Payroll & HR guides
The rules behind Indian payroll, explained in plain language, with dated statutory anchors, worked examples, and honesty about what software can and cannot do for you.
Calculations
How to calculate PF
12% + 12%, the EPS split, the ceiling
How to calculate ESI
0.75% + 3.25% and the period rule
How to calculate gratuity
15/26, five years, the ceiling
TDS on salary
The Section 192 projection cycle
Professional tax by state
Who levies, how, and who doesn't
Minimum wages by state
The system, without the stale table
Documents & processes
Salary structure
CTC, gross, in-hand, decoded
Payslip format
Every line a compliant slip needs
Form 16 explained
Parts A & B, duties, deadlines
FnF settlement process
Resignation to the final rupee
PF & ESI registration
Thresholds, portals, first month
Notice period & buyout
Recovery, waiver, payment in lieu
Law & policy
Code on Wages 2019
The 50% definition and its teeth
Code on Social Security
PF, ESI, gratuity, gig workers
Labour codes & payroll
All four codes, payroll-first
Leave policy types
CL, SL, EL and encashment
Maternity Benefit Act
26 weeks and the duties around it
Attendance policy
Grace, shifts, regularisation
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