Appraisals: Overview

The Appraisals module in HRStop gives organisations complete control over employee salary revisions and increment management. From the moment an employee joins, every salary change, whether it is an annual increment, a mid-year revision, or a template reassignment, is recorded and maintained in the system.

Administrators can view the full salary journey of any employee, track CTC growth over time, process appraisal arrears, and generate salary-related documents such as increment and appraisal letters, all from a single module.

Purpose

The Appraisals module helps organisations:

  • Trigger salary revisions for individual employees or in bulk
  • Update salary components or assign new salary templates during appraisal
  • Apply percentage-based increments across salary components
  • Calculate and disburse appraisal arrears in selected payroll cycles
  • Maintain a complete appraisal history for every employee
  • Generate salary-related letters using appraisal data
Who Should Use
Payroll Administrators

Payroll administrators can:

  • Configure appraisal settings
  • Trigger appraisals for individual employees or in bulk
  • View appraisal details and history
  • Calculate and submit appraisal arrears
HR Teams

HR teams can view appraisal details and history for employees, subject to their assigned permissions.

When to Use

The Appraisals module can be used when:

  • Processing annual or mid-year salary increments
  • Assigning a new salary template to an employee
  • Updating individual salary component values
  • Calculating and disbursing arrears due to delayed appraisals
  • Generating increment or appraisal letters for employees
Workflow and Guides
1. Configuration

Configure appraisal settings before triggering appraisals.

Article Description
Appraisal Settings Configure appraisal-related settings including date-based triggering, arrear consolidation, and income tax computation for arrears.
2. Triggering Appraisals

Trigger salary revisions for individual employees or multiple employees at once.

Article Description
Triggering an Appraisal Trigger a salary revision for an individual employee by selecting the salary update type and configuring the new salary details.
Triggering Appraisals in Bulk Trigger salary revisions for multiple employees simultaneously using a CSV file.
3. Viewing Appraisals

View appraisal details and salary revision history for employees.

Article Description
Viewing Appraisal Details View the details of a specific appraisal including previous and new salary breakup for an employee.
Viewing Appraisal History View the complete appraisal history for an employee including all past salary revisions and CTC growth over time.
4. Calculating Arrears

Calculate and disburse appraisal arrears for employees.

Article Description
Calculating Appraisal Arrears Calculate and submit appraisal arrears for individual employees or in bulk for a selected appraisal and payout period.
Where It Reflects

Once an appraisal is triggered and published, the revised salary is reflected in the employee's payroll for the selected effective date. Appraisal arrears, once submitted, are included in the employee's payroll for the selected payout period. All appraisals are recorded in the employee's appraisal history and can be used to generate salary-related documents.

Important Notes
  • Only users with authorized payroll administrative access can trigger and manage appraisals.
  • Appraisal settings should be configured before triggering appraisals to ensure correct behaviour.
  • An appraisal must be published before it reflects in the employee's payroll.
  • Appraisal history is maintained for all employees and can be used to generate increment and appraisal letters using the Document Templates module. Refer to: Document Templates: Overview

FAQ

An appraisal in HRStop is a salary revision event for an employee. It allows administrators to update an employee's salary components, assign a new salary template, or apply a percentage increment. Every appraisal is recorded in the system and contributes to the employee's complete salary history.

Only users with authorised payroll administrative access can trigger and manage appraisals.

Yes. Authorised payroll administrators can view the complete salary journey of an employee from the date of joining, including all salary revisions, CTC growth over time, and component-wise breakup for each appraisal. Refer to: Viewing Appraisal History

Triggering an appraisal creates an appraisal entry in the system. The employee's salary is revised only when the appraisal is published, effective from the date selected during triggering. If there are any arrears due to a delayed appraisal, these need to be calculated separately and will be added to the selected payout period.

Yes. HRStop allows bulk appraisal triggering using a CSV file. Refer to: Triggering Appraisals in Bulk.

An appraisal arrear is the difference between the old and new salary for the period between the appraisal effective date and the date it was actually processed. For example, if an employee's appraisal was effective from April but processed in June, the salary difference for April and May needs to be paid as arrears. Use the Calculate Appraisal Arrears screen to calculate and disburse these amounts.

Yes. Increment and appraisal letters can be generated using the Document Templates module. HRStop provides payroll-linked salary placeholders that automatically pull the employee's current and previous salary data into the letter template. Refer to: Salary Placeholders in Document Templates using HRStop Payroll Data.