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 mandates faster payments for vendors and MSMEs The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (“ ESIC ”) has issued a new directive to ensure that all vendors, including those from Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (“ MSMEs ”), receive their payments more promptly. Under th

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 Simplifies Overseas PF Payments for International Workers from SSA Countries The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (“ EPFO ”) has issued a circular dated 18 March 2026, introducing a revised framework for facilitating payment of provident fund accumulations to overseas ba

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.           Delhi notifies Delhi Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2026 The Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi has notified the Delhi Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2026 in the Official Gazette on March 11, 2026, introducing significant changes to the

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 & Employment Law   1.1.          Employees, Pensioners and Organisations Invited to Submit Memorandums The 8 th  (Eighth) Central Pay Commission has opened a structured online mechanism to receive representations/memorandum from associations/unions of employees, pensioners, interested individuals a

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.        Kerala amends Migrant Workers Welfare Scheme, 2010 The Government of Kerala has notified amendments to the Kerala Migrant Workers Welfare Scheme, 2010, through S.R.O. No. 166/2026, aimed at strengthening welfare benefits and streamlining membership compliance for interstate mig

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.          Government notifies Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Act, 2026 The Government of India has notified the Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Act, 2026, following Presidential assent on February 16, 2026. The amendment, deemed effective from November 21, 2025, revises provi

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.         Ministry of Labour & Employment announces comprehensive Employee Provident Fund Organisation reforms  Employment announces comprehensive Employee Provident Fund Organisation (“ EPFO ”) introduces reforms to enhance digital services and expand coverage, achieving significant growth

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 tells Delhi High Court Industrial Relations Code rules will be finalised by February-end Central Government informed the Delhi High Court that the rules under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 would be finalised by the end of February, and said it had issued a notificatio

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.      Employees’ Enrolment Scheme offers compliance window for missed EPF coverag e The Government outlined the Employees’ Enrolment Campaign-2025 as a special window for employers to voluntarily enrol eligible employees who were left out from Employees’ Provident Fund coverage between J

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 further extends December wage-month ECR filing timeline Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) issued a circular extending the due date for filing the Electronic Challan-cum-Return (“ ECR ”) and remitting dues for the wage month of December 2025 up to January 22, 2026,

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.        MoLE issues FAQs to clarify flexible, worker-centric compliance under the Social Security Rules A frequently asked questions (FAQs) note on the Social Security Rules clarifies that processes are designed to be digital-first for transparency and ease of access, but physical submissi

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 (