Manage People. Pay Accurately. Grow Smarter.

HR and payroll for Zambian employers — from hire to payslip

ORION HR & PAYROLL keeps every employee record, contract and payroll in one secure system. It calculates PAYE, NAPSA, NHIMA and SDL, routes each payroll for independent approval, and emails every employee their payslip as a PDF on your letterhead.

  • Zambian statutory rules, versioned by effective date
  • Prepare → review → approve → finalise, with separation of duties
  • Payslips and employment contracts delivered by email

Try it free for 1 month See pricing — from K292 a month

Built by Oriontech Engineering for organisations that pay people every month

People & Payroll Overview
ORION HR & PAYROLL dashboard: headcount, net payroll, employer cost, pending leave, contracts ending and statutory liabilities
What is ORION HR & PAYROLL

One system for your people and every kwacha you pay them

ORION HR & PAYROLL replaces payroll spreadsheets, scattered personnel files and hand-typed payslips. Employee details, salary history, contracts, leave, overtime, loans and payroll all live in one auditable record — so every figure on a payslip can be traced back to where it came from.

It is built on the ORION Platform by Oriontech Engineering, the same secure foundation as ORION-ECMS, and designed around Zambian employment and statutory requirements.

8role-based access levels
4statutory deductions built in
35employment clauses ready to use

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Core features

Everything HR and payroll need, in one place

From the day someone is hired to the day they leave, ORION HR & PAYROLL keeps the record straight and the pay right.

Employee Records

A complete personnel file: personal details, NRC, TPIN, NAPSA and NHIMA numbers, job, grade, supervisor, bank or mobile-money details, documents, and an effective-dated history of every promotion, transfer and pay change.

Payroll Engine

Monthly, fortnightly or weekly runs with pro-rating by working days (public holidays excluded), recurring allowances, one-off adjustments, approved overtime, unpaid leave and automatic loan recoveries.

Zambian Statutory

PAYE bands, NAPSA with its earnings ceiling, NHIMA and SDL as versioned, effective-dated rule sets. Each payroll records exactly which rules it was calculated with, and a test calculator lets you check any figure.

Payslips by Email

When a payroll is finalised, every employee is emailed a branded A4 payslip PDF — with year-to-date totals and net pay in words. Track sent and failed emails, retry in one click, and optionally password-protect each PDF.

Contracts & HR Letters

Build employment contracts, offers, confirmations, promotions and terminations from templates and a clause library, filled from the employee record and previewed live on your company letterhead.

Leave & Attendance

Leave types with accrual and balances, overlap and balance checks, supervisor and HR approval, a team calendar, a daily attendance register and overtime approval that feeds straight into payroll.

Loans & Payments

Salary advances and loans with instalment plans recovered automatically through payroll. Payment batches from finalised payroll, a bank-file export with a duplicate-export guard, and paid / failed / returned tracking.

Reports & Journal

Payroll summary, register and variance; PAYE, NAPSA, NHIMA and SDL schedules; a balanced payroll journal for your general ledger; headcount, turnover, contract expiry, probation and leave — on screen or CSV.

Recruitment & Performance

Vacancies and an applicant pipeline that turns a hire into a pre-filled employee and offer letter, plus review cycles, ratings and training records with costs.

See a full month's payroll run end to end

Book a walkthrough with Oriontech Engineering: calculate, review, approve and finalise a payroll, then watch every payslip land in your employees' inboxes.

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October 2026 Payroll
A payroll run in ORION HR & PAYROLL showing the approval steps, gross pay, statutory deductions, net pay and employer cost
The payroll cycle

Controlled at every step, finished in one sitting

Each payroll moves through a clear, recorded sequence. Exceptions such as large pay changes or missing NAPSA numbers are flagged before anyone approves, the person who prepared the payroll can't approve it, and once it's finalised it is locked — any correction needs an audited reversal.

1Calculate 2Check exceptions 3Independent review 4Approve 5Finalise & lock 6Email payslips 7Pay & reconcile 8Report & post journal
Contract builder — live A4 preview
Employment contract builder with a live A4 preview on the company letterhead
Payslip PDF on the company letterhead
Contracts & payslips

Professional documents on your own letterhead

Upload the letterhead you already use and set its safe text area once. Contracts, HR letters and payslips are then laid out on it automatically — on screen, in print and as PDF attachments.

  • 10 starter templates and 35 employment clauses you can tailor
  • Names, salary, allowances and dates filled from the employee record
  • Draft → review → approve → issue by email → signed, then locked
  • Renewal and probation reminders before deadlines pass

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ORION HR & PAYROLL secure sign-in screen
Security & control

Pay data stays with the people who should see it

Salaries and bank details are some of the most sensitive data you hold. Every menu, page and action is permission-gated, supervisors see their own team without pay figures, and every change is written to the audit log.

  • Role-based access with separation of duties on payroll
  • Multi-factor authentication, password policy, session control and IP allow-list
  • Full audit log of every create, update, approval and email

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In the cloud

No installation. Simply sign in and start processing.

ORION HR & PAYROLL runs online at portal.orion-hrpayroll.com on any computer, tablet or phone. Oriontech Engineering looks after the servers, backups and updates.

Nothing to Install

Works in any browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, tablets and phones.

Your Own Database

Every company's records are kept in a separate database of their own — never mixed with anyone else's.

We Can Run It For You

With Payroll Processing, our team prepares your payroll and files your PAYE, NAPSA and NHIMA returns.

Made for Zambia

Kwacha, ZRA, NAPSA and NHIMA schedules, and contracts written with the Employment Code Act, 2019 in mind.

Pricing

Simple packages by company size

One price for the whole company, whatever your payroll. Try it free for one month — no installation, just sign in and start processing.

Start-up
1 – 9 employees
    Corporate
    31 – 100 employees
      Enterprise
      101+ employees

        Prices are in Zambian Kwacha and exclude VAT at 16%. Payroll and HR subscriptions are billed yearly; Payroll Processing is billed monthly. Every company starts with a free one-month trial. Take Payroll and HR together for the complete system.

        Who it's for

        Eight roles, one controlled system

        Each person sees exactly what their job needs — and nothing they shouldn't.

        Company Administrator

        Users and roles, branches and departments, your letterhead, email, security settings, subscription and the audit centre.

        HR Manager

        Employees, contracts and letters, templates, recruitment, leave, attendance, performance and loans.

        Payroll Officer

        Prepares and calculates each payroll, salary components, adjustments and loan recoveries, and emails payslips.

        Payroll Approver

        Reviews exceptions, approves and finalises payroll, and maintains the statutory rule sets.

        Finance Officer

        Payment batches, bank files, paid and returned payments, and reconciliation to approved net pay.

        Department Supervisor

        Their own team's records without pay data, plus leave and overtime approvals.

        Auditor

        Read-only access to payroll, HR records, payments, reports and the full audit log.

        Employees

        Receive payslips and documents by email, or use the optional self-service portal for payslips, leave and acknowledgements.

        Questions

        Frequently asked questions

        Does it handle PAYE, NAPSA, NHIMA and SDL?

        Yes. Each is a versioned rule set with an effective date, so when rates or bands change you add the new rules without touching past payrolls. Every payroll keeps a snapshot of the exact rules it used, and statutory schedules for each deduction are produced as reports.

        How do employees get their payslips?

        By email. When a payroll is finalised, each employee receives their payslip as a PDF on your letterhead, sent from your own mailbox. You can see who was sent theirs, retry any that failed and resend on request. An optional self-service portal is also available.

        Can we use our existing letterhead?

        Yes. Upload it as a PDF, PNG or JPG in Settings, set the area where text may go, and contracts, letters and payslips are laid out on it automatically. Each company in a group can have its own.

        Who can approve a payroll?

        Only someone other than the person who prepared it. A payroll is calculated, independently reviewed, approved and then finalised; once finalised it is locked, and any correction requires an audited reversal.

        Where is our data kept?

        Securely online at portal.orion-hrpayroll.com. Each company has its own separate database, so your payroll is never stored alongside another company's. Access is controlled by role, with optional two-factor sign-in, and every change is recorded in your audit log.

        How do we get started?

        Register below. We set up your company and email your sign-in details, and you get the first month free. Most companies run their first payroll alongside their current one, check that the figures match, then switch over.

        What does Payroll Processing include?

        Our team prepares your payroll in the system every month from the changes you send us, sends your employees their payslips, and files your PAYE, NAPSA and NHIMA returns. You can still sign in at any time to see everything.

        How is the package chosen?

        By the number of employees on your payroll: Start-up (1–9), SME (10–30), Corporate (31–100) and Enterprise (101 or more). If you grow into the next band, we simply move you up at your next renewal.

        Get in touch

        Register or request a demo

        Start your free month, or ask for a walkthrough. We'll set up your company and send your sign-in details.

        Email

        info@oriontechengineering.com

        Phone

        +260 978 832 372

        Office

        Oriontech Engineering · Lusaka, Zambia

        Website

        oriontechengineering.com

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