HR Outsourcing Services India

HR outsourcing (HRO) means handing day-to-day HR operations, such as onboarding, offboarding, an HR helpdesk and payroll processing, to a specialist provider while your company remains the employer. Atlass Partners runs these functions for companies that already have an entity in India, so an internal HR team is not needed for routine administration.

With HRO your company remains the legal employer and the provider runs HR operations for you. With an Employer of Record (EOR), the provider becomes the legal employer, which suits companies without an Indian entity. Payroll outsourcing covers only salary processing. HRO suits businesses with an Indian entity that want HR administration handled.

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Atlass Partners prices HRO per employee per month: the Essentials plan is USD 15 and the Plus plan is USD 25. Essentials covers HRBP support, an HR helpdesk, onboarding, offboarding and HR letters. Plus adds payroll processing, payroll calculations and statutory payout calculations. Recruitment is priced separately. The calculator on this page gives an instant estimate.

Commonly outsourced HR functions include dedicated HR business partner support, an employee HR helpdesk, onboarding and offboarding, HR letters and documentation, payroll processing and payroll calculations. Atlass Partners covers these through its Essentials and Plus plans, so you can start with core HR administration and add payroll as you scale.

HRO includes statutory payout calculations in the Plus plan, but government filings and government liaison are not part of the HRO scope, and recruitment is separate. Because employees stay on your payroll, statutory registrations such as PF, ESI, Professional Tax and TDS remain with your entity. If you want the provider to be the employer and file on your behalf, EOR is the better fit.

No. Under HRO your employees stay on your own payroll and you remain their employer at all times. Atlass Partners manages the HR function on your behalf while employment continues with your company. One dedicated HR business partner is allocated for teams of up to 100 employees.

Most clients are onboarded within 2–4 weeks. We run a discovery session to map your current HR processes, migrate employee data and, where payroll is in scope, run a parallel payroll cycle before go-live, so employees see no disruption. You have a dedicated account manager from the first day.

Yes. Many clients start with a narrow scope and widen it over time, because there is no requirement to outsource every HR function. Payroll processing and calculations sit in the Plus plan. We build the engagement around the modules you actually need, and you can add services as your headcount grows.

Yes. HRO suits startups, SMEs and Global Capability Centres that need professional HR operations without building a full in-house team too early. Per-employee pricing scales with headcount, so you pay for what you use. Companies with 50–300 employees often see a 30–45% reduction in total HR operating cost compared with running HR in-house.

Atlass Partners handles employee data under strict protocols aligned with India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act. Data is processed in access-controlled systems and shared with third parties only where required for statutory purposes. We support clients in meeting their own obligations under applicable privacy law.

Look for a provider with a clear scope and exclusions, published per-employee pricing, a named HR business partner, data-protection practices that meet the DPDP Act, and a defined onboarding plan. Atlass Partners publishes both plans and what each includes, and starts with a discovery session mapping your current processes.

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