Payal Sharma
Product Lead, AttendFirst
About
Payal focuses on leave management and compliance workflows. She has worked with 50+ Indian businesses on HR process automation.
Payal has implemented HR and attendance workflows for more than 50 Indian businesses across retail, manufacturing, and professional services. Her depth is on the compliance side: PL/SL/CL structures, half-day rules, state-specific working hour caps, and the reality of what breaks when a workflow is translated from WhatsApp and Excel to a tool. She writes the field/vertical-voice guides on AttendFirst.
Areas of expertise
- Leave management
- Indian labour compliance
- Shops and Establishment Act
- Field staff operations
- Retail workforce processes
Posts by Payal Sharma (9)
How retail stores in India can track employee attendance across multiple locations without biometric machines. GPS, selfie, QR check-in, and cost comparison.
Construction Worker Attendance: Multi-Site Guide (India)Attendance for Indian construction firms with multiple sites. GPS verification, daily wage workers, overtime, BOCW compliance. Real scenario + setup guide.
Hospitality Attendance: Restaurants, Hotels & Cafes IndiaAttendance for Indian restaurants, hotels, cafes. GPS + selfie for split shifts, multi-location rosters, 24-hour ops. Real scenarios + setup checklist.
Attendance Sheet India: Excel Template + Faster AlternativeA working attendance sheet template for Indian SMBs with Excel columns you can copy today, plus when the sheet stops scaling and what to switch to instead.
Attendance + Leave Management: One Tool for Indian SMBsWhat breaks when attendance and leave live in separate tools. Real scenario from a 35-employee Pune retail chain, migration steps, and what to look for.
GPS Attendance App for Small Business in India (2026)How GPS attendance tracking works for Indian small businesses. Location check-in, accuracy, selfie verification, privacy, and why it beats biometric machines.
Sick Leave vs Casual Leave in India: The SMB Guide (2026)The real difference between sick leave and casual leave in India under Shops & Establishments Acts. Sample policies, tracking tips, and FAQ for Indian SMBs.
Leave Management Software for Indian SMBs: Free OptionsFree leave management software for Indian businesses: PL/SL/CL tracking, half-day leave, manager approval workflows, and auto-computed balance included.
Biometric vs Selfie Attendance for Indian Businesses (2026)Biometric machines vs selfie GPS apps for Indian SMBs. Full cost breakdown, accuracy, buddy-punch protection, and when biometric hardware still makes sense.