Construction work depends on many people working together: the contractor who arranges labour, the engineer who supervises technical work, the supervisor who coordinates the team, and skilled or general workers who execute the work. When attendance and payment records are kept only in scattered notebooks, month-end hisaab can become difficult to verify.
Majdoor Hajiri is designed as a focused labour attendance and wage-record tool for that daily workflow. It can help keep worker details, attendance, wage information, advance/payment entries and monthly history together without turning a small site into a complex HR system.
Who works on a construction site?
Thekedar / Contractor
A contractor or thekedar organizes labour or subcontract work, coordinates execution and often maintains daily attendance, wage rates, advances and settlement records.
Builder / Developer
The builder or developer oversees the project and may review labour deployment, subcontractor activity, progress, cost and site coordination.
Civil Engineer / Site Engineer
A civil or site engineer deals with drawings, quantities, quality, execution and progress. Accurate labour availability helps with daily planning and productivity review.
Supervisor / Foreman
The supervisor or foreman manages the workforce on the ground and may be responsible for recording presence, work allocation, half days and overtime.
Mason / Raj Mistri
A mason performs brickwork, blockwork, plaster and other masonry activities. Payment may be daily, monthly, piece-rate or subcontract-based depending on the site.
Carpenter / Shuttering Carpenter
A carpenter may handle shuttering/formwork, doors, furniture or joinery. Worker-wise records help check days worked and payments over time.
Fabricator / Welder
Fabricators and welders perform steel or metal fabrication. Attendance, agreed rates, overtime, advance and due can be maintained separately for each worker.
Helper / General Labour / Mazdoor
Helpers and general labour support material handling, mixing, shifting, cleaning and other site activities. They are often managed on daily-wage attendance.
What information should a labour attendance register contain?
- Worker name, phone number and work type or trade
- Joining date or the period the worker is active on the site
- Agreed daily wage or monthly salary reference
- Present, Absent, Half Day and Overtime attendance
- Advance and payment entries with dates
- Monthly attendance history and the worker’s current due/settlement record
How daily wage workers are usually calculated
A daily wage worker is commonly paid using the number of payable attendance units and the agreed daily rate. The site must decide how Half Day, Overtime, holidays or other special days are treated.
How monthly workers are different
A monthly worker is paid an agreed monthly salary rather than simply multiplying every attendance day by a daily rate. How absence, paid leave, weekly offs, overtime or deductions affect the final salary depends on the employer’s policy, worker agreement and legal requirements.
Majdoor Hajiri can keep the attendance history and payment entries organized so the person responsible for salary settlement has a clearer record to review.
Half Day, Overtime, advance, payment and due
Construction workers may have a Half Day, work extra hours, take an advance during the month or receive partial payments. These records should remain attached to the worker rather than being spread across multiple registers. The app’s attendance statuses and advance/payment workflow are intended to make that history easier to follow.
Why a civil engineer or site engineer may need a labour attendance app
A civil engineer may not personally process payroll, but workforce information affects site planning. If a concreting activity, shuttering work, masonry work or finishing activity requires a particular team, the engineer or supervisor benefits from knowing which workers were present and how the team was deployed. A digital attendance record can also make it easier to look back at previous days when reviewing progress or coordinating with a contractor.
Labour attendance app vs. full HR software
A construction site with contractors and daily-wage labour often needs a simpler workflow than corporate HR software. The useful core is usually worker list, role, attendance, wage reference, advance/payment and monthly hisaab. Majdoor Hajiri stays focused on those site records.