ESI contribution in India totals 4% of wages, and you carry 3.25% of it. Your employee carries the other 0.75%. It applies to staff whose wages sit at or below ₹21,000 a month, and the money is due on the ESIC portal by the 15th of the following month. The new labour codes changed how […]
Hiring in Chennai works best when you treat the city as a specialist market, not a cheaper copy of Bengaluru. You get strong engineering, manufacturing, tech, finance and operations talent at a lower cost than India’s most crowded tech hubs, and you can employ people there without your own Indian entity. The catch is that […]
The PF wage ceiling in India rose from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 a month on 17 September 2026, so more of your payroll now falls under mandatory provident fund coverage. If you pay anyone between ₹15,000 and ₹25,000, you owe contributions on them from that date, with no application or opt-in step. Your September payroll is […]
Gratuity in India is a lump-sum payment you owe an employee for continuous service, and since 21 November 2025 it reaches fixed-term staff after one year instead of five. The formula itself hasn’t moved. But the wage it runs on has grown, so the bill is bigger than most offer letters assume. We run India […]
Probation period in India is governed mostly by your employment contract, not by one national law. No single statute fixes a universal length, so the number you write into the offer letter carries real weight. That’s good news if you plan for it. You can pick a period that fits the role. You can set […]
The employment linked incentive scheme pays India employers up to ₹3,000 a month for each additional formal hire, for two years, and four years in manufacturing. It covers jobs created between 1 August 2025 and 31 July 2027, so the clock is already running. If you’re adding headcount in India, you need to know whether […]
Labour code rules by state are the reason your India compliance picture can look different depending on where your team sits. The four labour codes became law across the country on 21 November 2025. But that date alone doesn’t tell you what applies to your payroll right now. What matters more is whether your employee’s […]
India’s Code on Social Security now funds benefits for gig and platform workers through named aggregators like Zomato and Uber. Here’s why that doesn’t automatically cover your India-based contractors, and what to check in your agreements instead.
Background verification in India works best after the offer is accepted, with written consent and checks matched to role risk. Here’s the process, the law, and the EOR angle.
A non-compete clause in India can bind an employee while they work for you, but it generally can’t stop them joining a competitor after they leave. Section 27 of the Indian Contract Act voids agreements that restrain a lawful profession, trade or business, and courts apply that rule to post-employment covenants. So the useful question […]
