If allowances and benefits (excluding gratuity and retrenchment compensation) exceed 50 percent of an employee’s total remuneration, the excess amount will be added back to wages for statutory ...

Karnataka's draft wage rules echo central guidelines, raising concerns over worker coverage and potential wage suppression.

Experts say India’s new labour codes simplify compliance for MSMEs while increasing short-term costs and organisational ...

As per survey, 17 respondents (37 percent) say that compliance simplification by the four new labour codes roughly offsets ...

The New Labour Code 2025, rolled out last month, has introduced a clearer and more uniform definition of wages. Under the new rules, an employee’s basic pay, dearness allowance and retaining allowance ...

The new labour Codes, notified by the central government in November 2025, have pushed up employee costs for private-sector ...

For employers, the reform means more disciplined salary design and tighter governance. Compensation structures that previously leaned heavily on allowances now require rebalancing. Finance leaders ...

New Wage Code reshapes wages base, triggering Ind AS 19 remeasurement. Expect past service cost hits, exceptional items, higher DBO and ...

Under the revised framework, wages include basic pay, dearness allowance and retaining allowance. If these components ...

Delhi’sLabour Minister Kapil Mishra has directed officials to expedite the finalisation of rules under all four Labour Codes, with a focus on bringing unorganised workers, gig ...

New labour code implementation dented Q3 FY26 profits of top IT firms including TCS, Infosys, HCLTech, Wipro, Tech Mahindra ...