What changed, and what you must do about it.

The Labour Department, Haryana has notified its half-yearly dearness-allowance revision of minimum wages effective 1 July 2026, covering unskilled through highly-skilled categories. What employers should do: revise wage structures for all minimum-wage employees and contract labour from the July payroll onward. Where the revision is implemented late, arrears must be paid from the effective date. Contact us for the category-wise rate card.

The Central Board of Trustees has recommended an interest rate of 8.25% on EPF accumulations for the financial year 2025-26, since ratified by the Ministry of Finance. What employers should do: nothing is payable by the employer on account of this declaration — interest is credited by EPFO directly to member accounts. Advise employees to verify the credit in their passbook on the Member e-Sewa portal once posting begins.

Several state professional-tax departments have begun issuing notices to employers operating without PT registration, based on PF/ESIC and GST registration data. What employers should do: if you have employees in a PT state (Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal, Telangana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and others) and are not yet registered, obtain PTRC/PTEC registration before a notice arrives — voluntary registration avoids penalty in most states.

The Code on Wages, Industrial Relations Code, Code on Social Security and OSH & Working Conditions Code stand enacted, with rollout awaiting final state rules in several states. What employers should do now: review CTC structures against the 50% 'wages' definition (it changes PF and gratuity outgo), map current registrations to the single-licence scheme, and update HR policies for fixed-term employment. We run a Labour-Code impact assessment as part of our compliance audit.