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Factory Compliance services

A vendor & Metrology, compliance audit is a vehicle used by companies to inspect and evaluate a vendor's quality management system, as well as its practices, products,

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Factory Compliance services

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  1. Legal Updates  Telangana – The Minimum REQUEST A ABOUT SERVICES LEGAL CAREERS / BLOG CONTACT  HOME UPDATES JOBS US DEMO  Home Legal Updates All Legal Updates Telangana – The Minimum Wages CPI Notification (October 2022) Vide Press Note, The Government of Telangana has released the enhanced consumer price index for calculating the variable dearness allowance, effective from 1st October 2022 till 31st March 2023. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :29-Sep-2022,Central / State : NA  ESIC - Relaxation of time limit for depositing monthly contribution for the month of August, 2022   Vide Notification no – P-11/12/Misc/1/2019(M)-Rev.II, keeping in view the problems faced by the employers in depositing ESI contribution for the month of August 22, ESIC, as a one-time opportunity has allowed the employers to deposit contribution for the month of August 2022 up to 22.09.2022 instead of 15.09.2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :15-Sep-2022,Central / State : NA  Central - Amendment to The Minimum Wages Notification Vide Notification F.No.1/4(3)/2022-LS-II, The Government of India has amended the rates under Central Minimum Wages provided in the previous notification published on 29-July-2022, for various categories including, construction or maintenance of roads or runways or in building operations, effective from 1st April 2021, 1st October 2021, 1st April 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :18-Aug-2022,Central / State : NA Kerala – The Minimum Wages Notification (June 2022) Vide Notification No. DES/859/2022-P3(1), the Government of Kerala, Labour and Skills (E) Department has revised the variable dearness allowance for employment in Shops and Commercial Establishment and employment in Computer Software Sector. According to the notification, the Consumer Price Index (Cost of Living Index) Numbers applicable to employees in employment under the Minimum Wages Act (Central Act XI of 1948) for the month of June 2022 ascertained by the Director General of Economics & Statistics under clause (C) of Section 2 of the Act. Please find the attached file for detail information.  View File,Added On :17-Aug-2022,Central / State : NA The Uttar Pradesh Dookan Aur Vanijya Adhishthan (Navam Sanshodhan) Niyamawali, 2022 Vide Notification No. 1106/XXXVI-03-2022-14(Sa.)/2019, The Government of Uttar Pradesh has amended Uttar Pradesh Dookan Aur Vanijya Adhishthan Niyamawali, 1963, amending the provisions on the procedure registration and renewal of license. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :10-Aug-2022,Central / State : NA Andaman & Nicobar - The Minimum Wages Notification Vide Notification F.NO 16/1/MW/2019-20/LC&DET/709, the Administrator of Andaman and Nicobar Island, declared the minimum rates of wages in the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar with effect from 1st July 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :06-Aug-2022,Central / State : NA Revised Central Minimum Wages (VDA) Notification Vide Notification, the Central Government of India has revised Central minimum wages (VDA) with effect from 01st April 2022 for various sectors like Agriculture and for other different Industrial’s workers. Please find the attached file for more detail information.

  2.  View File,Added On :06-Aug-2022,Central / State : NA Maharashtra – The Minimum Wages Notification st Vide Notification, the Government of Maharashtra has released revised minimum rates of wages (VDA) with effect from 1 July 2022 and valid till 31 December 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information. st  View File,Added On :06-Aug-2022,Central / State : NA Maharashtra Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions (Labour) Rules, 2022 Vide notification No. O.S.H.-2021/C.R.29(Part-II)/LABOUR-9, the Industries, Energy and Labour Department of Maharashtra Government has published Maharashtra Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions (Labour) Rules, 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :28-Jul-2022,Central / State : NA EPFO, Head Office has decided to give award to the establishments for filling of E-Nomination   EPFO, Head Office has decided to give award to one establishment from each region i.e East, West, North, South & NER who will complete highest no. of filing of e-nomination by 31 March 2023. Hence, it is requested to complete e-nomination for all the employees on or before 31 March 2023. Please find the attached file for more detail information. st st   View File,Added On :27-Jul-2022,Central / State : NA   Online issuing of the Regulation Certificates for Cash Benefits to Insured Person st Vide Notification No. N-21011/4/2022-BFT-II, it is directed that w.e.f. 1 August 2022 no regulation certificate for any cash benefit will be issued by the ESIC/ESIS dispensaries in physical form. All ESIC/ESIS dispensaries will use “Dhanwantari” module of project Panchdeep to issue the regulation certificate. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :25-Jul-2022,Central / State : NA Circular Regarding Non-Payment of ESI Contribution by the Employers Based on the various complaints received from workers regarding non - payment of ESI contribution by the employer concerned, ESIC once again highlighted the following points for the compliance by all employers covered under ESI Act, 1948 – (a) An employer is to cover all employees including temporary/contract employees engaged through contractors or migrant labours, (b) It is duty of the principal employers engaging the contractor to ensure compliance under the ESI Act, 1948. The obligation arising out of the above cannot be avoided by the principal employer even when the immediate employer is having a separate ESI Code number for ease of compliance. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :24-Jul-2022,Central / State : NA Special Economic Zones (Third Amendment) Rules, 2022. The department of commerce from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in a notification dated 14th July, made amendments to the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Rules, 2006. A unit operating in the SEZ may now permit 50% of the employees, including contractual staff, to work from home or any place outside the SEZ. A new rule- 43A (work from home) is added to the SEZ rule book by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The categories of employees (including contractual workers) who will be permitted to work from home are listed in the new rule book. These individuals include those working in IT and ITeS SEZ units, those temporarily unable to work, those travelling, and those working remotely. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :23-Jul-2022,Central / State : NA No Additional Charges for issuing boarding passes at Airlines Counters The Ministry of Civil Aviation has come to notice that Airlines are charging additional amount for issuing boarding passes from the passengers seeking check-in at the airport counters. Such additional amount is not as per extant provisions of Aircraft Rules, 1937. Therefore, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has advised the Airlines not to charge any additional amount for issuing boarding passes at the airport check-in counters, as the same cannot be considered within the ‘tariff’ as provided under rule135 of the Aircraft Rules,1937. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :23-Jul-2022,Central / State : NA ESIC - Seeding of UAN Number in the Insurance Module

  3. Vide Notification No. 44-P-11/12/UAN/2021-Rev-1, ESIC has requested employers to use the Insurance/ Panchadeep module of ESI Corporation for entering the UAN data of their employees covered under ESI Act by the end of July 22, positively so that same can be validated from EPFO through the APIs (Application Programming Interface) about the authenticity and correctness when the API is built by EPFO & ESIC. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :23-Jul-2022,Central / State : NA Maharashtra - Extension of Time Limit to Deposit Labour Welfare Fund Maharashtra Government has extended the last date for online payment of the Labour Welfare Fund Contribution for June 2022, till 31st July 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :15-Jul-2022,Central / State : NA Karnataka - Procedure for issuing No Increase in pollution Load Certificate Vide Notification No. PCB /17 CAT /NIPL/2022-23 /2383, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has published the procedure for issuing No Increase in pollution Load Certificate in the state of Karnataka. The applicant seeking No Increase in pollution Load shall submit the following documents – (a) CFO-exp applications in XGN along with requisite consent fee (b) copy of the online acknowledgement obtained from “Parivesh portal”, (c) Details of OCMS/OCEMS along with copies of reports for the last three months. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :15-Jul-2022,Central / State : NA   Tamil Nadu - Enforcement Of Medical Benefits In Thoothukudi District Vide notification no. N-17011/1/2022-P&D, ESIC has extended medical benefits, provided under Regulation 95-A of the Employees’ State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950, to the families of all insured persons in the entire area of Thoothukudi district in the State of Tamil Nadu effective from 1 July, 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  st   View File,Added On :12-Jul-2022,Central / State : NA Notifications or Orders of interest to a section of the public issued by Secretariat Departments of Tamil Nadu Vide Notification, the Government of Tamil Nadu has made some Amendment for the backward classes, most backward classes and minorities welfare department, Higher Education Department, Labour Welfare and skill department and for the Revenue and Disaster Management Department. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :10-Jul-2022,Central / State : NA Declaration of Rate of Interest for the Employees’ Provident Fund Members Account for the year 2021-22 Vide Notification No.INV-11/2/2021-INV/4670, The Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, has conveyed the approval of the Central Government under para 60(1) of Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 1952 to credit interest @ 8.10 % for the year 2021-22 to the account of each member of the EPF Scheme as per the provisions under Para 60 of EPF Scheme, 1952. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :09-Jun-2022,Central / State : NA Revised SOP for applying + F Endorsement certificate for Fortified Food products in FoSCoS FSSAI vide Order No. 45/+F logo/FFRC/Fortification/FSSA1-2019 dated 12th April 2021 issued SOP regarding the provision for applying +F endorsement of processed food products made in the Food Safety Compliance System (FoSCoS) as per the Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Food) First Amendment Regulations, 2020. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :06-Jun-2022,Central / State : NA Kerala – Declaration of Paid Holiday on account of Bye Election Vide notification G.O.(Rt) No. 2025/2022/GAD, the Kerala Government has declared 31st May 2022 as paid holiday for all Commercial Establishment including private enterprises, private industrial centres, and other private institutions under the Shops and Commercial Establishment Act, on account of bye-election in Thrikkakara Legislative Assembly. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :26-May-2022,Central / State : NA Kerala – The Minimum Wages Notification (March 2022) Vide Notification No.DES/859/2022-P3(1) , the Government of Kerala, Labour and Skills (E) Department has revised the variable dearness allowance for employment in Shops and Commercial Establishment and employment in Computer Software Sector. According to the notification, the Consumer Price Index (Cost of Living Index) Numbers applicable to employees in employment under the Minimum Wages Act (Central Act XI of 1948) for the month of March 2022 ascertained by the Director General of Economics & Statistics under clause (C) of Section 2 of the Act. Please find the attached file for detail information.

  4.  View File,Added On :19-May-2022,Central / State : NA Central – ESIC has Relaxed Conditions Under COVID 19 Relief Scheme Vide notification No. N-12/13/01/2019-P&D, ESIC has relaxed the eligibility condition for providing relief under the Covid-19 relief scheme, which should have been paid or payable during a maximum period of one year immediately preceding the diagnosis of COVID-19 disease resulting in death. The minimum eligible period of contribution has been reduced from earlier 70 days to 35 days. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :05-Apr-2022,Central / State : NA Tamil Nadu - Enforcement of Provisions Towards ESIC In Nagapattinam District Vide Notification S.O. 1534(E), the Government of India has notified April 01, 2022, as the effective date for certain provisions, from Chapter IV (Contribution), Chapter V (Benefits), and Chapter VI (Adjudication of disputes and claims) of The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948, to come in force in Nagapattinam district of the State of Tamil Nadu. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :05-Apr-2022,Central / State : NA  Uttar Pradesh - The Minimum Wages Notification (April 2022)  Vide notification No. 268-76/Pravartan-(M.W.)/15, the Government of Uttar Pradesh has released minimum wages effective from 1st April 2022 to 30th September 2022. Please find attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :05-Apr-2022,Central / State : NA  Uttarakhand - The Minimum Wages Notification (April 2022) Vide notification No 1064/4-01/13, the Government of Uttarakhand has released Minimum Wages effective from 1st April 2022. Please find attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :04-Apr-2022,Central / State : NA Gujarat - The Minimum Wages Notification (April 2022) Vide notification, the Government of Gujarat has released the revised Minimum Wages dearness allowance for the State of Gujarat effective from 1st April 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :04-Apr-2022,Central / State : NA Bihar – The Minimum Wages Notification (April 2022) Vide notification Sr. No. 5/M.W.-40-16/2021-L&R-992, the Government of Bihar has released Minimum Wages for the state of Bihar effective from 1st April 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :04-Apr-2022,Central / State : NA Maharashtra – State Government Removes all COVID 19 Restrictions The Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to withdraw all Covid 19 restrictions imposed under the Disaster Management Act and Epidemic Diseases Act in the state from 0000 hrs of 1 April 2022. Therefore, following decisions are promulgated and conveyed to all – (a) All such orders that are currently in force for the imposition of restrictions related to COVID 19 that have been imposed under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 are hereby withdrawn and will no longer in force from 0000 hrs of 1 April 2022, (b) All district disaster management Authorities are also advised to withdraw all the restrictions regarding COVID 19. Please find the attached file for more detail information. st st  View File,Added On :01-Apr-2022,Central / State : NA Chhattisgarh - The Minimum Wages Notification (April 2022) Vide notification No/08/2022/1897, the Chhattisgarh Government has revised the VDA effective from 1st April 2022 to 30th September 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :31-Mar-2022,Central / State : NA Auto Renewals of Registration under AP Shops and Establishments Act, 1988

  5. Vide circular no.LAE03-22021/1/2022-E1-LBRCOMR and following earlier notification towards auto renewal of registration under shops and establishments on 14th August 2021 , the Government of Andhra Pradesh has instructed all deputy commissioner of labour, assistant commissioner of labour and assistant labour officer to pursue the auto renewal process by all the shops and establishments in order to comply with the previous government order and also instructed to inform the employers or stake holders to utilize the facility and remit the requisite fee directly through Mee-Seva. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :28-Mar-2022,Central / State : NA The Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) (Amendment) Act, 2022 Vide notification No. XXIV of 2022, the Maharashtra Government has introduced The Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) (Amendment) Act, 2022. According to the amendment, (a) The name board of every establishment shall be in Marathi language in Devanagari script for the establishments employing ten or more workers or less than ten workers (b) The Marathi language shall essentially be written in the beginning of name board and the font size of the letters in Marathi Language shall not be smaller than the font size of the letters in any other language (c) The requirement towards Aadhaar card number in identity card to worker has been removed. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :24-Mar-2022,Central / State : NA   Tamil Nadu – The Minimum Wages Notification (April 2022) Vide notification Z3/4529/2022, the Tamil Nadu Government has revised the dearness allowance payable to the class of employees in the employment in shops and commercial establishments in the state of Tamil Nadu. Please find the attached file for more detail information.    View File,Added On :22-Mar-2022,Central / State : NA  Amendments Under the Andhra Pradesh Factories Rules, 1950 Vide notification no. G.O.Ms.No.7, the Andhra Pradesh Government has amended The Andhra Pradesh Factories Rules, 1950 to reduce compliance burden. According to the amendment, (a) The installed power required for approval of a factory plan shall be thirty horsepower or more instead of seventy-five horsepower or more, (b) Occupier of a factory must make an online application through single desk portal together with particulars, plans and scrutiny fee paid (c) The term for communicating approval plan is seven days from the date on which application has been submitted through online, (d) The drinking water shall be certified by NABL accredited laboratories, (e) The accounts pertaining to income and expenditure shall be submitted to canteen managing committee, (f)  workers employed in raw cashew roasting shall be re-examined by a certifying agent once in every twelve calendar month, (g) The manager of every factory shall submit integrated annual return online through single desk portal on or before 30th April of the year. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :17-Mar-2022,Central / State : NA Uttar Pradesh – Declaration of Public Holiday on Account of Holi. Vide notification No.2022-39(2)/12, the Government of Uttar Pradesh has declared public holiday on account of Holi celebrating in 19th March 2022 (Saturday) along with previous holiday declared on 18th March 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :17-Mar-2022,Central / State : NA Telangana - The Minimum Wages Notification (April 2022) According to the press note released, the Commissioner of Labour Telangana, Hyderabad and the Competent authority under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 has declared the CPI points for calculation of variable dearness allowance for the state of Telangana with effect from 1st April 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :09-Mar-2022,Central / State : NA The Employees State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2022 Vide notification no.G.S.R. 176 (E), ESIC has amended provision on sickness benefit under The Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950. As per amendment, insured women who is receiving maternity benefit can also claim sickness benefit i.e., cash benefit in case shorter contribution period is available to her subject to condition that contribution shall be payable for not less than half the number of days available for working in such contribution period. Therefore, amendment entitle more insured women to claim the benefit and this retrospective amendment shall not prejudicially affect any beneficiary of any other benefit entitled under Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :09-Mar-2022,Central / State : NA Punjab - Exemption to Conditions for Women Employee Under The Shops and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958

  6. Vide notification No. Labour-Lab0PSCA/2/2021-5L/I/325484/2022 and supersession of notification dated 15th October, 2014, The Governor of Punjab is pleased to formulate a scheme for the Shops and Establishments in the state under The Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishment Act 1958. According to the scheme, exemption given to the provisions towards conditions of employment for women and exemption will be given on case-to-case basis on receipt of applications from the establishments on the mentioned terms and conditions. The exemption awarded towards working hour of women employee subject to conditions mentioned in the notification. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :07-Mar-2022,Central / State : NA Maharashtra – State Government Eases Restrictions on Covid 19 Vide Notification No.DMU/2020/CR. 92/DisM-1, State Executive Committee has decided to differentiate in response to the Covid 19 situation through restrictions or relaxations .The State Executive Committee promulgates the following directions, that will come into force from, 4rd March, 2022 from 0000 hrs across the State and will remain in force till the issue of any new order – (A) Municipal Corporations shall be dealt as separate Administrative Units and rest of the districts shall be dealt as single separate Administrative Units where the first dose vaccination is more than 90%, (B) All staff of all the establishments that cater to public at large shall necessarily be fully vaccinated, (C) Offline classes may resume in all academic institutions, (D) All shopping complexes, cinema halls, restaurants & bars, religious places, tourist places, entertainment parks etc. are allowed to operate with 100% capacity in Administrative Units, (E) There shall be no restrictions for inter-state and intra- state movement for fully vaccinated persons, (F) All offices, including government and private, may function with full capacity. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :03-Mar-2022,Central / State : NA  EPFO Circular on Trainees Under National Employability Enhancement Mission (NEEM)  Vide circular No. Compliance/NEEMscheme/2021, EPFO has recommended to all additional central provident fund commissioner and Zonal commissioners that provisions towards the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 will be applicable for the students getting placement in companies and appointed as employee of the establishments even during job or training or induction and other trainings taken after becoming employee. Please find the attached file for more detail information.    View File,Added On :26-Feb-2022,Central / State : NA Kerala – The minimum Wages Notification (Dec 2021) Vide Notification No.DES/859/2022-P3(1) , the Government of Kerala, Labour and Skills (E) Department has revised the variable dearness allowance for employment in Shops and Commercial Establishment and employment in Computer Software Sector. According to the notification, the Consumer Price Index (Cost of Living Index) Numbers applicable to employees in employment under the Minimum Wages Act (Central Act XI of 1948) for the month of December 2021 ascertained by the Director General of Economics & Statistics under clause (C) of Section 2 of the Act. Please find the attached file for detail information.  View File,Added On :21-Feb-2022,Central / State : NA Tamil Nadu - Circular on Grant of Paid Holiday for General Election Vide Letter No:2779/J1/2022-1, the Government of Tamil Nadu has requested commissioner of labour to direct the employers of all industrial establishments, shops, factories and public sector undertakings to provide holiday with wages to all the labourers under the control on the poll day going to be held on 19th February 2022 in those areas wherever such poll take place. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :17-Feb-2022,Central / State : NA HP Grant Paid Holiday On Account Of General Election In Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab Vide circular No.1-18/85(Fac)Lab-Vol-II , the Government of Uttar Pradesh has declared paid holiday for electors of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab who are employed in business, trade, industrial establishments or any establishments located in Himachal Pradesh on account of general election in Uttar Pradesh on 10.02.2022, 14.02.2022, 20.02.2022, 23.02.2022, 27.02.2022, 03.03.2022, 07.03.2022 and Punjab on 20.02.2022, Uttarakhand on 14th February 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :14-Feb-2022,Central / State : NA Tamil Nadu – Grant of Holiday on Account of General Election Vide notification G.O (Ms) No.27, the Tamil Nadu Government has declared public holiday on 19th February 2022(Saturday) for all Government offices, including industrial establishments of Government and Government controlled bodies and all education institutions. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :14-Feb-2022,Central / State : NA West Bengal – The Minimum Wages Notification (Jan 2022)

  7. Vide Notification No.15/703/Stat/2RW/29/2016/LCS/JLC, the government of West Bengal has released the minimum rates of wages effective from 1st January 2022 to 30th June 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :03-Feb-2022,Central / State : NA Maharashtra – The Minimum Wages Notification (January, 2022) Vide Notification, the government of Maharashtra has released revised minimum rates of wages (variable dearness allowance) effective from 1st January 2022 which will be valid till 30th June 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :03-Feb-2022,Central / State : NA SEBI - Circular on dematerialization of shares for availing certain services As an ongoing measure to enhance ease of dealing in securities markets by investors, vide notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/66 dated January 24, 2022, it has been decided that listed companies shall henceforth issue the securities in dematerialized form only while processing the following service request – (a) Issue of duplicate securities certificate, (b) Claim from Unclaimed Suspense Account, (c) Renewal / Exchange of securities certificate (d) Endorsement, (e) Sub-division / Splitting of securities certificate, (f) Consolidation of securities certificates/folios, (g) Transmission, (h) Transposition. The securities holder/claimant shall submit duly filled up Form ISR-4(to be hosted on the website of the Issuer Companies and the RTAs) along with the documents / details specified therein. Please find the attached file for more detail information.    View File,Added On :03-Feb-2022,Central / State : NA   Change in control of the asset management company involving scheme of arrangement under Companies Act, 2013  SEBI has decided the following to streamline the process of providing approval to the proposed change in control of an AMC involving scheme of arrangement which needs sanction of National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”): (a) The application seeking approval for the proposed change in control of the AMC under Regulation 22(e) of MF Regulations shall be filed with SEBI prior to filing the application with the NCLT,( b) Upon being satisfied with compliance of the applicable regulatory requirements, an in-principle approval will be granted by SEBI, (c) The validity of such in-principle approval shall be three months from the date of issuance, within which the relevant application shall be made to NCLT.This circular shall be applicable to applications filed with NCLT on or after March 1, 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :03-Feb-2022,Central / State : NA SEBI - Circular on dematerialization of shares for availing certain services As an ongoing measure to enhance ease of dealing in securities markets by investors, vide notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/66 dated January 24, 2022, it has been decided that listed companies shall henceforth issue the securities in dematerialized form only while processing the following service request – (a) Issue of duplicate securities certificate, (b) Claim from Unclaimed Suspense Account, (c) Renewal / Exchange of securities certificate (d) Endorsement, (e) Sub-division / Splitting of securities certificate, (f) Consolidation of securities certificates/folios, (g) Transmission, (h) Transposition. The securities holder/claimant shall submit duly filled up Form ISR-4(to be hosted on the website of the Issuer Companies and the RTAs) along with the documents / details specified therein. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :03-Feb-2022,Central / State : NA Implementation of the Haryana State Employment of Local candidates Act, 2020 In order to ensure smooth implementation of the Haryana State Employment of Local candidates Act, 2020 in the state of Haryana, it has been decided that at the first instance some categories of Employers are hereby granted deemed exemptions, as under- (a) vacancies in new start-ups and information technologies (IT)/ITES of new employers for a period of two years from the date of commencement of work, (b) Short term employment, the total duration of which is less than forty-five days, (c) Vacancies under any employer who particularly engage in agricultural activities etc. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :22-Jan-2022,Central / State : NA SEBI Chairman launches “Saa₹thi” – SEBI’s Mobile App on Investor Education SEBI launched “Saa₹thi” – SEBI’s Mobile App on Investor Education. This SEBI Mobile App aims to create awareness among the investors about the basic concepts of Securities Market, KYC Process, trading and settlement, mutual funds, recent market developments, investor grievances redressal mechanism, etc.The App is available in Hindi and English. Please find the attached file for more detail information.

  8.  View File,Added On :20-Jan-2022,Central / State : NA Press Release relating to Investor charter SEBI vide a public notice dated November 17,2021 has published investor charter for securities market. The press release explains the steps taken by SEBI for empowering investors. These measures taken by SEBI includes: 1. Development of separate investor charter for Stock exchanges, Depositories and other intermediaries, (2) Publishing the status of Disposal of investor grievances received in SCORES,(3) Recent policy initiatives taken by SEBI –(a) Amendments pertaining investor protection fund and Investor service fun,(b) Standardized norms for PAN and KYC, (c) Providing of electronic interface for processing investor queries ,(d) All holders of physical securities are required to furnish the PAN, KYC details including bank account details,(4) SEBI is also examining the possibility of introducing alternate dispute resolution mechanism between regulated entities and their clients . Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :18-Jan-2022,Central / State : NA Kerala – The Minimum Wages Notification (Nov 2021) Vide notification No. No. DES/859/2022-P3(1), the Government of Kerala, Labour and Skills (E) Department has revised the variable dearness allowance for employment in Shops and Commercial Establishment and employment in Computer Software Sector. According to the notification, the Consumer Price Index (Cost of Living Index) Numbers applicable to employees in employment under the Minimum Wages Act (Central Act XI of 1948) for the month of November 2021 ascertained by the Director General of Economics & Statistics under clause (C) of Section 2 of the Act. Please find the attached file for detail information.    View File,Added On :15-Jan-2022,Central / State : NA   Karnataka - Extension of Time Limit to Deposit Labour Welfare Fund Karnataka Government has extended the last day of deposit towards payment of Labour Welfare Fund contribution from 15th January 2022 to 31st January 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :14-Jan-2022,Central / State : NA The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Rules, 2021 Vide notification No. Lab/1128, the Governor of Haryana has introduced The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Rules, 2021. Therefore, rule will come into force with effect from the date of coming into force of the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 which specified the date as on 15th day January 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :14-Jan-2022,Central / State : NA Maharashtra - Lockdown imposes from 10th January In order to prevent the spreading of the Covid virus, vide Notification No. DMU/2020/CR. 92/DisM - 1, the Government of Maharashtra hereby issues the following directions that will come into force from 10th January, 2022 from 0000 hrs and shall remain in force till issue of any new Order – (a) A night curfew will be imposed from Monday barring movement of people in groups of 5 or more from 11 pm to 5am. Further, no movement will be allowed in public from 11 pm to 5 am except for essential services (hospitals, pharmacies, groceries, public transport, e commerce, Banks etc), (b) Schools and colleges will be closed till February 15 except for activities required to be undertaken for class 10 and 12 students and administrative activities of teachers (c) No visitors will be allowed at government offices except with written permission of office heads. Online interaction facility will be provided for people through video conference, (d) Government offices as well as Private offices have also been asked to rationalise the number of employees coming to work by allowing work from home and staggering working hours, (e) Public and political gathering will be capped at 50 and hotel, cinema halls to be operate at 50% seating capacity till 10 pm. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :10-Jan-2022,Central / State : NA Implementation of Provisions Towards ESIC in the Districts of Assam Vide notification S.O. 5371(E), ESIC has implemented the provisions of Chapter IV (Contribution), Chapter V (Benefits), Chapter VI (Adjudication Of Disputes and Claims) in the entire area of following districts in the State of Assam such as Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Bishwanath, Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Golaghat, Goalpara, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Nalbari, Marigaon, Nagaon, Sibsagar, Udalguri, West Karbi Anglong (in addition to the already implemented area in the district), including Karbi Anglong, Karim Ganj, South Salmara Mankachar. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :03-Jan-2022,Central / State : NA Meghalaya - General Holidays List, 2022 Vide notification No GAA.76/2021/16, the Government of Meghalaya has declared the List of Public Holidays in the State of Meghalaya for the calendar year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :31-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA

  9. Jammu and Kashmir – General Holidays List, 2022 Vide notification No. GAD-ADM/253/2021-09-GAD, the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir has declared the List of General Holidays in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir for the calendar year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :31-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA Punjab – General Holidays List, 2022 Vide Notification No. 06/01/2021/2PP3/1372, the Punjab government has declared the list of public holidays in the state of Punjab for the calendar year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :27-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA Jharkhand – General Holidays List, 2022 Vide notification No.15/03-02/2021-8489, the Jharkhand Government has declared the list of public holidays in the state of Jharkhand for the calendar year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.    View File,Added On :27-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA  Puducherry – General Holidays List, 2022  Vide Notification, the Government of Puducherry has declared the List of General Holidays in the UT of Puducherry for the calendar year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :27-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA  Chandigarh – Declaration of Paid Holiday on account of Municipal Election Vide notification No. 12/7/30-HII(2)-2021/15148, the Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh has declared short leave on Friday, the 24th December, 2021 for all the Factories and Shops and Commercial Establishments falling in the area of ward number one to thirty-five of Municipal Corporation, Union Territory, Chandigarh. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :24-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA Application of ESI Act to Banks Vide notification, Central Government has declared that only the casual and contract employees of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and other establishments specified in the notification belonging to or under the control of Central Government are coverable under the ESI Act and banks are not coverable. The casual and contract employees of subsidiaries of banks, which are performing the job of Non- Banking Financial Companies would however be coverable. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :23-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA Extension of Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana EPFO has extended the registration facility under Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) from 30th June 2021 to 31st March 2022 As per the scheme, (1) incentive shall be in the form of payment of employee and employer contribution which is twenty four percent of wages in respect of new employees employed in establishments having more than one thousand employees, (2) establishments registered with EPFO after 1st October 2020 shall get the benefits in respect of all new employees. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :23-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA Submission of the Return of Ownership in Form 5A and the Signature samples of the Authorized Signatories by EPFO Vide Notification, EPFO has requested to file digital signature Certificate/e-sign of the authorised Signatory/Signatures only under the seal signature of the “Employer” along with a scanned copy of the Return of Ownership in Form 5A signed by the employer, failing which the signature of anybody else not duly authorized by the employer of the Establishment shall not be accepted as authorized. On the other hand, it will be treated as false return/statement/document/declaration. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :21-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA The Telangana Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) (Amendment) Rules, 2021 Vide Notification, the Government of Telangana has amended some rules on child labour. These Rules may be called the Telangana Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) (Amendment) Rules, 2021.They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Telangana Gazette. According to the notification-(a) State government seeks to take strict action against those who employ or force children to work,(b) Labour Department will also constitute a task force committee headed by District Collector concerned, to effectively monitor and curb the child

  10. labour menace, (c) As per revised guidelines, film director will require to obtain permission from the Collector concerned in order to rope in children in movies or serials, (d) If parents force children to work, they will also face action, (e) If any child fails to attend school for 30 days, without permission, school principal will require to bring it to the notice of concerned nodal officer. Please find the attached file for more detail information.    View File,Added On :21-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA The Assam Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Taxation (Amendment) Act, 2021 Vide notification No. LGL.55/2005/46, the Assam Government has amended the provisions towards liability of tax, returns and included new provisions towards applicability of the provisions on Assam Value Added Tax and automated data processing system. As per the amendment, (1) apply liability to tax on members of the armed forces of India, (2) The penalty for not filing return has increased to one hundred for each day of delay or a maximum of rupees five thousand whichever is less, (3) The employers who are previously registered under The Assam Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, The Assam Value Added Tax Act, 2003, The Assam Taxation (On Specified Lands) Act, 1990, The Assam Agricultural Income-tax Act, 1939, The Assam Electricity Duty Act, 1964 considered to be registered under this enactment, (4) The Assam Value Added Tax Act, 2003 is applicable as is without any change, (5) Introduction of procedures for e-filing of returns and e-payment of taxes and automated data processing system. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :21-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA  Uttarakhand – General Holidays List, 2022  Vide notification, the Government of Uttarakhand has declared the List of General Holidays in the State of Uttarakhand for the year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.    View File,Added On :18-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA  Uttar Pradesh – General Holidays List, 2022  Vide notification, the Government of Uttar Pradesh has declared the List of General Holidays in the State of Uttar Pradesh for the year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :18-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA Haryana – General Holidays List, 2022 Vide notification no. 28/67/2018-3GSII, the Haryana Government has declared the List of General Holidays in the State of Haryana for the year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :18-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA Chandigarh – General Holidays List, 2022 Vide notification no. 6/1/1-IH(I)-2021/18568, the Chandigarh Administration has declared the List of Public Holidays in the Union Territory of Chandigarh for the year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :18-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA Central - Circular Towards Linking of ESIC of Insured Person with EPFO Vide circular, ESIC has decided to link ESIC insurance number of insured person with the EPFO's Universal Account Number (UAN), a twelve digit identification number allotted by EPFO. Therefore, members of EPFO with authorised Aadhaar and Bank details seeded against the UAN can submit their provident fund withdrawal or settlement or transfer requests. An arrangement has been made in the ESI portal where the employer can enter the UAN of IPs through the module. Once after entering details in the system the same can be verified with EPFO. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :15-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA Kolkata – Declaration of Paid Holidays on Account of Municipal Election Vide notification No. Labr/2228/(LC-IR)/IR/7S-06/17, the West Bengal Government has declared paid holiday on Sunday,19th December 2021 for the employees who are working in shops, commercial and industrial establishments, pertaining to Kolkata Municipal Corporation so as to enable them to exercise their right of franchise. Therefore, employers of any business, trade, industrial undertaking or any other establishments of the areas pertaining to Kolkata Municipal Corporation shall grant paid holiday on the day of Poll to their workmen who are entitled to cast vote. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :15-Dec-2021,Central / State : NA Assam – Declaration of Public Holiday on Account of Bye Election

  11. Vide Notification No.GAG(A).139/205/258, Government of Assam has declared 15th December 2021 as a public holiday on account of Gaon Panchayat-bye election at Goalpara district for government bodies/ non-government bodies, all bodies and organisation under the state government including urban local bodies and PRI, educational institutions and business establishments including banks, tea garden and industries etc within the jurisdictions. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  Added On :23-Nov-2021,Central / State : Kerala – The Minimum Wages Notification (Sept 2021) Vide Notification No.DES/859/2021-P3(1), the Government of Kerala, Labour and Skills (E) Department has revised the variable dearness allowance for employment in Shops and Commercial Establishment and employment in Computer Software Sector. According to the notification, the Consumer Price Index (Cost of Living Index) Numbers applicable to employees in employment under the Minimum Wages Act (Central Act XI of 1948) for the month of September 2021 ascertained by the Director General of Economics & Statistics under clause (C) of Section 2 of the Act. Please find the attached file for detail information.  View File,Added On :22-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA Delhi - The Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Rules, 2021  Vide Notification No. 15(52)/Lab/2021/4506, the Government of Delhi has amended the rules towards form of submitting a statement, the fees and other particulars, manner of registering establishments and form of registration certificate, forms of notifying a change and fees, schedules under Delhi Shops and Establishments Rules, 1954. As per the amendment, (a) The online system is implemented for filing application and granting of registration certificate, making amendment in application, (b) The schedules I and II which prescribe details of fees has been removed (c) The Form G is amended to include register of wages, deductions, overtime, Advances and therefore, removed Form H and Form I. Please find the attached file for more detail information.     View File,Added On :22-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA  ESIC - Extension of Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana Scheme Vide notification no. No. N-12/13/1/2019 P&D, ESIC has extended the relaxation in eligibility conditions in the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana for period 01.07.2021 to 30.06.2022 with the same terms and conditions as notified on with enhanced rate of relief and relaxed eligibility conditions as notified in the Gazette of India, (Extraordinary), Part III – Section - 4 (Sl. No. 436) dated 16.10.2020. and Sl. No. 15 dated 11.01.2021. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :22-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA ESIC – Seeding of UAN Number for Insurance Module Vide Notification No F.NO. D/22/SRO/ROHINI/CO-ORD/VIVIDH/2021-22, ESIC requested to register EPF UAN as per the insurance module. Therefore, employer can do login through www.esic.in till December 2021. Please find the attach ed file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :20-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA Odisha - General Holidays List 2022 Vide notification RDM-Reg-REGN-0080-2021-34561, Odisha Government has released holiday list for the year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :19-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA Relaxation Of Time Limit for Filing and Depositing ESI Contribution Vide circular No. P-11/12/Misc./1/2019 (M)- Rev.II, has acknowledged to regional directors and sub regional offices that employee state insurance contribution for the month of October 2021 can be remitted up to 30th November 2021 instead of 15th November 2021 and return of contribution for the period of April 2021 to September 2021 may be filed up to 15th December 2021 instead of 11th November 2021 on account of system breakdown in information technology system. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :17-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA Mandatory Seeding of Aadhaar Number with UAN for filling of ECR In partial modification of the Circular No. WSU/15(1)2019/ATR/529 dated 15.06.2021 under reference, it is informed that the date of completing the seeding and verification of Aadhaar with UAN, is hereby extended till 30.11.2021. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :15-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA ESIC - Circular on Submission of Document for Late Registration

  12. Vide circular No.72. U.11.2020.Misc.(Late Registration), ESIC has notified that relevant document to be submitted to the concerned RO/SRO in prescribed proforma within 15 days of the issue of show cause notice in case of request made through online by employer for change in date of registration. Hence, all employers are also requested to submit necessary documents within stipulated time and failing to submit may reject late registration. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :15-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA Implementation of the ESI Act in the entire area of Thanjavur and Coimbatore districts in the state of Tamil Nādu Vide circular No. S.N-15011/1/2021, ESIC has extended the implementation of the Employee's State Insurance Act, 1948 in the entire area of Thanjavur and Coimbatore districts in the state of Tamil Nadu effective from 1st November 2021. Please find the attached file for detail information.   View File,Added On :15-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA Delhi – The Minimum Wages Notification (Oct 2021) Vide notification number F.No.12 (142)/02/MW/VIII/Part file/4456, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi has released minimum wages including variable dearness allowance for the National Capital Territory of Delhi effective from 1st October 2021. Please find the attached file for more detail information.    View File,Added On :12-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA  Judgement of Honorable Supreme Court on ESI Contribution to Exclude Conveyance Allowance  Vide circular No. T-11/13/56/02/2020 Rev.II, ESIC has acknowledged to all regional and sub regional offices regarding judgement of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India that payment of conveyance allowance as per present case does not fall under definition of term "wages" which means "all remuneration paid or payable in cash to an employee, if the terms of the contract of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled and includes [any payment to an employee in respect of any period of authorised leave, lock-out, strike which is not illegal or layoff and] other additional remuneration, if any, (paid at intervals not exceeding two months), but does not include (a) any contribution paid by the employer to any pension fund or provident fund, or under this Act ; (b) any travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession ; (c) any sum paid to the person employed to defray special expenses entailed on him by the nature of his employment ; or (d) any gratuity payable on discharge" . Therefore, concluded that conveyance allowance shall not form part of the wages of the employees and the judgement hold good with effect from 8th March 2021.Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :12-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA Central - Declaration of Rate of Interest for The Employees Provident Fund Members Account Vide circular No.INV-11/1/2020-INV and referring to ministry of labour and employment letter no. R-11018/1/2021 SS-II, dated 29th October 2021, ESIC has requested all zonal offices and regional offices to issue instruction for crediting interest to members account in regard to Central Government convey of approval towards credit of interest at the rate 8.50 percent for the year 2020-21. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :11-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA ESIC – Seeding of UAN Number in the Insurance Module Vide Notification no. P-11/12/UAN./2021–REV.II, ESIC has decided to capture UAN data in employer’s module of operation. Further it has been directed by the secretary that UAN of minimum 75 lakhs workers should be added in the Insurance module of ESI Corporation by 24.02.2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :11-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 Vide notification No. Lab/25467/25478/2021, the Governor of Haryana has specified the date as on 15th day January 2022 for implementing The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020. According to the notification, the limit towards monthly salary is thirty thousand rupees instead of fifty thousand rupees as gross monthly salary or wages for registration. Please find the attached file for detail information.   View File,Added On :10-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA Kerala - General Holidays List 2022 Vide notification No.G. O. (P) No. 29/2021/GAD, the Kerala Government has released holiday list for the year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :10-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA

  13. Delhi- General Holidays list 2021 Vide Notification No. F.No. 12/5/2021-JCA-2, the Government of Delhi has declared the List of General Holidays in the UT of Delhi for the calendar year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :09-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA EFPO - Circular for International Workers in Singapore Vide circular IWU/7(14)2008/Singapore/3130, EPFO has advised all zones and regional commissioners for regulating the receipt of contribution taking in consideration this certification received through the employer of such workers either in physical or electronic form. The certificate as per agreement can be issued by any authorities namely the high commission of the Republic of Singapore in India, Consulate-General of the Republic of Singapore in India and Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry. Therefore, claims submitted by Singapore nationals can be processed treating India Singapore comprehensive economic cooperation agreement signed by India. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :09-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA  Mizoram - General Holidays List 2022 Vide Notification No. F.23012/3/2020-GAD, the Government of Mizoram has released holiday list for the year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :09-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA   Tamil Nadu – General Holidays List, 2022 Vide Notification G.O.Ms.No. 935, the Government of Tamil Nadu has released holiday list for the year 2022. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :09-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Factories Rules Vide notification No.SRO A-20/2021, the Governor of Tamil Nadu has amended Schedule XX towards handling and processing of asbestos, manufacture of any article of asbestos and any other process of manufacture or otherwise in which asbestos is used in any form. According to the amendment - (a) Schedule shall apply to all manufacturing process carried on in a factory involving exposure of workers to asbestos and/or product containing Asbestos, (b) It apply to all workers exposed to asbestos in the factory and it shall be the responsibility of the occupier of the factory to comply with the provisions of this schedule in respect of the workers, (c) The occupier of the factory wherein asbestos or substances containing asbestos are in use, shall prepare work procedures and practices, in the light of scientific research and technological progress for approval by the Chief Inspector. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :09-Nov-2021,Central / State : NA Telangana – The Minimum Wages Notification (Oct 2021) According to the press note released, Commissioner of Labour Telangana, Hyderabad and the Competent authority under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 has declared the CPI points for calculation of variable dearness allowance for the state of Telangana with effect from 1st October 2021 till 31 March, 2022. Please find the attached file for detail information. st  View File,Added On :30-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Central – The Minimum Wages Notification (Oct 2021) Vide notification F.No. 1 I /26(3)/2021-LS-II, the Government of India has released Minimum Wages for the Central effective 1st October 2021. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :29-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Enforcement Of Provisions Towards ESIC In Districts of Maharashtra Vide notification no. S.O. 4476(E), ESIC has implemented the provisions towards Chapter IV (Contribution), Chapter V (Benefits) and Chapter VI (Adjudication of Disputes and Claims) effective from 1st November, 2021 in all the areas of Ahmednagar, Jalna and Yavatmal districts in the State of Maharashtra. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :29-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Andhra Pradesh – The Minimum Wages Notification (Oct 2021)

  14. Vide Notification No. G/6019/2021, the Government of Andhra Pradesh has released the Minimum Wages effective from 1st October 2021. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :27-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Jharkhand – The Minimum Wages Notification (Oct 2021) Vide Notification No-2/MW-2071/2010, L&T-1214, the Jharkhand Government has released the Minimum Wages effective from 1st October 2021. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :26-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Meghalaya - Declaration of Paid Holiday on 30th October, 2021 Vide press release no 275/21, the Government of Meghalaya has declared paid holiday on 30th October 2021(Saturday) for the employees working in shops, trade, industrial undertaking or any of the establishment, Government Offices and Educational Institutions falling under 13-Mawryngkneng (ST), 24-Mawphlang (ST) Assembly Constituency in East Khasi Hills District and 47-Rajabala Assembly Constituency in West Garo Hills District in connection with the Bye Election to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :25-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA  Andhra Pradesh - Declaration Of Public Holiday On Account of Assembly Elections  Vide notification no. G.O.Rt.No.1698, the Government of Andhra Pradesh has declared 30th October, 2021 (Saturday) to be a Public Holiday in the area of 124-Badvel (SC) Assembly Constituency of Andhra Pradesh. Please find the attached file for more detail information.    View File,Added On :25-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Chhattisgarh - General Holidays List 2022 This is to bring to your kind notice that, vide notification No. F-1-1/2021/1/5, the Government of Chhattisgarh has declared the List of General Holidays in the State of Chhattisgarh for the calendar year 2022. Please find the attached file for detail information.  View File,Added On :22-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Haryana – Declaration of Paid Holiday on 30th October, 2021 Vide notification No. Elec-2021/IR-II/PSCE/Hol/24369, the Haryana Government has declared 30th October 2021 (Saturday) as "Close Day" for those employees of Shops and Commercial Establishments who are enrolled as voters in 46-Ellenabad Assembly Constituency (District Sirsa), to enable them to cast their votes. Please find the attached file for detail information.   View File,Added On :22-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Goa – The Minimum Wages Notification (April 2021) Vide Notification No. CLE/PA/MWA-VDA/(10)/2016/6020, the Government of Goa has released the variable dearness allowance towards Minimum Wages effective from 1st April 2021. Please find the attached file for detail information.   View File,Added On :20-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Uttar Pradesh - The Minimum Wages Notification (Oct 2021) Vide notification no. 630-37/Pravartan-(M.W.)/15, the the Government of Uttar Pradesh has released Minimum Wages for the state of Uttar Pradesh effective from 1st October 2021 to 31 March 2022. Please find the attached file for detail information.     View File,Added On :16-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Uttarakhand - The Minimum Wages Notification (Oct 2021) Vide notification No 4384/4-01/13, the Government of Uttarakhand has released Minimum Wages for the state of Uttarakhand effective from 1st October 2021. Please find the attached file for detail information.     View File,Added On :16-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA

  15. Gujarat – The Minimum Wages Notification (October,2021). Vide Notification, the Government of Gujarat has released the revised Minimum Wages dearness allowance for the State of Gujarat effective from 1st October 2021. Please find the attached file for detail information.  View File,Added On :11-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Tamil Nadu - Declaration of Paid Holiday on Account of Gram Panchayat Elections Vide notification No.17048/J1/2021-2, the Tamil Nadu Government has declared paid holiday for 1st phase of election which will be held on 6th October 2021 (Wednesday) and the second phase of ordinary election in Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupathur, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi along with casual election to rural local bodies in other twenty-eight districts which will be held on 9th October 2021 (Saturday). Therefore, employers are directed to declare paid holiday on the polling day 6th October 2021 and 9th October 2021 to allow employees to cast their vote for Gram Panchayat elections in the state of Tamil Nadu. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :08-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA  Madhya Pradesh - The Minimum Wages Notification (Oct 2021)  Vide notification no. 1/11/Five/2015/29748-996, the Government of Madhya Pradesh has released minimum wages for the State of Madhya Pradesh effective from 1st October 2021. Please find the attached file for detail information.   View File,Added On :05-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA   Bihar - The Minimum Wage Notification (Oct 2021) Vide Notification No-5/ M.W.- 40-16/202 1 L&R- 2847, the Government of Bihar has released Minimum Wages for the state of Bihar effective from 1st October 2021. Please find the attached file for detail information.  View File,Added On :05-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Chhattisgarh - The Minimum Wages Revised Notification (Oct 2021) Vide notification No/08/2021/7001, the Government of Chhattisgarh has revised the VDA effective from 1st October 2021 to 31st March 2022. Please find the attached file for detail information.   View File,Added On :05-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA The Code on Wages (Telangana State) Rules, 2021 The Government of Telangana, after careful examination of the matter, hereby decided to issue draft rules namely the Code on Wages (Telangana State) Rules, 2021, which the State Government proposes to make, in exercise of the powers conferred under section 67 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (Central Act No.29 of 2019) read with section 24 of the General Clauses Act, 1987 (Central Act No.10 of 1987) by inviting objections and suggestions from general public and stakeholders in the matter. The said draft notification will be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of forty-five days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette in which this notification is published are made available to the public. The objections and suggestions, if any, should be addressed to the Commissioner of Labour, T. Anjaiah Bhavan, RTC ‘X’ Roads, Hyderabad, Telangana by post or through email: col.labour.telangana@gmail.com & jcl.ts.hq@gmail.com. Objections and suggestions, which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft notification rules before expiry of the period specified above, will be considered by the State Government. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :04-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Implementation of policy to enable the provision for change in premise address without changing FSSAI License/Registration number In order to facilitate the food businesses in retaining the existing License/Registration number, even if they change the location of food unit, FSSAI vide order no. 15(31 )2020/FoSCoS/RCD/FSSAI, dated 31st May, 2021, enabled Food businesses to migrate from State License to Central License or vice versa without change in the FSSAI License number. At the time of applying modification for change in jurisdiction, an automatic online application for transfer to be sent to existing authority, which needs to be scrutinized within 15 days of receiving of application. No comments on the transfer application by existing authority within 15 days would result in auto-approval. Then the application shall move to destined licensing/registering authority who shall scrutinize the same. Once approved, the license with its record/history shall shift to destined licensing authority. If rejected, the license shall continue with the existing licensing authority (with no refund of license fee). Please find the attached file for more detail in formation.  View File,Added On :01-Oct-2021,Central / State : NA Enforcement of Provisions towards ESIC Districts of Tripura.

  16. Vide notification S.O.3952(E), ESIC has implemented the provisions towards Chapter IV (Contribution), Chapter V (Benefits), Chapter VI (Adjudication of Disputes and Claims) effective from 1st day of October, 2021 in all the areas of Dhalai, Gomati, North Tripura and Sepahijala district in the State of Tripura. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :27-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA The Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2021 The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, which prohibits identified single use plastic items which have low utility and high littering potential by 2022. The manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of following single-use plastic, including polystyrene and expanded polystyrene, commodities shall be prohibited with effect from the 01.07.2022- (a) ear buds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene [Thermocol] for decoration; (b) plates, cups, glasses, cutlery such as forks, spoons, knives, straw, trays, wrapping or packing films around sweet boxes, invitation cards, and cigarette packets, plastic or PVC banners less than 100 micron, stirrers.In order to stop littering due to light weight plastic carry bags, with effect from 30.09.2021, the thickness of plastic carry bags has been increased from 50 microns to 75 microns and to 120 microns with effect from the 31st December, 2022.  View File,Added On :27-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA  Tamil Nadu Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2021  As per notification published in the official gazette dated 6th September, 2021, the Government of Tamil Nadu has amended The Tamil Nadu Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1972. Currently the Act defines that Every employee shall contribute a sum not exceeding fifty rupees per year, as may be prescribed, from time to time to the Fund and every employer shall, in respect of each such employee, contribute a sum not exceeding hundred rupees per year, as may be prescribed, from time to time, to the Fund and the Government shall, in respect of each such employee, contribute a sum not exceeding fifty rupees per year, as may be prescribed, from time to time, to the Fund. Please find the attached file for more detail information.     View File,Added On :24-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA ESIC - Extension of provision to Certain Establishments And Local Bodies In Manipur Vide notification No.LAB-1/3/2020-LAB and EM-LAB&EMP, the Government of Manipur has extended the provisions of The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESIC) to the classes of establishments situated within the areas as specified in consultation with the Employees State Insurance Corporation and with the approval of the Central Government. Therefore, provision of ESIC extends on Shops, Hotels, Restaurants, Road Motor Transport establishments, Cinemas Including preview theatres, newspaper establishments, educational institutions, medical institutions, municipal corporation, municipal board, municipal council and other Local bodies controlled by the State Government. Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :24-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA Kerala – The Minimum Wages Notification Vide Notification No.DES/859/2021-P3(1), the Labour and Skills (E) Department of Kerala Government has revised the variable dearness allowance for employment in Shops and Commercial Establishment and employment in Computer Software Sector. According to the notification, the Consumer Price Index (Cost of Living Index) Numbers applicable to employees in employment under the Minimum Wages Act (Central Act XI of 1948) for the month of July 2021 ascertained by the Director General of Economics & Statistics under clause (C) of Section 2 of the Act. Please find the attached file for detail information.  View File,Added On :22-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA West Bengal - Guidelines for Payment of Bonus or Ex-gratia To the Employees Vide notification No. Labr/1690(LC-IR)/22013/56/2019, The Governor Of West Bengal makes an appeal to all employers and employees of the state covered under payment of Bonus Act,1965 as amended by the payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 to stick to the following guidelines while setting the legitimate dues of workers in respect of payment of bonus, in view of ensuing Durga Puja, for the year 2021 – (a) Employers shall adopt a flexible attitude on the issue of payment of bonus,(b) Employers shall consider payment of an amount of ex-gratia in lieu of bonus as is admissible at the maximum stage workmen and employees who have crossed the eligibility limit, (3) All employees, whether in casual employment or re-employed after retirement or employed through contractors worked for not less than 30 days during the year should be paid bonus, (4) The employers who are in default towards payment of bonus for the previous years are also being requested to make such payments this year along with the payment of bonus, (5) All trade unions, and employers organizations shall extend their co-operation in maintenance of a climate of industrial peace and exercise their good offices for peaceful and effective settlement of industrial disputes, (6) Employees of IT sector, Hotels and Restaurants, Shops & Establishments, Security Workers and some workers in jute mills should get, (7) The payments of bonus should be made before commencement of Durga Puja, 2021, (8) All employers including the public sector undertakings will act according to this appeal, (9) Government also expects that all employers' organizations will advise their constituents to act according to this appeal. Therefore, Government expects that the employers in such cases shall also pay bonus/ex-gratia to their workers before commencement of Durga Puja, 2021. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :21-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA

  17. Code on Wages (Haryana) Rules, 2021. Vide Notification No.02/08/2021-2 Lab, the Government of Haryana has released Code on Wages (Haryana) Rules, 2021. The following draft of rules which the Governor of Haryana proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 67 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (Central Act 29 of 2019) read with section 24 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (Central Act 10 of 1897), is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of section 67 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (Central Act 29 of 2019), for the information of persons likely to be affected thereby. Notice is hereby given that the draft of rules shall be taken into consideration by the Government on or after the expiry of a period of forty five days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette together with objections and suggestions, if any, which may be addressed to Labour Commissioner, Haryana, 30 Bays Building, Sector-17B, Chandigarh or by email at codeonwageshry@gmail.com by any person with respect to the draft of rules before the expiry of the period so specified. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :21-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA Himachal Pradesh - The Minimum Wages Notification (April 2021) Vide notification No. Shram (A)4-2/2018-P-I, the Himachal Pradesh Government has released the minimum wages for the State of Himachal Pradesh effective from 1st April 2021. Please find the attached file for more detail information.    View File,Added On :17-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA  West Bengal - Exemption of Petrol And Diesel Pumps (filling station) for Bye-Election  Vide notification No: Labr./1677/LC-IR/7S-06/17, the Governor Of West Bengal  has exempted from operation of provision towards hours of work under The West Bengal Shops And Establishments Act, 1963 for all classes of petrol and diesel pumps (filling station) situated within the areas of the concerned assembly constituencies in the state, on the occasion of elections to West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 56-Samserganj, 58-Jangipur Assembly Constituencies and Bye-election to West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 159- Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency to be held on 30.9.2021 (Thursday) subject to the condition that any work done beyond eight and half hours a day or forty eight hours a week shall be regarded as overtime work for payment of overtime wages. Please find the attached file for detail information.    View File,Added On :17-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA The Maharashtra Code on Wages Rules, 2021 Vide Notification No. C.O.W-2021/C.R.25/LABOUR-9, the Government of Maharashtra has released Maharashtra Code on Wages Rules, 2021. The following draft of rules which the Government of Maharashtra, proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 67 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019) read with section 24 of the General Clauses Act,1897 (10 of 1897) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf and in supersession of the Maharashtra Minimum Wages Rules, 1963 and the Maharashtra Payment of Wages Rules, 1963, is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of the said section 67, for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby. The notice is hereby given that the said draft will be taken into consideration by the Government of Maharashtra after the expiry of forty-five days from the date of publication of this notification in the Maharashtra Government Gazette. Any objection or suggestion, which may be received by the Commissioner of Labour, Maharashtra State, Kamgar Bhavan, ‘E’ Block, Bandra-Kurla complex, Bandra East, Mumbai 400051 or on email mahalabourcommr@ gmail.com from any person with respect to the said draft before the expiry of the above-mentioned period, will be considered by the Government. Please find the attached file for more detail information.     View File,Added On :16-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA EPFO - Extension Of Timeline For Mandatory Seeding Of Aadhar Number Vide circular No: BKG-27/5/2021-BKG/, EPFO has extended the time till 31st December 2021 towards seeding of Aadhaar for EPFO administrative zone of north east region comprising state of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura and establishments in remote localities, areas affected by insurgency, frequent change of work site of workers, other attendant constraints in classes establishments such as Beedi making, building and construction and plantation industries. The delay in filing ECR for wage month August 2021, September 2021, due to non-seeding of Aadhaar in establishments located other than those areas as mentioned shall not be considered as employer's default. Therefore, zonal offices are directed that regional offices and district offices facilitate and coordinate with UIDAI to organize camps for Aadhaar enrolment and correction in Aadhaar data of EPF member to facilitate Aadhaar seeding in UANs and monitor the progress on weekly basis. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :14-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA Assam - The Minimum Wages Notification (June,2021) Vide notification No. GLR.503/81/Pt-II/8, the Assam Government has released revised minimum rates of wages for the state of Assam effective from 1 day of June, 2021. Please find the attached file for detail information. st  View File,Added On :06-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA

  18. Haryana - Declaration of Holiday in account of Bye-Election Vide notification No. Elec-2021/IR-II/PSCE/Hol/, the Governor of Haryana has declared 12.09.2021Sunday as a close day on the account of bye election, for the employees of Shops and Commercial Establishments falling within jurisdiction of Municipal Committee, Dharuhera, District Rewari, Ward Nos. 3.4,7,8 & 9 of Municipal Committee, Ateli Mandi, District Mahendergarh. Please find the attached file for detail information.  View File,Added On :06-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA EPFO - Relief from Penalty for Delay in Deposit of Dues or Filing of ECRs Vide circular No. C-I/MISC./Pandemic Relief/2021/Vol-I, EPFO has directed its field offices not to presume Employer’s default with respect to the delay in filing of ECRs for the month of May, 2021 which are statutorily due on or before 15th June 2021 on account of non-seeding of Aadhar with the UANs. Further, EPFO has advised its offices to appreciate each case in its own facts under section 14B of the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act,1952.Please find the attached file for detail information.   View File,Added On :04-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA Haryana – The Minimum Wages Notification (July 2021)  Vide Notification No. I.R- 2/2021/20632-782, the Haryana Government has released the variable dearness allowance towards Minimum Wages effective from 1st July 2021. Please find the attached file for detail information.   View File,Added On :04-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA  Enforcement of Provisions towards ESIC Districts in Tamil Nadu.  Vide notification S.O. 3528(E), ESIC has implemented the provisions towards Chapter IV (Contribution), Chapter V (Benefits), Chapter VI (Adjudication of Disputes and Claims) effective from 1st September, 2021 in all the areas of Mayiladuthurai, Vellore and Ariyalur districts in the State of Tamil Nadu in addition to the already implemented area in the district. Please find the attached file for detail information.   View File,Added On :03-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA Phased Programme for Implementation of ESI Scheme for year 2021-22. The district wise phased programme of implementation of ESI Scheme for the year 2020-21 was conveyed as per vision - 2022. The target for 2020-21 could not be achieved due to non-completion of medical arrangement during the Covid pandemic. Now a new consolidated target for 2021-2022 is enclosed as Annexure-A with the request that necessary steps may be taken on priority for implementing the scheme in the districts shown in the annexure. In view of the above, the state government is requested to take steps to complete the medical arrangement in the districts for delivery of medical care to the insured persons and their family members so as to enable ESIC to take further action for issue of notification well in time for implementing the scheme. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :03-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA Maharashtra - Submission of Information on Accidents in Factories through Online Vide notification no.24/2021, the Maharashtra Government has developed an online system to ensure timely receipt of information on accident in the factory. In case of fire, air leak, explosion or any other accident in factories, all manufacturers are advised to fill the details in Form No.24 or 24-A of the Accident Reporting System, which could be found on the Directorate's website i.e.www.mahadish.in and should be submitted with the signature of the Occupant/Manager of the Factory to the concerned office of the directorate within the prescribed time. Please find the attached file for detail information.  View File,Added On :01-Sep-2021,Central / State : NA EPFO - Guidelines for the Employers to rectify the details for KYC Update of Members Vide circular, EPFO has requested the Employers to follow the prescribed guidelines subject to submission of correct proof of documents and records to enable the member to update the KYC and to avail the benefit of online settlement and EPFO services.  In addition to this , it has also been notified that complete change in the member profile cannot allowed in the normal course through online or offline process except in extreme situations wherein employer can prove that the member name has been changed following the due process prescribed by law or if there has been erroneous upload of member data by the employer following which the employer has to produce documentary evidence of the member and after due verification, will be considered for correction. The details of the requirement of certain documents to be submitted by the Employer and the Member under various heads for rectification of details for KYC update can be found on the attachment. Therefore, Employer has been requested to notify their members who wish to rectify their profile for KYC update for availing services and settlement under EPFO. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :31-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA

  19. EPFO - Filling of e-nominations under Bharat ka Amrit Mahotsav (BKAM). Vide circular No. Pension-3/E-nomination Monitoring Cell/pt. (35734)/1770, EPFO has directed all field offices to pursue members to file e-nomination under subject known as Bharat Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Members who do not have ready access to desktop/mobile may be facilitated by the concerned field office for getting their nomination filed online when they visit the office. Please find the attached file for detail information.   View File,Added On :31-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA EPFO – Death cases to be settled within 3 working days In order to facilitate the poor widows or other claimants in death cases, with the approval of ACC (HQ) Pension, EPFO has ensure that pension cases in general and death cases in particular will be settled within 03 working days. Please find the attached file for detail information.  View File,Added On :25-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA Delhi - Last day for applying DPCC Consent is 31st August,2021  All the industrial units operating in NCT of Delhi falls under the ambit of Air Act/Water Act and required to obtain DPCC Consent to establish and to operate under the provisions of Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981.DPCC now has being initiated to take action against units which have not obtained/registered DPCC Consent. The last date fixed for applying DPCC Consent is 31.08.2021 after which they will start strict action and may take coercive action against defaulter units. Unregistered units are therefore advised to immediately apply for DPCC Consent. Please find the attached file for more detail information.    View File,Added On :25-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA  Auto Renewal of Registration Under the Andhra Pradesh Shops and Establishment Act,1988.  In order to enhance Ease of Doing Business and minimize regulatory compliance burden, vide notification no.G.O.Ms.No.11, the Department of Labour and Employment of Andhra Pradesh Government has introduced "Auto renewal of registration certificate" under shops and establishments subject to submission of self-certification and payment of online fee. Please find the attached file for detail information.  View File,Added On :20-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA Amendment of working hours for Shops and Establishments in Karnataka Vide notification No. E-LD 4 LET 2019 (p), the Karnataka Government has amended previous notification published on 2nd January 2021. According to the amendment, no employees in any establishment shall be required or allowed to work for more than nine hours on any day and forty-eight hours in any week and the total number of hours of work including overtime shall not exceed ten hours in any day, and the total number of overtime hours worked by an employee does not exceed fifty hours in a period of three continues months. Please find the attached file for more detail information.    View File,Added On :20-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA ESIC COVID-19 RELIEF SCHEME Vide notification No. N-12/13/1/2019-P&D, ESIC has introduced ESIC COVID-19 Relief Scheme as a welfare measure for the insured person who are employees of the ESI Act under which in case of death of IP due to Covid- 19, the eligible dependent family members of IP will be paid periodic payments directly to their bank account. The scheme also provides eligibility conditions - (a) The deceased insured person must have been registered on the ESIC online portal at least 3 months prior to the death of diagnosis of COVID-19 disease. (b) The deceased insured person must be in employment in the date of diagnosis of COVID-19 disease and contribution for at least 70 days should have been paid or payable in respect of him or her during the period of maximum one year immediately preceding the diagnosis of COVID-19 diseases resulting in death. This scheme shall be effective for a period of two years w.e.f 24.03.2020. The minimum relief under the scheme shall be Rs 1800/- per month. Please find the attached file for more detail information.  View File,Added On :18-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA Amendments on The Madhya Pradesh Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Rules,1993 Vide notification no.1036-183-2018-A-XVI, the Government of Madhya Pradesh has amended The Madhya Pradesh Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Rules,1993. According to the amendment - (a) Inserted a new provision towards awareness on prohibition of employment of child and adolescents in contravention to Act, child to help his family without affecting education, child to work as an artist, payment of amount to child or adolescents for labour rehabilitation fund, person who are capable of filing complaints, provision towards compounding an offence, hours of work for an adolescent person, duties of magistrate and inspector, periodical inspection and monitoring, (b)  New provision also include liability of producer for involving a child in audio-visual production or any commercial event and producer for such activity shall furnish Form C to the district magistrate for approval, (c) The previous

  20. rule must be replaced towards certificate of age and therefore- (i) Mandated that employer shall produce a certificate of age received from the appropriate medical authority to the Inspector on demand, (ii) The appropriate medical authority while examining an adolescents shall consider details such as Aadhar card, the date of birth certificate, birth certificate of adolescents given by a corporations or a Municipal Authority or a Panchayat, Please find the attached file for more detail information.   View File,Added On :16-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA Kerala – The Minimum Wages Notification (June 2021) Vide Notification No.DES/859/2021-P3(1), the Labour and Skills (E) Department of Kerala Government has revised the variable dearness allowance for employment in Shops and Commercial Establishment and employment in Computer Software Sector. According to the notification, the Consumer Price Index (Cost of Living Index) Numbers applicable to employees in employment under the Minimum Wages Act (Central Act XI of 1948) for the month of June 2021 ascertained by the Director General of Economics & Statistics under clause (C) of Section 2 of the Act. Please find the attached file for detail information.  View File,Added On :16-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA The Labour Welfare Fund (Gujarat) (Amendment) Rules, 2021  Vide notification No: -KHR/2021/106/GWB/122021/79421/M (2), the Gujarat Government has removed the provision towards maintenance of register in Form A under The Labour Welfare Fund (Gujarat) Rules,1962. Please find the attached file for detail information.   View File,Added On :16-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA   Break the Chain -11th August,2021 Under the Disaster Prevention act 2005, the State Management Committee of Maharashtra Government has issued revised guidelines by easing more curbs towards wellness, shopping and hospitality. According to these guidelines – (a) Local train travel is being allowed only to the health care officers / staff / essential service personnel as well as citizens who are fully vaccinated (b) Private offices and industries can open only with fully vaccinated staffs, (c) Shops will be open  all days of the week  till 10 pm, (d) Malls are also allowed to open all days throughout the week only with fully vaccinated staffs, (e) Restaurants, gyms, yoga center, salons, spas are also allowed to open all days of the week  till 10 pm with 50% of their staffs, (f) Cinemas / theatres, multiplexes, all religious places will remain closed to the public till further orders. These measures will come into force from 15 find the attached file for more detail information.  th August, 2021. Please     View File,Added On :12-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA The Manipur Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021 Governor of Manipur has promulgated ordinance to amend and consolidate the laws relating to regulation of employment and other conditions of service of workers employed in shops and establishments and for matter connected therewith or incidental thereto. This Ordinance may be called the Manipur Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021 which shall apply to all shops and establishments employing ten or more workers. Please find the attached file for detail information.   View File,Added On :10-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA The Manipur Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021 Governor of Manipur has promulgated ordinance to amend and consolidate the laws relating to regulation of employment and other conditions of service of workers employed in shops and establishments and for matter connected therewith or incidental thereto. This Ordinance may be called the Manipur Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021 which shall apply to all shops and establishments employing ten or more workers. Please find the attached file for detail information.   View File,Added On :10-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA Eligible Nominees in EPFO/ EDLI & EPS In EPFO, nominees are very important to get their share of PF accumulations/EDLI and the pension benefits in case of any calamity I.e., after the death of member. Based on member’s marital status, the nominees are also divided in two categories who are eligible for EPF/EDLI and Pension Schemes. At the time of making a nomination, if the member has no family, the nomination may be in favour of any person or persons but if the member subsequently acquires a family, such nomination shall forthwith be deemed to be invalid and the members shall make a fresh nomination. Members may nominate their nominees any number of times through e-Nomination in member portal and the latest nomination will be valid. Please find the attached file for detail information.  View File,Added On :07-Aug-2021,Central / State : NA

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