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Built on the text of the codes and the government's own worked examples. Every result shows its source.
Which laws apply to my business?
Answer four questions, see your obligations
10 obligations likely apply to you
- Provident Fund (EPF, EPS, EDLI)20 or more employeesLaw
- ESI10 or more employees; covers those earning up to ₹21,000 a month (20 today)Law
- GratuityFactories always; shops and establishments with 10 or more employeesLaw
- Maternity benefitFactories, and establishments with 10 or more employeesLaw
- Statutory bonus20 or more persons on any day of the yearLaw
- Minimum wages, timely payment, equal payEvery employer, every employeeLaw
- Registration under the OSH CodeEstablishments with 10 or more workers, and every factoryLaw
- Grievance redressal committee20 or more workersLaw
- Maharashtra Professional Tax (PTRC + PTEC)Every employer paying salaries above the PT slab, plus the business's own PTEC
- Maharashtra Labour Welfare FundEstablishments with 5 or more employees (₹25 + ₹75 per employee, half-yearly)
7 that don't apply yet (and their thresholds)
- Creche facility — 50 or more employees
- Factory provisions (safety, health, welfare) — Manufacturing with 20+ workers using power, or 40+ without
- Canteen — 100 or more workers, including contract labour
- Contract labour provisions — 50 or more contract labour
- Works committee — 100 or more workers (when the government orders)
- Standing orders — 300 or more workers in an industrial establishment
- Prior permission for lay-off, retrenchment, closure — Factories, mines and plantations with 300 or more workers
A first indication, not a legal opinion: coverage also depends on the type of establishment, notifications and state rules. Thresholds from the Code on Social Security (First Schedule), Code on Wages, OSH Code and IR Code; Maharashtra items from the state PT and Labour Welfare Fund Acts.
The 50% wage rule
What counts as “wages” for PF, gratuity and bonus
₹2,000 is added back, so statutory dues are worked out on ₹22,000 instead of ₹20,000.
Method: Code on Wages, 2019, section 2(y), and the Ministry's worked example (FAQs on Labour Codes, 30 Dec 2025, Q7 — the default figures above). The 50% can be changed by notification. Overtime counts as an allowance (FAQs, 16 Mar 2026). Not legal advice for a specific salary structure.
Gratuity calculator
Including fixed-term employees
Payable within 30 days of becoming due.
Code on Social Security, 2020, section 53 (15 days' wages per year or part above six months; ₹20 lakh ceiling as notified) and Industrial Relations Code, 2020, section 2(o) (fixed-term: one year). Seasonal establishments use 7 days per season. Not legal advice.
Statutory bonus calculator
Eligibility, wage ceiling, 8.33%–20%
Minimum 8.33% (or ₹100) even without profit; up to 20% where allocable surplus allows. Pay by 30 November for an April–March year.
Code on Wages, 2019, section 26 and section 39. Ceilings are set by notification: ₹21,000 and ₹7,000 apply to central-sphere establishments (notified Aug 2026) and continue for most states until they notify their own. Applies where 20 or more persons are employed. Not legal advice.