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Digital establishment registration brings location records, certificates and contractor documentation into one workflow. Explore Gujarat’s registration update and the steps HR and compliance teams should review across their operating locations.
Read the briefingOvertime records and employment-injury documentation can affect ESI benefits administration. Understand how employee coverage, contribution calculations and incident records connect, and what payroll and HR teams need to review.
Read the briefingA closer look at the ESIC New Amnesty Scheme 2025, including settlement procedures, eligibility and contribution records. The scheme period covered by this April 2026 update ended in September 2026.
Read the briefingHaryana’s establishment developments bring working arrangements, employee records and registration procedures into focus. Explore self-certification, operating-hour exemptions, night-shift safeguards and the practical questions for HR teams.
Read the briefingMaharashtra’s proposed establishment-rule changes address registration information, premises documents and simpler administrative processes. Explore the draft amendments and the information businesses need to organise across their locations.
Read the briefingVoting-day leave requires location-specific planning, employee eligibility checks and clear operational communication. This update covers the paid-holiday arrangements discussed ahead of the April 2026 assembly elections.
Read the briefingPreventive health measures, welfare-fund changes and digital establishment records are part of Madhya Pradesh’s labour agenda. Explore the connections between employee welfare, payroll administration and local compliance records.
Read the briefingKerala’s registration and welfare developments affect the records businesses maintain for their establishments and employees. Explore fee changes, welfare benefits and the importance of keeping local details connected to payroll administration.
Read the briefingDelhi’s Shops and Establishments Amendment Bill brings working hours, overtime and night-work safeguards into focus. Explore the proposed changes and the questions employers should consider when reviewing shift arrangements.
Read the briefingAn effective PoSH programme depends on more than a policy document. Explore Internal Committee functioning, employee awareness, training and reporting through the March 2026 Maharashtra audit update.
Read the briefingAccurate ESIC member, family and dependent records support smoother benefits administration. Explore employee updates, supporting documents, employer verification and the responsibilities that continue after initial registration.
Read the briefingApprenticeship administration connects contract signing, advisor review, corrections and payment preparation. Explore how candidates, establishments and advisors coordinate these steps, including the portal transition proposed for April 2026.
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Discrimination ends up with torrential labour benefits to Spain’s domestic workers and carers!!!!
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Minimum wages if not paid can become a dynamite - An Explosive Issue !!!!
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THE CODE OF WAGES - THE NEW COAT INTERWOVEN FROM THE OLD SEVERAL COATS TO MAKE IT BUSINESS FRIENDLY WHICH MUST BE ACCEPTED WHOLEHEARTEDLY!
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Pratik Vaidya, CVO & MD, Karma Global High Tech Firm’s quote on “Nadir Godrej” – “Humbled to meet a fantastic personality with such a great humility at 45th annual event of IFCCI. It was such a great keynote in a uniq…
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The department has to take the following activities involuntary linking of Aadhaar with EPIC and registrations of unregistered labourers. - 15th September 2022
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The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), applicable provisions of the said Act, shall come into force in all the areas of Krishnagiri and Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu - 15th September 2022
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These rules may be called the Goa Factories (Sixteenth Amendment) Rules, 2022 - 15th September 2022
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Revision of minimum rates of wages payable to the apprentices employed in the Employment in Textile Mills in the State of Tamil Nadu under the Minimum Wages Act - 15th September 2022
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Relaxation of time limit for depositing monthly contribution for the month of August 2022 - 15th September 2022
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“No Work No Pay” Not Applicable Where Employer Prevents Employee From Working: AP HC Allows Arrears of Salary to Disabled Employee - 15th September 2022
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PF interest stops: Big Alert from Karma in the circumstances interest stops - 15th September 2022
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MSME federation FISME cautions businesses against alleged unethical practices by Axis Bank - 13th September 2022
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KARMA ENTERS THE BIG LEAGUE AS AN AUDITING FIRM WITH OVER 5000 VENDOR AUDITS PER MONTH ON A PAN INDIA BASIS, WITH STATE-SPECIFIC CHECKS. - 15th September 2022
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EPFO proposes to set up offices and service centers in Latin America and Africa: Report - 12th September 2022
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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency professionals ) (Second Amendment) Regulations 2022 - 13th September 2022
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS ON BASE 2012=100 FOR RURAL, URBAN, AND COMBINED FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2022 - 12th September 2022
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Appointing heirs of employees after Retirement - Unconstitutional: Supreme Court - 5th September 2022
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Public holiday on the day of polling i.. 14/9/2022 on account of general elections to Gram Panchayat Sainj , District Shimla. - 29th August 2022
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Another Scam? EPFO Staff Allegedly Misused Jet Airways' Employees' PF Accounts In Rs 1,000-Crore Fraud - 24th August 2022
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EPFO organizes Chintan Shivir at Surajkund - ‘EPFO@Amrit Kal – Behtar Kal’ first of its kind in the history of EPFO. Outcomes for expansion and improvement in the service delivery mechanism of EPFO discussed - 8th Se…
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Non-compliance of order: RERA court summons RDL directors, else face civil imprisonment - 8th September 2022
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Increase in the Special Allowance/Dearness Allowance & HRA wef 1st July 2022. The Board had revised the Special Allowance Dearness Allowance & 1. R.A of the registered Security Guards/Officers vide this Office Order N…
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Biz to get clearance via state portals - 7th September 2022
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