Zaffre HRM is an all-in-one HR and operations software platform by Zaffre Tech. It unifies HR, payroll, attendance, leave, remote-work monitoring, procurement, petty cash, project management, helpdesk and secure client communication in one connected system. Its standout feature is a dual payroll engine that runs local (PKR) and remittance (foreign currency) salaries in a single payroll run.

Who is Zaffre HRM for?

Small businesses, startups and growing companies of 5 to a few hundred employees — particularly those that have outgrown spreadsheets and disconnected SaaS tools. Strong fit for Pakistan-based companies and any team paying employees in multiple currencies.

What makes Zaffre HRM different from other HR and HCM platforms?

Most HR platforms cover HR and payroll well but leave operations (procurement, petty cash, projects, helpdesk, remote monitoring, client communication) to other tools. Zaffre HRM includes those natively and links every module together — a leave approval updates attendance and payroll, an employee exit triggers asset recovery and final settlement, and a client onboarding flows into billing. It also has a market-unique dual payroll engine.

Does Zaffre HRM support payroll in multiple currencies?

Yes. The dual payroll engine runs local-currency (PKR) salaries and remittance-currency (foreign) salaries together in a single payroll cycle — this is the platform's signature feature and is rare in the market.

Does Zaffre HRM include remote employee monitoring?

Yes, natively. A Tauri-based desktop agent captures login/logout, active hours, application and website usage, and periodic screenshots, and powers productivity-based attendance. It is not a third-party add-on.

Does Zaffre HRM have a mobile app?

Yes — a companion mobile app (Expo / React Native) for attendance, leave, payslips, chat and approvals, with real-time push notifications via FCM.

How is Zaffre HRM priced?

Transparent per-employee, per-module monthly pricing. Modules can be turned on or off per company. Designed to be cheaper in aggregate than the 6+ tools it replaces.

Where is Zaffre HRM based?

Zaffre Tech, the company behind Zaffre HRM, is headquartered in Pakistan and serves customers globally — with strong adoption in Pakistan, UAE and Saudi Arabia.

How to Track Project Hours for Billing 2026 | Service Business

For service businesses — IT, consulting, legal, design, marketing — project hour tracking is the difference between profit and loss per client. Tracked badly, you under-bill (revenue loss) or over-bill (client dispute). Tracked well, you have honest billing, project profitability visibility, and capacity-planning data. Here is the practical setup.

What "tracking project hours" actually requires

1. Project structure

Each project: name, client, start date, end date (or "ongoing"), budget (hours and/or fee), team members, billing model (T&M, fixed fee, retainer).

2. Task structure within projects

Tasks within a project for granular tracking. "Backend development - sprint 12 - feature X" rather than "work on Project A." Granularity supports both billing detail and capacity analysis.

3. Billable vs non-billable distinction

Internal meetings, training, sales work — non-billable. Client-facing work, project deliverables — billable. The system should support both, billing only the billable hours.

4. Time entry — by employee, per day

Daily, employees log their hours per task. Tomorrow's memory is not yesterday's accuracy.

5. Approval workflow

Manager / project lead approves time entries weekly or monthly before invoicing.

6. Billing data export

Approved billable hours export to invoicing — by client, by project, by task. Invoice generated.

7. Project profitability view

Hours invested (billable + non-billable) × cost rate vs project revenue = profitability. Live, per project.

The two big tracking patterns

Time-block tracking

Employee enters time blocks at end of day — 9-11 Project A task 1, 11-12 internal meeting, 1-3 Project B task 2, etc. Accurate, requires discipline.

Timer-based tracking

Start timer when beginning a task, stop when done. Switch tasks → switch timer. More accurate (no end-of-day reconstruction) but requires the employee to remember to switch.

Most modern tools support both. Best practice: timer-driven during work, end-of-day review to clean up.

What goes wrong

"I'll fill it on Friday"

Friday's memory of Monday's work is approximate at best. Daily entry is non-negotiable. Make it 30 seconds via mobile if necessary.

"This task fits one of these 50 task codes... I'll pick one"

Too many task codes → employees pick the nearest match, breaking analysis. Keep task taxonomy lean. Add codes as needed.

Non-billable hidden as billable

Internal sprint planning billed to the client. Once the client notices, trust is gone. Discipline on what counts as billable matters.

Billable hidden as non-billable

Employee helps a client urgently outside the contract scope, doesn't track. Bill never sent. Lost revenue.

No client-facing report

Client receives an invoice with a single line "consulting services - PKR X". They want detail. Provide task-level breakdown.

The integration that matters

With HR / employee records

Time entries roll up to the employee's record. Total billable hours per month per employee — visible for performance and utilisation analysis.

With attendance

Time entries and attendance should agree on total hours. If they don't, one is wrong.

With payroll

For per-hour-paid contractors, time entries × rate = payroll. For salaried staff, time entries inform performance not pay.

With invoicing

Approved billable hours export to invoicing tool / module. Invoice generated automatically.

The Pakistani IT services pattern

For Lahore / Islamabad / Karachi software houses, the typical setup:

Multiple offshore clients with different billing models
Mix of salaried employees + offshore-paid contractors
Dual currency (PKR for local salaries, USD for client billing)
Sprint / scrum structure for projects

The time tracking system must handle all of this in one place, integrated with HR + payroll + attendance.

The Zaffre HRM project tracking fit

Zaffre HRM includes project management with time tracking integrated with HR, attendance and payroll. Project + task structure, billable / non-billable, approval workflow, billing data export. See: IT services HR guide.

Book a demo for project hour tracking setup.

How to Track Project Hours for Billing — IT and Services Guide