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20-point compliance checklist
PF, ESIC, Professional Tax, Shops & Establishment, POSH, Gratuity and more.
Running a business in India? This free checklist covers 20 essential compliance items every Indian employer must complete - from PF and ESIC registration to POSH policy and TDS filing.
PF, ESIC, Professional Tax, Shops & Establishment, POSH, Gratuity and more.
Know the exact fines for each kind of non-compliance.
Never miss a statutory filing deadline again.
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and more.
Hiring their first employees and setting HR up from scratch.
Managing statutory compliance and exposure across the business.
Joining a new company and auditing what's already in place.
Expanding operations into new Indian states.
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Book a free consultation →Indian HR compliance runs across labour, tax and social-security law, now consolidated under the 4 Labour Codes. A good checklist tracks four things: one-time registrations, monthly filings, annual returns, and the records you must keep for an audit.
PF (20+ staff), ESIC (10+ in covered areas), Professional Tax and Shops & Establishment, set up once, correctly.
PF and ESIC by the 15th, TDS by the 7th, plus state Professional Tax, the deadlines that carry penalties if missed.
TDS returns, Form 16, PF/ESIC reconciliation, gratuity provisioning and the annual POSH report.
Appointment letters, statutory registers, challans and the POSH policy, the HR audit list every business needs.
A running list of the statutory registrations, monthly filings and annual returns an Indian employer must complete to stay penalty-free.
Yes, PF, ESIC, Professional Tax and TDS all fall due each month. The free download lays them out as a ready calendar.
Yes, request the free checklist above and we'll email you the ready-to-use Excel version.
India's four Labour Codes came into force on 21 November 2025, consolidating 29 existing laws. Combined with unchanged EPF, ESIC, Professional Tax and TDS obligations, an SME employer with 40 employees now files 12 to 18 statutory returns per month. The 2026 HR compliance checklist maps every recurring obligation to its deadline, form and enforcement authority so nothing slips.
1. Late PF/ESIC deposit. 12 percent interest plus 5 to 25 percent damages under Section 14B.
2. Missing appointment letters. State S&E Act violation.
3. Wrong PF wage base. Supreme Court 2019 ruling makes special-allowance splits invalid.
4. Contractor non-compliance. Principal employer liability under CLRA 1970.
5. Missing POSH annual report. Rs 50,000 fine plus mandatory publication.
Download the checklist, map each item to an owner (HR, finance, or outsourced partner), set 5-day-early reminders in the compliance calendar, and review the whole checklist annually in January. Companies above 200 employees benefit from a quarterly internal audit against the checklist. Below 200 employees, outsource the mechanical parts and keep policy ownership in-house.
Registrations such as PF, ESI, and PT, monthly filings, statutory registers, POSH compliance, and policies updated for the Labour Codes.
At least yearly, and whenever laws or contribution rates change.
It prevents missed deadlines, penalties, and prosecution risk.