FundRaksha HR gives Lucknow employers GPS check-in on employees' own phones (only inside the office radius, one phone per employee), leave, shift rosters and a payroll that computes PF, ESI, PT at nil and TDS, with payslip PDFs and PF ECR, ESI, bank and Tally files. Uttar Pradesh profession tax: none on salaries that we could find. Plans cost ₹49, ₹79 or ₹99 per employee per month plus GST, with a 30-day free trial.
Lucknow's workforce and its HR problems
Chikan embroidery and garments, government and PSU supply, construction and infrastructure, pharma distribution and education services are the city's main employers. Contractors keep supervisors and workers at project sites; distributors have medical representatives in the field; schools run to a fixed timetable.
Uttar Pradesh does not levy profession tax on salaries as far as we could find, so Lucknow payroll centres on PF, ESI and TDS.
- Staff at several project sites with no central attendance
- Medical representatives reporting attendance by phone
- Teaching staff whose leave affects timetables
- Payslips needed for tender and compliance papers
Uttar Pradesh payroll rules for a Lucknow employer
We could not find any profession tax levied on salaried employees in Uttar Pradesh, so UP payroll normally runs with PT at nil. If some of your staff work from offices in other states, their PT follows the state where they work.
Shops and establishments. Shops and commercial establishments are covered by the Uttar Pradesh Dookan Aur Vanijya Adhishthan Adhiniyam, 1962. The Labour Department takes online registration and renewal under its labour Acts at uplabouracts.in. The four Labour Codes have been in force since 21 November 2025; state Shops and Establishments Acts continue alongside them.
ESI covers employees earning up to ₹21,000 a month (employee 0.75%, employer 3.25%); PF is 12% from each side. Check cases with the PF and ESI calculators.
How FundRaksha HR handles it in Lucknow
- Each site set up as a location with its own GPS radius
- Field staff supported, and reimbursements with bill photos
- Leave with balances, half-day leave and manager approvals
- Payslip PDFs and PF ECR and ESI files each month
Admins work from the mobile app or the web console, and PAN, Aadhaar and bank numbers are encrypted and masked.
Worked example: an infrastructure contractor with 40 staff
A contractor has 32 workers and supervisors across four road and building sites and 8 people at its Gomti Nagar office. Each site is a location; when a supervisor shifts, his location changes. Site engineers claim fuel with bill photos.
On Pro at ₹79 per employee (₹3,160 a month plus GST), the contractor has site-wise attendance, payslips and PF ECR and ESI files that it can produce when a department asks for proof of statutory payments. PT is nil.
Getting started: a one-week checklist
- Import employees from Excel and invite them with your company code.
- Add each Lucknow office, plant or site with its GPS radius.
- Set attendance rules, holidays, week-offs and shifts.
- Enter salary structures and confirm the Uttar Pradesh PT treatment on a test month.
- Run payroll, check payslips, then download the PF ECR, ESI, bank and Tally files.
See the salary slip format, FundRaksha in Lucknow and the plans.
Sources
- hr.fundraksha.com (features, checked 21 October 2026)
- hr.fundraksha.com/pricing (plans and 30-day free trial, checked 21 October 2026)
- www.esic.gov.in/coverage (wage limit ₹21,000 a month)
- uplabour.gov.in (online registration and renewal under labour Acts, uplabouracts.in)
- src/seo/data/cities.js (city industries)
Last reviewed: 2026-10-21. Information for Indian businesses; not legal advice.