Compliance Calendar FY 2024-25
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(Important Due Dates for FY 2024-25)
A labour laws compliance calendar is vital for businesses to navigate the dynamic landscape of regulatory requirements. By ensuring adherence to evolving labour laws, it safeguards employee rights, mitigates legal risks, and maintains operational efficiency. Proactively tracking deadlines and tasks, aids in resource allocation and ethical responsibility fulfillment. Ultimately, it serves as a structured framework for organizations to uphold legal obligations, protect employees, and sustain ethical standards in the workplace.
Let’s have a look at the important due dates for FY 2024-25
| Legislation / Act | Compliance Description | Requirement | Form |
| Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and Industrial Disputes (Central) Rules, 1957 | Notice for change in condition of services and restrictions. | Notice at least 21 days before making such a change. | Form E |
| Notice of Lay-off (Commencement & termination) | Within 7 days of such commencement and termination | Form O1 and O2 | |
| Notice and procedure upon closure of the establishment | Make an application, at least ninety days before the date of intended closure, for prior permission | Form Q and QA | |
| Annual Return | 20th day of the month after the end of the half year. | Form G1 |
| Payment of Wages Act, 1936, Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2005 Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017 | Payment of wages (Responsibility and manner) | Wages shall be paid every month before the 7th day in case of less than 1000 employees & before the 10th day in case of more than 1000 employees after the last day of the wage period. | NA |
| Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975, Amendments 2014, 2016 | Annual Returns | By or before February 1st each year | Form D |
| Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and Minimum Wages (Central) Rules, 1950. | Annual Return | Upload a unified annual return before the 1st day of February each year. | Form III |
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Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 And Payment of Gratuity (Central) Rules, 1972
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Payment of Gratuity | Gratuity shall be paid within 30 days when it becomes due. | NA |
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Notification of Establishment Opening, Change or Closure
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– Within 30 days of opening of establishment or rules becoming applicable.
– Within 30 days of any change in the name, address, employer or nature of business.
– At least sixty days before intended closure of business
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Form A
Form B
Form C
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| Employee Provident Funds
And Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. |
Return Filing | Within fifteen days of the close of the month | Form 5 |
| Employees’ State Insurance Act & Regulations, 1948 |
Registration of Establishment under the ESI Act |
Furnish a declaration within 15 days of receiving information of allotment of code number. | Form 01 |
| Intimation of change in particulars | Intimate to prescribed authorities within 2 weeks of such change. | Form 01A | |
| Submission/Filing of Return of Information | The due date is November 12th for the period from April 1st to September 30th, and May 12th for the period from October 1st to March 31st each year. | Form 5 | |
| Monthly Contribution Payment | 15th of the next month
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| Factories Act, 1948 and Model Factories Rules, 1948 | Notice by Occupier | The occupier shall, at least 15 days before he begins to occupy or use any premises as a factory send a written notice to
the chief inspector. |
Form 2 |
| Renewal of license | At least three months before the expiry | Form 2 | |
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Return Filing
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Annual returns by January 31st every year and half-yearly returns by July 15th each year | Form 29/ Form 30 |
| Contract Labour (Regulation And Abolition) Act, 1970
And
The Contract Labour (Regulation And Abolition) Central Rules, 1971 |
Registrations and Licenses | Application for Registration Under CLRA | Form I |
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Registrations and Licenses |
Application for Licence |
Form IV |
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Registrations and Licenses
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Application for Renewal of Licence |
Form VII |
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Registrations and Licenses
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Application for Temporary Registration |
Form VIII & Form X |
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Annual Return Filing
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before the 1st day of February following the close of the year to which it relates. |
Form XXV |
