CoreStack People · HR & payroll software
HR and payroll software for retail stores & chains
Stores open early and close late, weekends are the busiest days, and every store manager is also its HR department.
What HR deals with, day to day
Shifts that cover long hours
A store open from 9 to 10 needs opening, mid and closing shifts, and sometimes a split shift with a long afternoon break.
Weekends and festivals are peak
Leave around Diwali and weekends has to be planned store by store, not first come first served.
Cash and stock responsibility
Cashiers sign a cash-handling undertaking, and uniforms and keys are issued and must come back.
Turnover at the counter
Sales associates join and leave every month across the chain.
What CoreStack People sets up for you
Choose “Retail & stores” as your business type and these are created in your company, ready to edit. Nothing you already have is overwritten.
Departments (9)
- Store Operations
- Sales
- Inventory & Warehouse
- Visual Merchandising
- Customer Service
- Billing & Cash
- Purchase
- Human Resources
- Accounts
Job titles (11)
- Sales Associate
- Cashier
- Store Helper
- Stock Keeper
- Visual Merchandiser
- Floor Supervisor
- Assistant Store Manager
- Store Manager
- Area Manager
- Customer Service Executive
- Accountant
Shifts
- Opening shift09:00–17:00
- Mid shift11:00–20:00
- Closing shift13:00–22:00
- Split shift10:00–21:00
Overtime: switched on, with approval.
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
- Compensatory Off (CO) — credited by HR for each holiday or weekly off worked
Employee documents
Added for this industry:
- Cash handling undertaking
- Uniform issue receipt
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
- Store-wise adminsEach store is a location; the store manager approves their own team's leave and sees only their store.
- Who is away calendarA shared calendar shows who is on leave, so a store is never left without a cashier on a Saturday.
- Assets returned on exitUniforms, keys and devices are recorded as issued, and the exit cannot be cleared until they come back.
- Hiring from a linkShare a job link or a referral link on WhatsApp; applicants land in your pipeline, not in a phone's gallery.
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
Can the store manager do everything from a phone?
Yes. Approvals, the roster and the team's attendance all work in a phone browser.
Does it connect to our billing software?
No. It handles staff — hiring, attendance, leave and payroll — not sales or stock.
Will it work for a single shop with eight people?
Yes. Plans are set by the number of users, and the setup takes minutes with the retail template.
CoreStack People · HR & payroll
See it set up for retail stores & chains
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.