Bebaak People · HR & Payroll

Employees, attendance, leave and payroll — in one place.

People is Bebaak's HR and payroll application, built on Frappe HR. It keeps employee records, a monthly attendance grid, leave requests with allocations, monthly payroll with payslip PDFs and expense claims — with an India salary structure set up for you.

Early access₹ 499/month · excl. GSTEarly access: available to design partners now.

Who should use it

  • Businesses with a growing team that run payroll on Excel today
  • Owners and HR or accounts staff who approve leave and expenses
  • Accountants who process payroll for client companies

Problems it solves

  • Attendance kept on paper or in a spreadsheet
  • Payroll recalculated by hand every month
  • PF, ESI and professional tax worked out outside the books
  • Expense claims approved over WhatsApp with no record
Features by workflow

How People works, step by step

1

People & time

  • Employee master with department and designation
  • Attendance month grid with bulk marking
  • Leave requests and approvals against leave allocations
2

Payroll

  • India salary structure: Basic 50%, HRA 40% of Basic, special allowance as the balance
  • PF at 12%, capped at ₹15,000 basic
  • ESI at 0.75% / 3.25% when gross ≤ ₹21,000
  • Professional tax configurable; TDS entered on the slip
3

Run & claim

  • Monthly payroll: draft slips → finalise → payslip PDF
  • Expense claims with approval
Sample screen

What it looks like

Illustrative data. Your own figures appear once your books or files are in.

People · Payroll OctoberSample screen · illustrative data
Employees24
Gross payroll₹ 6.8 L
SlipsDraft
EmployeeGrossPF + ESINet pay
A. Kumar₹ 32,000₹ 1,920₹ 29,880
R. Devi₹ 18,500₹ 1,249₹ 17,051
S. Khan₹ 54,000₹ 1,800₹ 50,000
Example workflow

Start to finish

  1. Add employees with their salary
  2. Mark attendance on the month grid; approve leave requests
  3. Run monthly payroll — draft slips are created
  4. Review, enter TDS where applicable, and finalise
  5. Share payslip PDFs; approve expense claims

Reports & outputs

  • Payslip PDFs
  • Monthly payroll register
  • Attendance and leave summary
  • Expense claims by status

Configuration & integrations

  • Built on Frappe HR
  • Salary components and professional tax configurable
  • Roles for approvers
  • Works with Books for salary accounting
Plan & price

People pricing

Per organisation per month, excluding GST. Annual billing saves up to 10%.

People₹ 499/month · excl. GSTEarly access

14-day free trial. Plans include 1 / 5 / 10 users and 1 / 5 / 10 GB storage (Starter / Business / Professional).

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FAQs

Questions about People

Does People file PF, ESI or TDS returns?
No. It calculates the deductions on each slip; deposits and returns are filed by you or your adviser.
Can I change the salary structure?
Yes. The India structure is a starting point; components and professional tax are configurable.
Is People live?
It is in early access: working today and available to design partners now.
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