Payslip explainer
Answers “why is my pay lower this month?” by comparing payslips line by line.
How it works
Employees ask why their take-home pay went up or down; payroll can ask the same about any employee they may see. The agent compares two months of payslips line by line and explains the difference in plain words: loss-of-pay days, TDS changes and why (declarations, regime, projected income), arrears, one-time pay items, reimbursements, insurance, PF, ESI and professional tax, joining or leaving mid-month and salary revisions. Every amount comes from the payslips; the agent only writes the sentences. Employees see only their own published payslips.
About 1 credit per explanation; nothing when the two months are the same
What it reads
- Your own published payslips (employees) or approved payslips (payroll with the sensitive-data permission)
- PAN, UAN or bank details
When it starts
- When someone asks it, in Agents or through the Employee assistant
What it can do
- Explain why pay changed between two months
What it never does
- Change a payslip, a pay run or a tax declaration
Safe by design
- One assistant, many agents. Ask the Employee assistant in the app or on WhatsApp; it calls the agents your company has hired that you may use.
- Hired, not switched on. Your admin hires each agent from the catalogue and chooses who can use it.
- Agents propose, people confirm. Anything that changes data, like a leave request, waits for a person to confirm it.
- Same access as the user. An agent sees only what the person asking is allowed to see.
- AI processing in India. Agents run on models hosted in India (AWS Mumbai).
- Budgets and a hard stop. Set a monthly credit limit per agent; agents stop when credits run out.
- Every run recorded. Admins see each run, the credits it used and what it did.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Payslip explainer do?
Employees ask why their take-home pay went up or down; payroll can ask the same about any employee they may see. The agent compares two months of payslips line by line and explains the difference in plain words: loss-of-pay days, TDS changes and why (declarations, regime, projected income), arrears, one-time pay items, reimbursements, insurance, PF, ESI and professional tax, joining or leaving mid-month and salary revisions. Every amount comes from the payslips; the agent only writes the sentences. Employees see only their own published payslips.
Can the Payslip explainer change data on its own?
No. It never does the following: change a payslip, a pay run or a tax declaration.
How much does the Payslip explainer cost?
About 1 credit per explanation; nothing when the two months are the same. Credits are a paid add-on to any flowwork.ai plan at ₹100 (US$ 1.19) per 1,000 credits, and new companies get 500 free trial credits for 30 days.
Where is the data processed?
Agents run on AI models hosted in India and see only what the person using them is allowed to see. Admins see every run and the credits it used.
Other agents
Before a pay run is approved, compares it with the last one and lists what stands out: missing bank details or PAN, zero pay, big net pay changes, LOP spikes, joiners and leavers.
Checks a full and final settlement against your own rules before payroll approves it.
Which tax regime is better for you, your TDS for the rest of the year and the deductions you haven't used.