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Labour compliance is a lattice of registrations, registers, displays and returns — Shop Act to CLRA, minimum wages to maternity benefits — enforced by inspection and increasingly by client audits. The practical goal is a compliance calendar and register set that makes any inspector's checklist boring.

When this service is typically required

  • Headcount growth has outrun the paperwork (registers, appointment letters, policies)
  • A principal employer or enterprise client audits vendors' labour compliance
  • The new labour codes' operational shift needs mapping — the employer guide
  • An inspection notice or claim has landed

Indicative scope

  • Applicability map: which enactments/codes bite at your headcount and sector
  • Registrations: Shop Act, CLRA where applicable, state-specific items
  • Registers, displays and appointment documentation brought current
  • Returns calendar and filing support
  • Inspection/audit responses with documentation

Key points at a glance

ItemPosition
CoverageThresholds vary by enactment — the map is entity-specific
Codes shiftWage definitions and structures change under the codes — CTC math is affected
EvidenceRegisters and displays are the inspection currency
VendorsClient audits now enforce labour law harder than inspectors do

Deliverables

The applicability map, registration certificates, compliant register set and formats, the returns calendar, and audit-response files as needed.

Information and documents generally required

Employee master with wages and roles, existing registrations, current letters/policies, and state/site list.

Engagement process

01 · MapWhat applies, where, at your numbers.
02 · Register & paperGaps closed with documents.
03 · CalendarReturns and renewals diarised.
04 · DefendInspections met with files, not scrambles.

Client responsibilities, assumptions and reliance

Wage data accuracy and actually implementing policies are the employer's; where the codes force structure changes, decisions are management's on our workings.

Scope exclusions

Industrial disputes and labour-court representation (coordinated with labour counsel), and PF/ESIC cycles (their own engagement below).

Frequently asked questions

We're only 12 people. Does any of this apply?

Some of it already does (Shop Act, wage rules), and thresholds arrive faster than teams expect. The map costs little and ends the guessing.

What changes under the labour codes for us?

Mostly wage-definition arithmetic that reshapes PF/gratuity costs — the CTC impact study quantifies it on your actual payroll.

A client audit is next month. Realistic?

Usually yes — most gaps are documentary and close quickly once listed. The audit-response file is built to the client's checklist.

Are contract workers our problem?

Under CLRA principal-employer duties, often yes in part — the map covers your contractor chain, which is where audits look first.

Discuss this requirement

The applicable scope, documentation, professional responsibilities and timelines are agreed in an engagement letter before commencement.

PF & ESICShop Act (Maharashtra)Labour Codes CTC StudyRequest a Scope Discussion

This page describes the service in general terms as on 6 August 2026 and is not professional advice or an assurance of any outcome. Registrations, filings, refunds and departmental outcomes depend on facts and the concerned authority. Figures and due dates change; verify current positions before acting.

Labour codes are in forceAll four labour codes apply from 21 November 2025 — the 50% wages rule changes PF, gratuity and leave encashment maths for every employer.Employer guide to the new codes →
Key due dates at a glance — FY 2026-27
ComplianceDueNote
PF ECR + payment15th of next monthOn code-compliant wage base
ESIC contribution15th of next month10+ employees (notified areas)
PT (Maharashtra PTRC)Last day of month / annual per slabPTEC annual payment by 30 June
TDS on salaries (24Q)QuarterlyRegime declarations from employees
Appointment lettersMandatory (all staff)OSH Code requirement

Dates as generally applicable on 15 July 2026; extensions/notifications can change them — confirm current dates before relying.

What's Included

  • Applicability map: which enactments/codes bite at your headcount and sector
  • Registrations: Shop Act, CLRA where applicable, state-specific items
  • Registers, displays and appointment documentation brought current
  • Returns calendar and filing support
  • Inspection/audit responses with documentation

Our Process

1
Map

What applies, where, at your numbers.

2
Register & paper

Gaps closed with documents.

3
Calendar

Returns and renewals diarised.

4
Defend

Inspections met with files, not scrambles.

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