Last updated: July 2026
Payroll & Workforce Operations
Varimo runs agentic payroll for Indian teams — attendance, leave, LOP, payrun approval, salary disbursement, and statutory remittances (EPF, ESIC, professional tax, TDS) in one pipeline. Built for companies that cannot afford month-end surprises or missed deadlines.
The agentic payrun pipeline
Traditional payroll tools show you what went wrong after salaries are processed. Varimo's agentic pipeline acts inside the workflow — surfacing LOP arrears, attendance gaps, and statutory deadlines before payrun approval.
- Attendance lock for the pay period
- Leave and LOP reconciliation — arrears flagged automatically
- Payrun generation with human-in-the-loop approval
- Salary credit and payslip distribution
- EPF, ESIC, professional tax, and TDS remittance on calendar
India statutory calendar
| Obligation | Typical deadline |
|---|---|
| Salary payment | 7th or 10th of month |
| PF ECR & ESI | 15th of following month |
| Professional tax | State-specific (e.g. Karnataka 20th) |
| TDS deposit | 7th of following month |
Deadlines vary by state for professional tax and by headcount for salary dates. Varimo tracks work location per employee for PT applicability.
Spreadsheet payroll vs Varimo
| Area | Spreadsheet / manual | Varimo |
|---|---|---|
| LOP & arrears | Discovered at month close | Flagged before payrun approval |
| Multi-state PT | Error-prone manual lookup | By employee work location |
| Audit trail | Scattered files | Attendance → payrun chain |
| EoR employment | Separate vendor | One partner |
Who uses Varimo payroll
- CHROs and HR heads — one system for attendance, leave, and payrun instead of reconciling exports.
- Finance controllers — statutory calendar visibility and audit-ready registers.
- EoR clients — payroll bundled with Employer of Record employment.
Frequently asked questions
- What is agentic payroll?
- Agentic payroll uses AI inside the workflow — flagging LOP arrears before approval, surfacing statutory deadlines, and reconciling attendance with payrun — not passive dashboards after month close.
- Which statutory obligations does Varimo payroll cover?
- EPF, ESIC, professional tax (state-specific), TDS, and salary payment timelines under Indian labour practice — with audit trails for attendance and payrun.
- How is this different from spreadsheet payroll?
- Spreadsheets break at multi-state PT, LOP disputes, and deadline stacks (7th/10th salary, 15th PF/ESI). Varimo runs one pipeline from attendance lock to payrun and statutory remittance.
- What services does Varimo offer?
- Executive leadership hiring, leadership hiring, board hiring, payroll and workforce operations, and Employer of Record (EoR).