We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.             Labour Law   1.1.         Centre notifies draft Industrial Relations (Central) Rules, 2025 for consultation Ministry of Labour and Employment [“ MoLE ”] issued the draft Industrial Relations (Central) Rules, 2025 under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 and the General Clauses Act, 1897, proposing to repl

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.             Labour Law   1.1.         Madhya Pradesh tightens inspection controls for small establishments The Labour Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh, notified that establishments employing less than 20 (twenty) employees will not be inspected without prior permission of the State Government. Inspections of s

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.             Labour Law   1.1.         Banking services continued to be declared a public utility service under Industrial Disputes Act The Ministry of Labour and Employment (“ MoLE ”) has notified that services engaged in the banking industry (covered under item 2 of the First Schedule to the Industrial Disputes Act,

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.  Labour Law   1.1.  Centre issues Industrial Relations Code (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2025 The Ministry of Labour and Employment notified the Industrial Relations Code (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2025, with effect from December 8, 2025. It clarifies that the existing Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals and

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.             Labour Law   1.1.         Centre outlines Welfare and Social Security push for Gig and Platform Workers The Ministry of Labour and Employment has outlined an expanded welfare and social security framework for unorganised, gig and platform workers, anchored in the e-Shram (National Database of Unorganised W

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.             Labour Law   1.1.         ESIC Implements Code on Social Security 2020 with Expanded Family Benefi ts The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (" ESIC ") has notified the implementation of the Code on Social Security, 2020, effective from November 21, 2025, following the Ministry of Labour and Employment

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.   Labour Law   1.1. Centre notifies core provisions of Code on Social Security, 2020 The Ministry of Labour and Employment has appointed November 21, 2025 as the commencement date for most of the Code on Social Security, 2020, bringing into force the primary framework of the Code on Social Security, 2020 governing def

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.             Labour Law   1.1.      Uttar Pradesh extends shops and establishments law to all districts under UP Dookan Aur Vanijya Adhishthan Adhiniyam, 1962 Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved an amendment to the Uttar Pradesh Dookan Aur Vanijya Adhishthan Adhiniyam, 1962, extending its coverage from selected urban ar

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1. Labour Law   1.1. ESIC orders 30-day compliance on pending CAG audit paras Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) issued a Circular directing all accounting units to review and submit replies or compliance reports for all outstanding external-audit paras to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) within 30 (

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.  Labour Law 1.1.         Centre authorises Regional Provident Fund Commissioners to exercise Section 14AC powers under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 Ministry of Labour and Employment authorised Regional Provident Fund Commissioners (RPFCs) to exercise the powers of

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.   Labour Law   1.1.  Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority issues consultation paper on alignment of valuation guidelines with the core objectives of long-only funds Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) issued a consultation proposing a dual valuation framework for Government Securitie

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.   Labour Law   1.1.  EPFO extends ECR filing window for September wage month The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (“ EPFO ”) extended the due date to file the new Electronic Challan-cum-Return (“ ECR ”) for the September 2025 wage month to October 22, 2025, citing employer requests to adapt to the revamped syste

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.   Labour Law   1.1. Shram Shakti Niti sets NCS-DPI and universal social security roadmap India’s new labour policy repositions the Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoLE) as an Employment Facilitator and makes the National Career Service (NCS) a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for job matching, credential verificat

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