Staff records and monthly payroll in one file, so the person being paid and the person on the timetable are the same record rather than two lists that drift apart over a year.
The service record
Qualifications, designation, date of birth and blood group, permanent and current address, emergency contact, Aadhaar and PAN. Leave balances sit against the same record, so an approval is made with the balance in view.
Salary as a structure, not a number
Pay is built from components assembled into a structure, so an increment or a new allowance is a change to the structure rather than a rewritten figure for each person. A payroll run then applies it across the month.
Leaving properly
An exit records whether it was a resignation, a termination or retirement, with pending salary, PF settlement and gratuity captured against it — the figures a full and final settlement is built from.