Pratik Vaidya, CVO & MD of Karma Global, concluded a three-part Labour Codes webinar series explaining the Wage Code, Social Security Code, Industrial Relations Code and OSH Code with practical clarity. Over 4,000 participants gained implementation-ready insights on India’s new labour framework.
Pratik Vaidya, CVO & MD of Karma Global, has been redesignated as Head and Convenor of the HR, Compliance and Labour Committee on behalf of India SME. Learn about his role in shaping practical labour code implementation and MSME-focused compliance reforms.
India’s New Labour Codes have triggered mixed reactions, balancing wage security and social protection with cost pressures and flexibility in working hours. Explore how the Right to Disconnect Bill 2025 aims to protect employee personal time while intersecting with extended work-hour provisions under the labour codes.
India’s New Labour Codes 2025 are reshaping payslips and working hours. Understand how the 50% wage rule impacts salary structure, PF and gratuity, overtime rules, four-day workweek flexibility, and what employees should expect under the new framework.
ESIC has issued a fresh circular expanding employee coverage under the Code on Social Security. Understand how the revised wage definition and the 50% rule bring previously excluded employees under ESIC coverage and what employers must do next.
Karma Global offers comprehensive HR and statutory compliance services for MSMEs in India. From Labour Code implementation and payroll reconfiguration to PF, ESI, licensing, and litigation support, we help MSMEs build compliant, scalable, and risk-free operations.
Does the New Labour Code mandate salary payment by the 7th of every month for all employees? Understand Section 17 of the Code on Wages, earlier salary payment rules, the Ministry of Labour’s 21 November 2025 statement, and the specific impact on IT & ITeS workers.
The government has notified new labour laws on 21st November 2025 requiring all establishments in India to ensure basic salary gets stretched to at least 50% of the total cost-to-company (CTC), necessitating direction into envisaging how pay packets should be structured going forward from the effective date of 21st Nov 2025.
In the recent writ petitions filed by several employers and employees against the provisions related to international workers under Para 83 of EPF Scheme 1952 and Para 43-A of EPF Scheme 1995, the Single Bench of the Honourable High Court of Karnataka has struck down the provisions as ultra vires.
The Labour Department, Delhi has issued directions following the Supreme Court’s Order in Aureliano Fernandes versus State of Goa, mandating a survey of Organizations with 10 or more employees to ensure compliance with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013.