Consider this: a manufacturing unit in Pune hired 18 new workers between August and December 2025. All 18 had Aadhaar-authenticated UAN numbers, were first-time EPFO members, and earned below Rs. 1 lakh per month. The employer had heard about PMVBRY but assumed registration was complicated and the incentive would be small. When Futurex calculated the […]
Consider this: a CFO at a mid-size IT company in Bengaluru restructured salaries in early 2026 to bring basic wages in line with the Code on Wages requirement. What she discovered was that for 34 of her 90 employees, the basic salary had been sitting below 40% of gross CTC since the company adopted a […]
An HR manager at a 40-person logistics company in Noida recently discovered a serious payroll compliance failure: her company had been deducting PF on basic salary only, not on gross wages as required. The error had been running for 14 months. By the time a compliance audit surfaced it, the arrear on employer contributions alone […]
Consider this: a textile trader in Surat received a notice in December 2025 informing him that his GST registration suspended status was now in effect. He had filed all returns on time. His PAN and Aadhaar were correct. He had no pending dues. The reason for the suspension, however, had nothing to do with any […]
For HR and payroll teams, keeping up with ESIC New Rules 2026 is important because even a small change in employee wages can affect payroll calculations and statutory compliance. The biggest question for employers is often: “If an employee’s salary crosses ₹21,000, should ESIC contributions stop immediately?” Enquire Now The answer is not always yes. […]
A construction contractor in Bhopal had been paying his unskilled workers Rs. 11,700 per month all through 2025. He was confident the figure was correct because it matched what he had been told at the start of the year. What he did not know was that the Madhya Pradesh government revised the minimum wages in […]
Consider this: a retail shop owner in Pune started operations in January 2026 without a Gumasta license. Business was going well. Then, in March, the municipal inspector visited during a routine check. The shop had no Shops and Establishments registration, no display of working hours, and no register of employees maintained at the premises. The […]
The HRA disclosure rule change that employers and HR teams across India have been tracking since late 2025 is now official. Specifically, on 20 March 2026, the Central Board of Direct Taxes notified the Income-tax Rules, 2026 under the new Income Tax Act, 2025. Consequently, these rules take effect from 1 April 2026 and bring […]
A trading company in Delhi received an EPFO demand notice for Rs. 3.8 lakh last year. Their PF contributions were correct. Their employee count was correct. The problem was simpler and more expensive than either of those: they had deposited five months of contributions between three and eight days late each month. Not dramatically late. […]
A Delhi-based IT services company had been depositing ESIC contributions every month for two years without missing the ESIC payment due date — or so they thought. Their payroll ran on the 28th of each month, and the ESIC challan went out shortly after — typically on the 18th or 19th. Nobody flagged it. The […]
A logistics company in Noida came to us after receiving a notice from EPFO last year. They had been depositing PF contributions every month without fail. The team filed returns. Challans went out on time. Yet the notice cited damages worth Rs. 2.3 lakh. The reason was not a missed payment. The reason was that […]
An HR manager at a mid-sized IT company in Noida called us last month with a specific problem. Her company had been running payroll the same way for seven years. Salary structure was well-designed, PF was being deducted correctly, bonus was being paid on time. Everything looked fine. Then a labour law consultant told her […]
A manufacturing company in Faridabad got a notice from the labour department last year. It was not because they were paying workers less than minimum wage. Nor was it because PF was missing. Instead, the notice came because the statutory registers under the Factories Act had not been updated for eleven months. A gap that […]
A founder came to us last year with a problem that should not exist in 2026. So he had been running his IT services business from Noida for eleven months — invoicing clients, collecting payments, paying staff — all under his personal PAN. No registered company. No legal entity. No GST. No PF. A large […]
Every October and November, HR teams across India face the same compliance question. Specifically, who must pay statutory bonus, how is the bonus calculation done correctly, and what happens if it is paid late or not at all? The payment of bonus act has been in force since 1965 — yet it remains one of […]