Payroll & Labour: articles for Indian businesses

The moment you employ people, a second compliance system switches on beside GST and income tax: provident fund and ESI contributions with monthly challans, professional tax depending on your state, and the registrations — shops and establishments, contract labour licences — that inspectors actually ask for.

The four consolidated Labour Codes change how wages, social security, industrial relations and working conditions are regulated, and they matter well before the fine print settles: definitions of wages affect PF computations, and thresholds decide which establishments need which registrations.

The articles here cover the codes and the employer checklist. For the Rajasthan-specific layer, the guides go deeper: shops and establishments registration under the 1958 Act, when a contract labour licence applies, and the honest answer on Rajasthan professional tax — which, unlike in many states, is not currently levied.