FundRaksha HR gives Vijayawada 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 and TDS, with payslip PDFs and PF ECR, ESI, bank and Tally files. Andhra Pradesh profession tax: levied on salaries; check the current slab on apct.gov.in. Plans cost ₹49, ₹79 or ₹99 per employee per month plus GST, with a 30-day free trial.
Vijayawada's workforce and its HR problems
Agri-trading and rice mills, automobile dealerships and spares, construction materials, textiles trading and education services are the city's main employers. Dealerships pay sales incentives; rice mills hire seasonally; schools and coaching centres run to a timetable.
Week-offs are rarely Sunday for everyone. Showrooms are busiest at weekends, so staff take staggered weekdays off, which a paper register handles badly.
- Staggered week-offs that payroll does not know about
- Sales incentives calculated separately and added by hand
- Workshop and showroom staff at different addresses
- Advances to mill workers recovered inconsistently
Andhra Pradesh payroll rules for a Vijayawada employer
Andhra Pradesh levies profession tax on salaries under its 1987 Act, and the employer deducts it from monthly salary and pays it to the Commercial Taxes Department. We could not open the current salary schedule on the department's portal (apct.gov.in) on 21 October 2026, so confirm the slabs there or with your CA before the first payroll run rather than copying a figure from a blog.
Shops and establishments. The Andhra Pradesh Shops and Establishments Act, 1988 applies to shops and commercial establishments. Registration is with the state Labour Department, labour.ap.gov.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 Vijayawada
- Holidays and week-offs set per person or per roster
- Incentives and salary advances with instalments on Pro
- Separate GPS locations for the showroom and the workshop
- A mobile admin app, so the owner approves leave and corrections from his phone
Admins work from the mobile app or the web console, and PAN, Aadhaar and bank numbers are encrypted and masked.
Worked example: a two-wheeler dealership with 50 staff
A dealership has 20 people in the showroom and 30 in the service workshop two kilometres away. Showroom staff take weekday offs on a rota; sales executives earn a monthly incentive on vehicles sold. Two mechanics have advances of ₹6,000 recovered at ₹1,500 a month.
On Pro at ₹79 per employee (₹3,950 a month plus GST), week-offs follow the roster, incentives and advance instalments appear on the payslip, and the bank transfer CSV goes straight to the bank. PT follows the Andhra Pradesh slab, confirmed on apct.gov.in.
Getting started: a one-week checklist
- Import employees from Excel and invite them with your company code.
- Add each Vijayawada office, plant or site with its GPS radius.
- Set attendance rules, holidays, week-offs and shifts.
- Enter salary structures and confirm the Andhra 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 Vijayawada 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)
- apct.gov.in (Commercial Taxes Department, Andhra Pradesh)
- labour.ap.gov.in (Labour Department, Andhra Pradesh)
- src/seo/data/cities.js (city industries)
Last reviewed: 2026-10-21. Information for Indian businesses; not legal advice.