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An employer here answers to Uttar Pradesh for some of this and to central law for the rest.
Verify before you act. Office addresses, jurisdictions and rates change, sometimes without a public notice. Check the office with the department before you visit it, and put the compliance question to your chartered accountant or a labour law adviser. None of this is legal or tax advice. Offrd has no connection to the offices named and does not represent them. Checked 12 September 2026. Spot something out of date? Tell us at service@offrd.co.
The four labour codes came into force on 21 November 2025. The change small employers feel first is the two working day deadline for final wages under section 17(2) of the Code on Wages, which replaced settlement practices that ran to 30 or 45 days.
The second is the definition of wages. Where allowances excluded from wages exceed half of total remuneration, the excess is added back for statutory purposes, so salary structures built to keep basic pay thin no longer reduce provident fund or gratuity.
Enough to pay 15 days of wages for every completed year of service for every employee who will cross five years. For a growing company that number gets large quietly, because it is driven by the basic pay of long serving people rather than by headcount.
Since 21 November 2025 there is a second check on the wage base. Where allowances excluded from wages exceed half of total remuneration, the excess is added back. A salary structure that kept basic pay thin to hold the liability down no longer does so.
The Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 applies once an establishment employs twenty or more people. Registration with the Employees Provident Fund Organisation follows, and the monthly electronic challan cum return is filed with contributions due by the fifteenth of the following month. Once covered, an establishment stays covered even if headcount later falls.
The rates are fixed. The employee pays 12 percent of basic pay and dearness allowance. The employer pays the same 12 percent, split as 8.33 percent to the pension scheme on wages up to the 15,000 rupee ceiling and 3.67 percent to the provident fund, with a further 0.50 percent for the deposit linked insurance scheme.
Not levied in Uttar Pradesh
The existing Acts and rules continue in force while the codes settle in, and the government transition note says so. The practical answer for a small employer is to follow the state numbers today and expect them to move toward the codes over time.
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Common questions from UP business owners.
Offrd covers offer letters, onboarding kits, probation confirmation, increment letters, payslips, and separation or relieving letters, the full employee lifecycle in one place.
Yes. Attendance can be marked by QR or GPS location with shift scheduling. Payslips work for both monthly-salaried and daily-wage employees.
As of now, Uttar Pradesh does not levy Professional Tax. Offrd payslip templates reflect state-specific compliance where applicable.
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Yes. A single Offrd account handles employees across Lucknow, Noida, Kanpur, Ghaziabad and any other location, with role-based access for each branch or site.
Offrd supports offer letters, onboarding kits, probation confirmation letters, increment letters, payslips, and separation or relieving letters, the full employee lifecycle in one place.
Yes. Attendance can be marked via QR code or GPS location, with shift scheduling and leave approvals. It works equally for office staff, field sales, factory workers, and daily-wage employees.
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