Salary settlement management system and method for flexible employment

Abstract

The invention discloses a flexible employment salary settlement management system, and the system comprises the following modules: a user management module which is used for carrying out the identity verification, role distribution and authority management of flexible employees; the task management module is used for recording and tracking the task progress and completion condition of the employees and generating a salary calculation rule according to a preset salary standard; the salary calculation module is used for calculating salary according to a preset salary calculation rule; the block chain recording module is used for recording salary settlement data through a block chain technology; a payment and settlement module which is in butt joint with an external payment platform, completes the actual payment, and confirms the validity of each payment through a block chain; through the intelligent contract, the decentralized record and the transparent data storage mechanism, the automation, transparency and high efficiency of the salary settlement process are realized, and the security and compliance of the data are ensured, so that the quality and efficiency of the overall salary management are improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a salary settlement management system and method for flexible employment. Background Art

[0002] With the popularity of flexible employment, more and more companies are beginning to rely on temporary and project-based employee groups to complete specific tasks. This employment method has brought unprecedented challenges to companies in terms of personnel management, task allocation, and salary settlement. Traditional salary settlement systems are usually designed for full-time employees, so there are many deficiencies in the flexible employment scenario, especially in terms of accuracy, transparency, automation, and compliance of salary settlement.

[0003] Traditional payroll settlement systems generally rely on manual input and management, and employees' working hours, task progress, and performance are usually updated through manual recording or non-real-time methods. This method has the following problems:

[0004] Manual errors and delays: Manual input and calculations are prone to errors, especially when dealing with a large number of flexible workers. The calculation complexity increases and payroll settlement may be inaccurate due to human omissions or delays.

[0005] Data inconsistency: Different tasks and projects may have different salary standards. Traditional systems lack the ability to automatically handle these complex situations, which makes data inconsistency prone to occur.

[0006] Opaque payment process: In traditional salary settlement systems, employees cannot query the specific calculation process of their own salaries in real time. The transparency and fairness of salary payment are difficult to guarantee, which may lead to employee distrust.

[0007] On the other hand, in flexible employment scenarios, information such as employees’ working hours, task completion, and work quality is dynamic and usually relies on multiple different sources, such as project management tools, task allocation systems, and time recording systems. This leads to the following problems:

[0008] Difficulty in task tracking: Flexible workers may undertake multiple tasks at the same time. How to efficiently track the task progress of each employee and accurately evaluate their remuneration becomes a technical challenge.

[0009] Lack of automated salary calculation rules: In the absence of unified standards, salary calculation often relies on manual review and lacks an intelligent and flexible salary calculation engine to automatically calculate based on specific tasks or working hours. Summary of the invention

[0010] In view of the deficiencies in the prior art, the present invention provides a salary settlement management system and method for flexible employment, which realizes the automation, transparency and efficiency of the salary settlement process through smart contracts, decentralized records and transparent data storage mechanisms, ensures the security and compliance of data, and thus improves the quality and efficiency of overall salary management.

[0011] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve its technical problem is:

[0012] A salary settlement management system for flexible employment, the system includes the following modules:

[0013] The user management module is used to authenticate the identity of flexible workers, assign roles and manage permissions, and generate a unique identity for each employee;

[0014] The task management module is used to record and track employees' task progress and completion status, and generate salary calculation rules based on preset salary standards;

[0015] The salary calculation module calculates salaries according to the preset salary calculation rules based on the employee's work performance, working hours, task completion and other information;

[0016] Blockchain recording module, used to record salary settlement data through blockchain technology, including task completion time, salary calculation results and payment records;

[0017] The payment and settlement module connects with the external payment platform to complete the actual salary payment and confirm the validity of each payment through the blockchain;

[0018] The transparency and query module provides permission configuration for different roles such as employees, administrators, and auditors, allowing users to query and verify salary payment records to ensure that the salary settlement process is open and transparent;

[0019] The compliance and audit module automatically calculates and ensures that payroll settlement complies with regulations and generates audit reports based on blockchain records.

[0020] Preferably, the blockchain recording module is built based on the Ethereum platform, and realizes the automated execution of salary calculation, payment and recording through smart contracts.

[0021] Preferably, the smart contract includes the following contents:

[0022] The salary calculation smart contract automatically calculates the salary based on factors such as employee working hours and task completion;

[0023] Payment triggers the smart contract, which automatically triggers the salary payment process and verifies the legality and correctness of each payment through the blockchain.

[0024] Preferably, the payment and settlement module supports connection with multiple payment platforms, including but not limited to bank accounts and third-party payment platforms, to complete the actual salary payment.

[0025] Preferably, the transparency and query module allows employees to query and verify their salary payment records at any time, including but not limited to task completion status, salary calculation details, payment time and amount information.

[0026] Preferably, the compliance and audit module is capable of deducting items and generating audit reports.

[0027] Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a salary settlement management method for flexible employment, comprising the following steps:

[0028] Employee registration and identity verification, verifying employee identity information through the user management module and assigning unique identity identifiers to employees;

[0029] Task recording and salary standard formulation: record employees' task progress and salary calculation standards through the task management module;

[0030] Salary calculation: Calculate employees' salaries through the salary calculation module based on factors such as task completion, working hours and performance;

[0031] Blockchain records, which record salary settlement data, task completion time, salary calculation results, etc. into the blockchain through the blockchain recording module to ensure that the data cannot be tampered with and is traceable;

[0032] Salary payment: the calculated salary is distributed to employees through the payment platform through the payment and settlement module, and the payment confirmation information is recorded in the blockchain;

[0033] Query and transparency management: through the transparency and query module, employees are given the right to query salary payment records, ensuring that the salary payment process is open and transparent;

[0034] Compliance review and audit: Through the compliance and audit module, ensure that salary settlement complies with regulations, generate audit reports and record audits through blockchain.

[0035] Preferably, the blockchain recording step is automatically executed through a smart contract, the payment step is multi-party verified through a multi-signature mechanism, and the query and transparency management step allows employees to view their own salary settlement details, including task completion records, salary calculation details and payment records.

[0036] Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an electronic device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the processor executes the program, a salary settlement management method for flexible employment as described in any one of the above is implemented.

[0037] Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, and when the program is executed by a processor, it implements the salary settlement management method for flexible employment as described in any of the above.

[0038] The beneficial effects of the present invention are:

[0039] The system uses blockchain technology to generate a unique identity for each employee (such as an encrypted digital identity) through the user management module to ensure the authenticity and immutability of the employee's identity. At the same time, the authority allocation based on role management can effectively prevent unauthorized access and ensure the security of the system; the task management module and the salary calculation module combine intelligent salary calculation rules to automatically calculate salaries based on employee working hours, task completion, work performance and other information, avoiding errors and delays caused by manual calculations. At the same time, through automated task progress tracking, the completion status of each task is ensured to be accurately recorded and calculated.

[0040] The blockchain recording module uses blockchain technology to encrypt, store and record all data of salary settlement, including key information such as task completion time, salary calculation results, and payment records. Since blockchain is tamper-proof and traceable, the authenticity of all data is guaranteed and can be queried at any time to ensure the transparency and fairness of the salary settlement process; the payment and settlement module confirms the legitimacy of each payment through blockchain, ensures that salary payments are verified through smart contracts, and provides confirmation and traceability of payment records through blockchain technology. This mechanism not only improves the accuracy of payment, but also realizes flexible support for multiple payment methods through docking with external payment platforms.

[0041] The transparency and query module allows employees, administrators, auditors and other roles to access salary settlement records through blockchain technology, ensuring that employees can query the payment status of salaries in real time (such as task completion status, salary calculation details, payment time and amount, etc.). In addition, the query record itself will also be written into the blockchain to ensure the traceability and fairness of the query process; the compliance and audit module combines blockchain technology to automatically calculate tax, social security and other deductions to ensure that salary settlement complies with local legal requirements. At the same time, all calculation processes and results are recorded through blockchain, and audit reports are generated to ensure the transparency and traceability of compliance audits.

[0042] The system automates all aspects of salary calculation, payment and recording through smart contracts. Smart contracts automatically calculate salaries according to preset rules and automatically process payments when payment trigger conditions are met. In addition, smart contracts can also automatically generate audit reports, reduce manual intervention, and improve the efficiency and accuracy of the system. Specific implementation methods

[0044] The principles and features of the present invention are described below, and the examples are only used to explain the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention. The present invention is described more specifically by way of example in the following paragraphs. According to the following description and claims, the advantages and features of the present invention will become clearer.

[0045] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as those commonly understood by those skilled in the art of the present invention. The terms used herein in the specification of the present invention are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. The term "and / or" used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more related listed items. Example

[0046] A salary settlement management system for flexible employment, the system includes the following modules:

[0047] The user management module is used to authenticate the identity of flexible workers, assign roles and manage permissions, and generate a unique identity for each employee;

[0048] The task management module is used to record and track employees' task progress and completion status, and generate salary calculation rules based on preset salary standards;

[0049] The salary calculation module calculates salaries according to the preset salary calculation rules based on the employee's work performance, working hours, task completion and other information;

[0050] Blockchain recording module, used to record salary settlement data through blockchain technology, including task completion time, salary calculation results and payment records;

[0051] The payment and settlement module connects with the external payment platform to complete the actual salary payment and confirm the validity of each payment through the blockchain;

[0052] The transparency and query module provides permission configuration for different roles such as employees, administrators, and auditors, allowing users to query and verify salary payment records to ensure that the salary settlement process is open and transparent;

[0053] The compliance and audit module automatically calculates and ensures that payroll settlement complies with regulations and generates audit reports based on blockchain records.

[0054] Authentication: Use modern authentication technologies such as OAuth2 and JWT (JSON Web Token) to ensure that each employee logs in with valid identity credentials.

[0055] Role and permission allocation: Design role-based permission control (RBAC). Different roles (such as administrator, employee, auditor) have different permissions. For example, the administrator has the permission to manage all tasks and salary data, the employee can only view the tasks and salary data related to himself, and the auditor can view all records but has no modification permission.

[0056] Identity: Generate a unique ID (such as UUID) for each employee, and use encryption technology to ensure the uniqueness and security of the ID. This ID is associated with all tasks, salary records, payment records, etc. related to the employee.

[0057] Task assignment and progress tracking: Administrators assign tasks to employees based on project requirements and set time limits, quality requirements, etc. The system can track the progress of each task in real time, such as whether the task is completed on time, task quality rating, etc.

[0058] Tasks are linked to compensation rules: Define a compensation calculation rule for each task, which may include fixed compensation, calculation by working hours, or calculation by task completion (such as completion quality, early or late completion, etc.). For example, tasks settled by hourly hours need to record employee working hours, and tasks settled by number of tasks need to count the number of completed tasks.

[0059] Data storage: Every progress of the task (start, completion, extension, etc.) must be recorded in the database, and the corresponding salary settlement rules must be generated for use by the salary calculation module.

[0060] Salary rule design: Design flexible salary calculation methods, including hourly pay, task-based pay, performance bonus, etc. Each rule is set by the administrator and associated with the corresponding task.

[0061] Calculation engine: Design a salary calculation engine that can automatically calculate employee salaries based on task data, work time records, task completion status, etc. For example, for employees who are paid by working hours, the system will automatically read their actual working hours and calculate the total salary based on the hourly wage rate; for employees who are paid by task completion, the system will count the number and quality of completed tasks and calculate the salary according to the predetermined rules.

[0062] Dynamic Adjustment: This module can also dynamically adjust remuneration according to the quality of task completion or the employee's performance. For example, additional rewards may be added to employees who complete high-quality tasks ahead of schedule.

[0063] Blockchain selection: You can choose a public chain, private chain or alliance chain that suits your business needs. Private chains or alliance chains can provide higher privacy protection and performance, and better control over participants.

[0064] Data Recording: All salary settlement related data (such as task completion time, salary calculation results, payment records) are recorded on the blockchain. Each time a task is completed or salary is calculated, a block of related data is generated and attached to the chain, thus ensuring the immutability and transparency of all data.

[0065] Smart contracts: Smart contracts can be used to automatically execute operations such as salary payment and rule verification. For example, after the task is completed, the smart contract will automatically trigger the salary calculation and record the result on the blockchain.

[0066] Payment platform connection: Connect with banks and payment platforms (such as Alipay, WeChat Pay, PayPal, etc.) through API interface, and the system will pay salaries to employees based on the calculated salary amount.

[0067] Blockchain confirms payment: After each payment is actually issued, the system will record the payment transaction information through the blockchain to ensure the transparency and traceability of the payment process. After the payment is completed, the system will record the payment transaction information and payment time on the blockchain to ensure the authenticity of the payment result.

[0068] Role permission management: Configure different query permissions based on the user's role (such as employee, administrator, auditor). For example, an employee can only view his or her own salary record, an administrator can view the salary and task records of all employees, and an auditor can view all system logs and audit reports.

[0069] Data Query: Provides a user-friendly interface where employees can view the completion status of their previous tasks, working time records, salary calculation details and payment status; administrators and auditors can query data in the entire system and verify the accuracy of various types of information.

[0070] Compliance: The system has a built-in compliance calculation engine that can automatically verify whether salary payments are compliant based on local labor laws, tax laws, and other regulations. For example, it can calculate whether the minimum wage standard is met, whether taxes are withheld correctly, and whether social security is calculated correctly.

[0071] Audit report: Generate a detailed audit report based on blockchain records. Auditors can view detailed records of all salary settlements through the system, including task records, salary calculations and payment processes, to ensure that all operations comply with the company's internal and external audit standards.

[0072] The blockchain recording module is built on the Ethereum platform and realizes the automated execution of salary calculation, payment and recording through smart contracts.

[0073] If you have high requirements for privacy, you can choose a private chain. If you focus on transparency and decentralization, you can choose a public chain. In this solution, the consortium chain Hyperledger Besu is chosen, which can provide moderate transparency and privacy protection.

[0074] On Ethereum, smart contracts are written in Solidity language to define salary calculation rules. Smart contracts will automatically calculate employee salaries based on factors such as task completion and working hours. For example, if the salary is paid by the hour, the smart contract will automatically calculate the hourly salary based on the working hours submitted by the employee; if the salary is paid by task, the payment will be made based on the completion of the task.

[0075] The smart contract includes the following contents:

[0076] The salary calculation smart contract automatically calculates the salary based on factors such as employee working hours and task completion;

[0077] Payment triggers the smart contract, which automatically triggers the salary payment process and verifies the legality and correctness of each payment through the blockchain.

[0078] The code scheme of the smart contract is as follows:

[0079] pragma solidity^0.8.0;

[0080] contract SalaryContract

[0081] address public employer;

[0082] address public employee;

[0083] uint public hourlyRate; / / Hourly salary

[0084] uint public totalHoursWorked; / / Total working hours

[0085] constructor(address_employee,uint_hourlyRate){

[0086] employer = msg.sender;

[0087] employee = _employee;

[0088] hourlyRate = _hourlyRate;

[0089] totalHoursWorked = 0;

[0090] }

[0091] function addWorkHours(uint_hours)public{

[0092] require(msg.sender==employee,"Only employee can add work hours.");

[0093] totalHoursWorked += _hours;

[0094] }

[0095] function calculateSalary()public view returns(uint){

[0096] return totalHoursWorked*hourlyRate;

[0097] }

[0098] function paySalary()public{

[0099] uint salary=calculateSalary();

[0100] payable(employee).transfer(salary);

[0101] }

[0102] receive() external payable{}

[0103] }

[0104] In this contract, employees can submit working hours (addWorkHours), and the contract will calculate the salary (calculateSalary) based on the hourly wage (hourlyRate) and working hours (totalHoursWorked). The payment operation is performed by the paySalary function, and the salary is paid directly to the employee's account through the Ethereum transfer function.

[0105] The payment and settlement module supports docking with multiple payment platforms, including but not limited to bank accounts and third-party payment platforms, to complete the actual salary payment.

[0106] Smart contracts themselves do not interact directly with banks or payment platforms (such as Alipay, PayPal), but can be integrated with these payment platforms through off-chain solutions (such as Oracles). For example, Oracles can be used to connect smart contracts with traditional payment systems to automatically complete the payment process and record the payment status.

[0107] The transparency and query module allows employees to query and verify their salary payment records at any time, including but not limited to task completion status, salary calculation details, payment time and amount information.

[0108] Every salary payment record, including salary calculation results, payment time, task completion status, etc., will be saved in the Ethereum blockchain through transaction records; once all transaction records are verified by miners and written into the blockchain, they cannot be changed, which ensures the security and transparency of the data. Anyone can check historical salary records and payment status at any time.

[0109] Provides an easy-to-use interface for administrators and employees. Administrators can view all employees' tasks, salary records, payment status, etc. on the interface, and employees can view their own salary calculation results and payment status. The front end can interact with the Ethereum network through Web3.js or Ethers.js; for example, after an employee submits his working hours on the front end page, the smart contract will automatically update the employee's salary calculation status and record the information on the blockchain.

[0110] The Compliance and Audit module is able to deduct items and generate audit reports.

[0111] The salary calculation and payment process in the smart contract is completely open and transparent. Auditors can check every salary record at any time by querying the blockchain to ensure compliance (such as minimum wage requirements, tax deductions, etc.). Compliance rules can be embedded in the smart contract. For example, the contract can automatically check whether the salary meets the minimum standard, whether taxes are deducted, etc.

[0112] In this solution, a multi-signature mechanism is also set up for administrators and payers to ensure the security of salary payment. For example, payment operations require signatures from at least two administrators to avoid single point failures or fraud; hardware wallets, encrypted wallets, etc. are used to ensure the security of private keys to avoid hacker attacks or data leaks.

[0113] A salary settlement management method for flexible employment includes the following steps:

[0114] Employee registration and identity verification, verifying employee identity information through the user management module and assigning unique identity identifiers to employees;

[0115] Task recording and salary standard formulation: record employees' task progress and salary calculation standards through the task management module;

[0116] Salary calculation: Calculate employees' salaries through the salary calculation module based on factors such as task completion, working hours and performance;

[0117] Blockchain records, which record salary settlement data, task completion time, salary calculation results, etc. into the blockchain through the blockchain recording module to ensure that the data cannot be tampered with and is traceable;

[0118] Salary payment: the calculated salary is distributed to employees through the payment platform through the payment and settlement module, and the payment confirmation information is recorded in the blockchain;

[0119] Query and transparency management: through the transparency and query module, employees are given the right to query salary payment records, ensuring that the salary payment process is open and transparent;

[0120] Compliance review and audit: Through the compliance and audit module, ensure that salary settlement complies with regulations, generate audit reports and record audits through blockchain.

[0121] The blockchain recording step is automatically executed through a smart contract, the payment step is multi-party verified through a multi-signature mechanism, and the query and transparency management step allows employees to view their own salary settlement details, including task completion records, salary calculation details and payment records.

[0122] This embodiment also provides an electronic device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor implements the salary settlement management method for flexible employment as described above when executing the program.

[0123] This embodiment also provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored. When the program is executed by a processor, the salary settlement management method for flexible employment as described above is implemented.

[0124] Those skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the processes in the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be completed by instructing the relevant hardware through a computer program, and the computer program can be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium. When the computer program is executed, it can include the processes of the embodiments of the above-mentioned methods. Among them, any reference to memory, storage, database or other media used in the embodiments provided in this application can include non-volatile and / or volatile memory. Non-volatile memory may include read-only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) or flash memory. Volatile memory may include random access memory (RAM) or external cache memory. As an illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in many forms, such as static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous link (Synchlink) DRAM (SLDRAM), memory bus (Rambus) direct RAM (RDRAM), direct memory bus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and memory bus dynamic RAM (RDRAM).

[0125] Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that for the sake of convenience and brevity of description, only the division of the above-mentioned functional units and modules is used as an example. In actual applications, the above-mentioned functions can be distributed and completed by different functional units and modules as needed, that is, the internal structure of the system can be divided into different functional units or modules to complete all or part of the functions described above.

[0126] The above embodiments of the present invention are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention, and the implementation modes of the present invention are not limited thereto. All other modifications, replacements or changes made to the above structures of the present invention based on the above contents of the present invention, in accordance with common technical knowledge and customary means in the art, without departing from the above basic technical ideas of the present invention, should fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A salary settlement management system for flexible employment, characterized in that: The system includes the following modules: The user management module is used to authenticate the identity of flexible workers, assign roles and manage permissions, and generate a unique identity for each employee; The task management module is used to record and track employees' task progress and completion status, and generate salary calculation rules based on preset salary standards; The salary calculation module calculates salaries according to the preset salary calculation rules based on the employee's work performance, working hours, task completion and other information; Blockchain recording module, used to record salary settlement data through blockchain technology, including task completion time, salary calculation results and payment records; The payment and settlement module connects with the external payment platform to complete the actual salary payment and confirm the validity of each payment through the blockchain; The transparency and query module provides permission configuration for different roles such as employees, administrators, and auditors, allowing users to query and verify salary payment records to ensure that the salary settlement process is open and transparent; The compliance and audit module automatically calculates and ensures that payroll settlement complies with regulations and generates audit reports based on blockchain records.

2. The salary settlement management system for flexible employment according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The blockchain recording module is built on the Ethereum platform and realizes the automated execution of salary calculation, payment and recording through smart contracts.

3. The salary settlement management system for flexible employment according to claim 2 is characterized in that: The smart contract includes the following contents: The salary calculation smart contract automatically calculates the salary based on factors such as employee working hours and task completion; Payment triggers the smart contract, which automatically triggers the salary payment process and verifies the legality and correctness of each payment through the blockchain.

4. The salary settlement management system for flexible employment according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The payment and settlement module supports docking with multiple payment platforms, including but not limited to bank accounts and third-party payment platforms, to complete the actual salary payment.

5. The salary settlement management system for flexible employment according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The transparency and query module allows employees to query and verify their salary payment records at any time, including but not limited to task completion status, salary calculation details, payment time and amount information.

6. The salary settlement management system for flexible employment according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The Compliance and Audit module is able to deduct items and generate audit reports.

7. A salary settlement management method for flexible employment, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: Employee registration and identity verification, verifying employee identity information through the user management module and assigning unique identity identifiers to employees; Task recording and salary standard formulation: record employees' task progress and salary calculation standards through the task management module; Salary calculation: Calculate employees' salaries through the salary calculation module based on factors such as task completion, working hours and performance; Blockchain records, which record salary settlement data, task completion time, salary calculation results, etc. into the blockchain through the blockchain recording module to ensure that the data cannot be tampered with and is traceable; Salary payment: the calculated salary is distributed to employees through the payment platform through the payment and settlement module, and the payment confirmation information is recorded in the blockchain; Query and transparency management: through the transparency and query module, employees are given the right to query salary payment records, ensuring that the salary payment process is open and transparent; Compliance review and audit: Through the compliance and audit module, ensure that salary settlement complies with regulations, generate audit reports and record audits through blockchain.

8. The salary settlement management method for flexible employment according to claim 7 is characterized in that: The blockchain recording step is automatically executed through a smart contract, the payment step is multi-party verified through a multi-signature mechanism, and the query and transparency management step allows employees to view their own salary settlement details, including task completion records, salary calculation details and payment records.

9. An electronic device, characterized in that: It includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the processor executes the program, it implements the salary settlement management method for flexible employment as described in claim 7 or 8.

10. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, characterized in that: When the program is executed by a processor, the salary settlement management method for flexible employment as described in claim 7 or 8 is implemented.