Sector 24 units receive contractor invoices for man-days the gate never saw; the principal employer still carries PF and ESIC liability.
Forging and machining shops run B and C shifts with frequent extensions; overtime is written on chits and rarely at twice the rate the law requires.
Oil, grease and worn fingertips defeat fingerprint readers, so workers get manually marked and the register loses credibility.
A family-run group with plants in NIT, Ballabhgarh and Sector 27 merges Excel sheets from each gate before wages can be paid.
Kiosk tablets with liveness check work for hands covered in grease; encrypted face descriptors are stored, not photos, which helps with DPDP notices to workers.
Each contract worker carries a contractor tag; monthly man-days per contractor are exported to verify invoices and maintain principal-employer registers.
Hours beyond the 9-hour day or 48-hour week are calculated, sent for supervisor approval, and paid at double the ordinary rate in payroll preparation.
NIT, Ballabhgarh and Sector 27 units are branches under one account, each with its own geofence, shift pattern and wage master.
Shared tablet with liveness detection; works where fingerprint readers fail on machine-shop hands.
Existing gate terminals continue to feed the same record alongside kiosk and mobile punches.
A, B, C shift templates with grace periods, break rules and shifts crossing midnight.
Permanent and contractor workers separated for muster rolls, man-days and contractor bill checks.
Hours beyond shift approved by supervisors and applied at 2x in payroll settings.
Muster-roll, wage register and overtime register formats exportable for the labour inspector.
Compared for a two-shift engineering unit using contract labour
| Criterion | Paper register | Biometric machine | Attend Mitra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greasy or worn fingertips | Manual tick | Frequent read failures | Face recognition with liveness |
| Contractor invoice verification | Trust the contractor's sheet | Export and match by hand | Contractor-wise man-days in one export |
| Overtime at 2x | Chits and memory | Raw punch times only | Computed, approved, paid at 2x |
| Inspector asks for muster roll | Physical book | Device logs, not a register | Muster-roll and wage register formats |
| Three plants, one HR | Three books | Three device downloads | Branches under one console |
Create each unit as a branch, draw a geofence around the gate, and tag workers as permanent or by contractor so muster rolls stay separate.
Build A, B and C shifts with grace periods and crossing-midnight rules, then publish the weekly roster to workers' phones or the gate kiosk.
Face recognition on a shared tablet, biometric device sync, or a QR scan records in and out with a liveness check to block proxies.
Missed punches, early exits and overtime beyond the shift go to the supervisor for approval with a full audit trail.
Download contractor-wise man-days, overtime at double rate, and muster-roll style registers for wages, PF and ESIC filing.
Contractor-wise man-days, wages paid and PF/ESIC coverage are exportable, which is what protects you if a contractor defaults.
Approved overtime hours at 2x flow into payroll, so back-payments and worker grievances at the gate drop.
Set skill-category minimum wages with DA revisions and the Labour Welfare Fund deduction; no PT applies in Haryana.
Face verification ends manual marking for workers whose fingerprints never read, so the muster roll is trusted again.
Rosters warn when a worker is scheduled seven days running or beyond the spread-over your shift pattern allows.
Multi-unit owners close payroll from one console instead of reconciling gate-wise Excel files.
A two-shift forging shop with 180 workers, of whom about half come through three contractors.
e.g. the gate kiosk verifies faces at 06:00 and 14:00 changeovers; contractor-wise man-days are exported before contractor bills are cleared each month.
A component plant with a permanent machine crew, a contract packing team and a small quality office.
e.g. shift B extensions beyond 9 hours are approved by the shift in-charge in the app and paid at twice the hourly rate derived from the 26-day divisor.
A family-owned group with plants in NIT, Sector 27 and on Mathura Road sharing one HR desk.
e.g. each plant is a branch with its own geofence and shift pattern; HR downloads one consolidated salary register and NEFT file for all three.
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