Block chain for Transparent Recruitment and Payroll: A Conceptual Framework

Abstract

Recruitment and payroll processes in organizations often suffer from lack of transparency, fraud risks, verification delays, and diminished trust among stakeholders. Blockchain technology, through its decentralized, immutable, and smart contract-enabled features, provides a viable solution to these persistent challenges. This conceptual paper proposes an integrated framework for applying blockchain to recruitment and payroll management. The framework emphasizes transparency via auditable ledgers and trust through verifiable records and automated execution. It draws on distributed ledger principles and synthesizes recent literature to map blockchain layers to HR functions. Benefits include reduced fraud, faster verification, automated disbursements, and enhanced stakeholder confidence. Challenges such as privacy, scalability, and regulatory compliance are discussed with mitigation approaches. The model offers theoretical propositions and practical guidelines, particularly relevant for emerging economies like India with growing gig and digital workforces. This work contributes to blockchain applications in human resource management (HRM) and supports digital HR transformation.