CoreStack People · HR & payroll software
HR and payroll software for CA firms, law firms & consultancies
A firm of partners, associates and article assistants, busy seasons that cancel leave, and client confidentiality that starts on the first day.
What HR deals with, day to day
Busy season
Audit and tax deadlines mean leave has to be planned around the calendar, and everyone needs to see who is away.
Articleship and memberships
Articleship registrations, ICAI, Bar Council or ICSI memberships — on file for every professional.
Saturdays
Many offices work Saturday mornings; attendance and leave have to count them correctly.
Confidentiality
An NDA for every person who sees client files.
What CoreStack People sets up for you
Choose “CA, legal, consulting & agencies” as your business type and these are created in your company, ready to edit. Nothing you already have is overwritten.
Departments (9)
- Audit & Assurance
- Taxation
- Advisory & Consulting
- Legal
- Client Services
- Business Development
- Human Resources
- Accounts
- Administration
Job titles (12)
- Article Assistant
- Associate
- Senior Associate
- Consultant
- Senior Consultant
- Manager
- Partner
- Legal Associate
- Paralegal
- Client Servicing Executive
- Office Administrator
- Accountant
Shifts
- General shift09:30–18:30
- Saturday half day09:30–13:30
Overtime: off by default — switch it on if you pay it.
Leave types
- Casual Leave (CL) — 12 days a year
- Sick Leave (SL) — 12 days a year
- Earned Leave (EL) — 15 days a year, up to 45 carried forward
- Maternity Leave (ML) — 182 days — 26 weeks, as under the Maternity Benefit Act
- Paternity Leave — 5 days
- Leave Without Pay (LWP) — unpaid, not limited by a balance
- Bereavement Leave — 3 days
Employee documents
Added for this industry:
- Professional membership (ICAI, Bar Council, ICSI)
- Articleship registration
- Non-disclosure agreement
Plus the ones every company has: ID proof, Address proof, PAN card, Aadhaar, Education, Experience / relieving letter, Offer / appointment letter, Bank details / cancelled cheque, Police verification, Certification.
The features that matter most here
- Saturday half-day shiftA separate half-day shift so Saturdays count as they should.
- Leave calendar and approval chainsSee who is away before approving, and route leave through a manager and a partner where the firm wants two steps.
- Letters and e-signaturesAppointment, experience and relieving letters from templates, signed online.
- AppraisalsGoals and self-review in an annual cycle.
And the rest of CoreStack People: hiring with e-signed offers, leave and approvals, payroll with PF ECR, ESI, PT and bank files, onboarding and exits — every feature.
Questions people ask
We are twelve people. Is this too much?
No. Apply the template, upload your people from a sheet, and the firm is running in an afternoon; switch off any feature you don't need.
Can article assistants be tracked separately from employees?
They are set up as their own designation, with articleship registration as a document category.
Does it do timesheets or client billing?
No. It covers attendance, leave and payroll, not time billed to clients.
CoreStack People · HR & payroll
See it set up for CA firms, law firms & consultancies
Tell us your headcount and how you work. We set up your company with this template, import your people from a spreadsheet and show your HR team around.