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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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Court Says Wife Having Capacity to Earn Cannot Sit Idle at Home and Burden Husband
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EPFO seeks to transfer ₹100 crore of unclaimed deposits to elders' fund
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Rs 20,000 cr Subordinate Debt scheme for MSMEs: Govt says the proposal to modify guidelines in progress
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Notification on Minimum Wages, Telangana average state industrial workers consumer price index applicable for the period 1/4/2022 to 30/9/2022
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Labour Ministry launches ‘Donate-a-Pension’ initiative: Check details
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EPFO urges companies to facilitate e-nomination of women employees
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Employee contribution to PF/ESI before ITR filing eligible for income tax deduction: ITAT
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ESIC circular on tele consultation services upto 7th March 2022 for insured people
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Punjab Shop & Establishment - Exemptions to Establishments on certain conditions - dated 3rd March 2022
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Notification regarding Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employees' Service) Regulations, 2001 (dated 02.03.2022) – For greater details, attached is the regulations effective from 2/3/2022 of 64 pages. They shal…
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Conditions On Factories For Female Workers In Jharkhand - 5th March 2022
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Press Note Tax in Gujarati, no professional tax upto Rs.12000/-
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The Madhya Pradesh Shops And Establishments Act, 1958 in the areas comprised within the local limits of nagar panchayats
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Central Government Employees Won’t Face Any Delay in Pension or Gratuity Payment if PPO is Not Issued
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Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers on base 2016=100(dated -28.02.2022)
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Draft notification of the Building Construction Environment Management Regulations, 2022(dated - 28.02.2022) - Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
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Notification under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947(Public utility service in respect of GAIL, crude oil and FCI
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Notification of the Central Motor Vehicles (Motor Vehicle Accident Fund) Rules, 2022(dated - 25.02.2022) - Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
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We're in talks with HR heads of companies on wage code: Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav
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ESI Director General orders promotion of medical officers as per details mentioned in the notification dated 28th February 2022 with retrospective effect.
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Ministry of Labour & Employment 20th February, 2022 PRESS RELEASE EPFO Payroll data:
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RESPONSE TO COVID-2.0 Delivering social security during the pandemic -EMPLOYEES' PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION - KEY HIGHLIGHTS
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Give each submission a clear review outcome, a named next action and a defined closure point so the team can see what remains unresolved.
Read the field noteMake payroll inputs reviewable while there is still room to resolve questions, with a clear owner for changes, approvals and final instructions.
Read the field noteCreate a shared operating brief covering responsibility, workforce information, local setup and the evidence needed for a controlled handover to the running team.
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