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Diploma in HR & payroll programme

Duration: 4 Months | Mode: Online / Classroom | Level: Beginner to Intermediate The Diploma in HR & Payroll Management is a job-ready, practice-first programme for anyone looking to build a career in Human Resources and Payroll. Over 4 months, you will be able to process real pay slips, fill statutory forms, and handle the kind of work that lands on an HR desk every day.

Course Instructor: GREAT LEAP Academy

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Course Overview

What You Will Learn

HR & Employee Lifecycle — Joining formalities, employee records, offer letters, and exit documentation.

Payroll Processing — Build salary structures, calculate gross and net pay, apply deductions, and generate payslips for full-month, LOP, new joiner, and exit cases.

Statutory Compliance — Hands-on practice with PF, ESI, Professional Tax, Gratuity, and Bonus — compute contributions, file returns, and meet deadlines.

TDS & Investment Proofs — Verify Form 12BB, apply HRA and 80C deductions, calculate TDS, and issue Form 16.

Who Should Enroll

Fresh graduates entering HR, working professionals moving into payroll, and HR generalists looking to strengthen their compliance skills. No prior experience required.

Programme Outcome

Graduate with the ability to independently process payroll, manage statutory compliance, and step into a junior HR or Payroll Executive role with confidence.

Schedule of Classes

Course Curriculum

3 Subjects

Phase 1 : Context & Legal Foundations

2 Exercises7 Learning Materials

WEEK 1 The World of Work — Context Every Payroll Professional Must Know

How Organizations Work

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The Employee Journey — From Hiring to Exit, Every Stage Explained

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Assignment 1: Map the complete employee lifecycle for a sample company.

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Assignment 2: Draw an organization chat for “Golden Crust Bakers Pvt. Ltd.”

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Week 2-What is an Act, Rule, Constitution & Circular — The Legal Framework Explained

Day 1- The Indian Legal Ecosystem

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Day 2- Constitution → Acts → Rules → Notifications → Circulars

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Day 3- What Does 'Compliance' Mean?

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Day 4- Central vs State Laws

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Day 5- Forms, Registers & Government Notices

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PHASE 2 • WAGE LAWS, MINIMUM WAGES, LEAVE & WORKING HOURS

15 Learning Materials

Week 3- Payment of Wages Act, Wage Definitions & the Code on Wages

Week 4- Minimum Wages Act — Central, State, Schedules, Calculations & Compliance

Day 1- Minimum Wages Act 1948:

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Day 2- Kerala Labour Commissionate

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Day 3- Skill Categories & Zones

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Day 4- How to Calculate Minimum Wages

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Day 5- Minimum Wages Compliance

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Week 5-Leave Laws — Types, Entitlements, Calculations & Payroll Treatment

Day 1- Leave in India:

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Day 2- Types of Leave

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Day 3- Earned Leave Accrual, Carry-Forward Limits & Encashment

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Day 4- Maternity Benefit Act 1961

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Day 5- Leave in Payroll — Loss of Pay Calculation, Leave Without Pay & Salary Impact

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Week 6- Working Hours, Overtime & Shops and Establishments Act

Day 1- Working Hours & Overtime:

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Day 2- Factories Act vs Kerala S & E Act 1960 — Working Hours, Spread-Over, Intervals & Weekly-Off

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Day 3- Overtime

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Day 4- Shops & Establishments Act — Registration, Renewal, Notices to Display & Registers

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Day 5- S&E Act — Employee Protections: Termination Rules, Notice Period, Service Conditions

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PHASE 3 • CORE STATUTORY COMPLIANCES

Course Instructor

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GREAT LEAP Academy

69 Courses   •   553 Students

GREATLEAP helps businesses to ensure correct and timely salary payment, compliance with various laws and regulations such as labour law, PF, PT, and other statutory compliance. Noncompliance with these laws can result in serious legal and financial issues. Reduce the risk of payroll by leveraging superior technology and managed services. Our payroll team has extensive experience in HR, payroll management, taxes, and other normal administrative tasks. They done the services with HR technology, which makes sure strong processes in the delivery by automating the human resources function.