Glossary
HR & attendance
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Punch | A single check-in or check-out event from any source: biometric, mobile, web, kiosk or import |
| Day status | The computed status of an employee-day. The codes include P (present), A (absent), HD (half day), W (week-off), H (holiday), L (leave), WP (week-off present), HP (holiday present) and HL (half-day leave) |
| Regularization | Correcting a day with missing or wrong punches, through a request and approval |
| Permission | A short leave measured in minutes (e.g. 90 minutes for a personal errand) |
| Shift rotation | An ordered sequence of shifts that repeats (e.g. Morning → Afternoon → Night weekly) |
| Week-off | A weekly rest day. It can differ per employee or shift |
| Extra day | Work on a week-off or holiday that is paid extra, based on slab rules |
| Week-off penalty | A deduction when an employee is absent around a week-off (configurable) |
| Comp-off | Compensatory leave earned by working on a week-off or holiday. It expires after N days |
| Sandwich leave | Counting intervening week-offs or holidays as leave when leave is taken on both sides of them |
| LOP | Loss of Pay: unpaid absence that reduces payable days |
| Optional holiday | A holiday from a list that employees may choose, up to an annual limit |
| Geo-fence | A circular area (centre + radius) where mobile punches are allowed |
| Kiosk mode | A shared device at a site entrance where employees punch by face or PIN |
Payroll (India)
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| CTC | Cost to Company: the total annual employer cost, including employer statutory contributions |
| Salary structure | A template of components (Basic, HRA, allowances, deductions) with formulas |
| Compensation record | An employee's effective-dated CTC and structure assignment |
| Payable days | The days paid in a period after LOP, under the tenant's basis (calendar days or working days) |
| EPF / EPS / EDLI | Employees' Provident Fund, Pension Scheme and Deposit-Linked Insurance under the EPF Act |
| ECR | Electronic Challan cum Return: the monthly EPF upload file for the EPFO portal |
| UAN | Universal Account Number for EPF |
| ESI | Employees' State Insurance: health insurance for wages under the threshold |
| PT | Professional Tax: a state-level tax with state-specific slabs |
| LWF | Labour Welfare Fund: a state-level contribution |
| TDS on salary | Income tax deducted at source from salary (Sec 192 of the Income-tax Act, 1961; the successor provision of the Income-tax Act, 2025 from 1 April 2026). It requires a regime choice and declarations. Section numbers and form names live in the statutory pack. |
| Form 16 / 24Q | The annual TDS certificate to the employee / the quarterly TDS return for salaries (or their Income-tax Act, 2025 successors) |
| VDA | Variable Dearness Allowance, linked to the Consumer Price Index points |
| Arrears | A pay difference for past periods (e.g. a back-dated increment) |
| F&F | Full-and-final settlement at exit: salary to the LWD, encashment, gratuity, recoveries |
| Gratuity | A statutory lump sum on exit after qualifying service (Payment of Gratuity Act) |
| Labour Codes | India's consolidated labour laws, which affect the wage definition, PF/gratuity bases and more |
Platform
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Tenant | A client organisation subscribed to Spyrl |
| Cell | A deployable unit (app + DB + cache) serving many tenants (pooled) or one (dedicated) |
| Control plane | Platform services that manage tenants, plans, billing, flags, cells and rollouts |
| RLS | PostgreSQL Row-Level Security, which enforces tenant isolation in the database |
| PEPM | Price per employee per month |
| Entitlement | A plan-granted feature or limit (e.g. FFM enabled, 200 employees) |
| Effective dating | Records valid for a date range (valid_from/valid_to), so history stays correct |
| Statutory pack | A centrally published, versioned set of statutory rates and slabs |
| Break-glass access | Emergency, time-boxed, audited support access to a tenant |
| DPDP | India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 |