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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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Leaving suddenly and joining other employer will justify abandonment of job by a workman. M/S. Chunmun Stores (P) Ltd. vs Sh. Gaurav Chauhan on 24 September, 2021
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Order regarding fixation of minimum rate of wages for the employment in home textiles, bed room textiles, bath room textiles, living room textiles, decorative textiles, kitchen textiles dated 23/11/2021 – Government o…
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Committed to achieve universalisation of social security: Bhupender Yadav
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Wish to Pay LIC Premium via EPF A/c? Here's the Direct link of application form
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ECLGS helped 65% MSMEs through financial troubles, 57% found it difficult to access: Report
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Enrollment of all contractual / daily wage employees under the EPF & MP Act, 1952: EPFO
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Department of Economics & Statistics No.DES/859/2021-P3(1) Thiruvananthapuram ,29/11/2021 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Industrial Workers for the month of October 2021 Vide G.O.(MS) No.1…
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MSME credit scheme may be extended to help small units tide over pandemic
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Ministry of Labour & Employment has decided to link ESI Insurance Numbers of Insured Persons with EPFO’s Universal Account Number
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Integrating well-being in the flow of Recruitment Work
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The Government of Maharashtra proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 99 of the Industrial Relations code 2020, is hereby published , for information of all persons and the draft notification w…
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The Governor of Assam proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 99 of the Industrial Relations code 2020, is hereby published , for information of all persons and the draft notification will be t…
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What is E-Shram Card? How to Register Online, Benefits, Eligibility-
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ESIC Online Payment 2021-22: e-Challan Payment, Login & Print Receipt
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Government to chalk out legal road map for working from home
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ESIC nod to free annual check-ups, hospital proposals - 7th December 2021
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Notification regarding ex gratia assistance to next kin of deceased person dead due to Covid 19 dated 26/11/2021 – Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu for payment of 50,000/- ex gratia
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Karma Management’s Payroll Vertical – Communication has been the key in payroll dispensing, both domestic and international.
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Pay Minimum Wages to workers during construction ban : Supreme Court directs Delhi, UP & Haryana Governments
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Notification under the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and conditions of Work) Act, 1982 dated 1st December 2021 – government of Tamil Nadu
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The Government of Madhya Pradesh hereby declares the following days as Public Holidays in the State of Madhya Pradesh during the calendar year 2022
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Remanding back of Appeal u/s 45AA to Authorized Officer by the Appellate Authority
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No. PHD. 1121/C.R. 97/Desk-29.— In exercise of the powers entrusted to it by the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs vide its Notification No.39/I/68/JUDI-3, dated the 8th May 1968, the Government of Maharas…
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Maharashtra Implements Amended MV Act; Hikes Compounding Fees for Traffic Offences - 3rd Dec 2021
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