breaks automatically and deducts unpaid time from payable hours. Workers see exact net payable hours in real time. No more inflated timesheets, no more break-time disputes.
Yes. SalaryBox supports daily, weekly, and monthly wage payout cycles in the same platform. Daily-wage labour gets paid every evening. Contract hourly staff get weekly payouts. Permanent hourly employees go on monthly cycles. Each payout cycle handles its own statutory compliance — PF, ESI, Professional Tax, Labour Welfare Fund, and TDS apply correctly per worker grade.
Yes. Configure a different hourly rate per shift type — your morning shift rate, your afternoon rate, your night shift with its differential. Split shifts and custom shifts get their own rates. SalaryBox applies the correct rate automatically based on which shift each worker is assigned to. Workers see their projected pay in real time from the mobile app. You set the rates per your salary policy — SalaryBox just applies them.
SalaryBox tracks every minute precisely — there is no rounding. Workers clock in at 09:02 and clock out at 17:38; their payable hours show exactly 7 hours 36 minutes (after a 30-minute break deduction). This eliminates the cumulative wage loss that 15-minute rounding creates over a month, and it satisfies audit requirements during Labour Department inspections.
Yes. Configure your weekly overtime threshold once and SalaryBox sends managers a notification when any worker is approaching it. Managers can adjust shifts in real time to control wage costs proactively, or approve overtime consciously when extra hours are needed. This converts overtime from a month-end surprise into a real-time management decision.
Restaurants and cafés (kitchen staff, servers), retail outlets (sales floor staff, casual hires), construction sites (daily-wage labour, contract workers), manufacturing units (shift workers, contract staff), security agencies (guards on rotational duty), housekeeping and cleaning services, warehouse and logistics workers, delivery personnel, salon and spa staff, gym and fitness instructors, catering and event crews, banquet halls, and any Indian business paying staff by the hour, by the shift, or by the day.
Yes. Start a free trial without a credit card. The trial includes per-minute time tracking, face-verified clock-in, automatic break deduction, overtime threshold management, multi-shift differential pay, daily/weekly/ monthly payout cycles, and full statutory compliance for PF, ESI, PT, LWF, and TDS. Most hourly-pay businesses go live with their first shift in 15 minutes and pay their first wages on the same day they sign up.