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How to manage employee attendance in India

Shifts, grace periods, Indian leave types, WFH, and payroll exports in one dashboard with time tracking and GST invoicing. Trakkar Team is ₹120/user.

Shifts · grace · leave · payroll export · India

Managing employee attendance in India means shift start times, grace minutes, casual and earned leave, festival holidays, and WFH weeks. A simple clock-in button doesn't cover it, and spreadsheets get harder to keep straight as headcount and approval chains grow. Trakkar models the shift and leave templates Indian teams use, routes WFH and corrections through one Requests queue, and keeps attendance beside billable project time, so operations and finance work from the same numbers.

Step by step

How it works in Trakkar

A practical workflow your team can run every billing cycle.

  1. Configure shifts, grace, and holiday calendar — Set default shift start (for example 9:30 AM), grace minutes, and regional holidays. Employees see the rule on the attendance screen when they check in.
  2. Define Indian leave types and balances — Use templates for casual, earned, sick, and unpaid leave with opening balances. Leave reasons stay visible to HR and managers, not the whole company.
  3. Monitor the live attendance board — Filter by in, late, not in, or on leave. See check-in time with late minutes after grace, worked hours, breaks, and office vs home location.
  4. Approve leave, WFH, and time corrections — Managers act on pending items from Requests or the home dashboard. Approvals update balances and attendance automatically, so nobody enters anything twice.
  5. Export attendance for payroll and audits — Run attendance and work summary reports for any date range: today, the last 7 or 30 days, this or last month, or a custom range. Export them as CSV or Excel, ready for your payroll tool or your accountant’s spreadsheet.

What this looks like in Trakkar

Product screenshots (Acme Studio sample data) from the Trakkar web app itself, not from a separate HR or invoicing tool.

Trakkar attendance board showing shift start, late arrivals, WFH, and worked hours for the team
Live attendance with shifts, grace period, office vs home, and break time.
Trakkar requests queue for leave, WFH, time corrections, and expenses awaiting approval
Leave, WFH, and corrections in one approval queue instead of scattered emails.
Trakkar manager home overview with attendance, hours today, and pending approvals for Acme Studio
One dashboard for who is working, hours logged, and what needs your approval.
Trakkar projects list with progress, September hours, and health for client projects
Projects tied to clients, with hours and margin visible before you invoice.
Built for India

Leave, shifts, and GST on one platform

HR software alone does not bill clients; time trackers alone do not understand earned leave.

Trakkar combines attendance, Indian leave workflows, billable time, and GST invoicing at ₹120/user/month. Teams outgrowing Zoho People plus a separate timer can compare on our Zoho People alternative page.

  • Shift start, grace, and late minutes after grace
  • Casual, earned, sick leave with balances
  • WFH and on-duty requests with approvals
  • Time correction workflows
  • Finance module for GST invoices in rupees
Operations view

Managers see their team's full day, from clock-in on

The home overview shows how many people are working, on leave, or waiting on approvals. Attendance ties to project hours, so you can tell whether a late arrival affected delivery before the client notices.

Trakkar leave and WFH requests waiting for manager approval
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Common questions

Yes. Configure shift start time and grace minutes. Late arrivals show how many minutes past grace the employee checked in.

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