Industrial calendar

Factory / industrial returns.

Not yet verified against an official source

Every month

Pay wages: By the 7th of the following monthCode on Wages, 2019 s.17
EPF contribution and ECR: By the 15th of the following monthEPF Scheme
ESIC contribution: By the 15th of the following monthESI regulations

Once a year

Festival holidays for the coming year: Settled before 30 November, notified to workers before 31 December, and sent to the Inspector before 21 DecemberPunjab Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays and Casual and Sick Leave) Rules, 1966, rule 3
Factory and OSH returns in Punjab: Not yet addedNot yet researched for Punjab

Updates

Punjab

Central updates

21 Nov 2025
Four labour codes in force
Wages, IR, Social Security and OSH replace 29 central acts. State rules still have to be read with them.
25 Aug 2026
Bonus eligibility ₹21,000; calc base ₹7,000
Eligible if wages ≤ ₹21,000. If wages exceed ₹7,000, bonus is computed on ₹7,000 or the floor wage, whichever is higher.
29 Jun 2026
EPF Scheme, 2026 notified under the SS Code
New scheme under the Code on Social Security. 20-employee threshold and wage-ceiling architecture continue pending further notification.
21 Nov 2025
Wages must be paid by the 7th
Monthly wages: on or before the 7th of the succeeding month. Electronic credit plus a wage slip is the clean path.

Punjab-specific updates

1 May 2026
Punjab minimum wages: ₹13,486 to ₹16,601 a month, statewide
Notification No. Labour-Lab0MIWA/1/2021-4L (260032)/166 of 01.05.2026, under section 8(3) of the Code on Wages, 2019, fixes one statewide basic rate for every employment in the State: ₹13,486 unskilled, ₹14,383 semi-skilled, ₹15,414 skilled and ₹16,601 highly skilled a month, with daily rates of ₹518.69, ₹553.19, ₹592.84 and ₹638.50. A second table sets ₹19,431, ₹17,510, ₹15,786 and ₹14,406 a month for staff categories A to D. The rates are basic: the promised price-index adjustment has not been published.
19 Apr 2018
Punjab levies its professional tax as the State Development Tax: ₹200 a month
The Punjab State Development Tax Act, 2018 taxes professions, trades, callings and employment at a flat ₹200 a month, ₹2,400 a year. There is no salary slab: section 4(3) makes it payable only by those whose taxable income exceeds the income-tax exemption limit. Since 26 February 2021 the employer deducts monthly and deposits by the last day of the following month; since 1 February 2022 the annual return is due by 31 August.
Punjab Act 32 of 2014
Punjab LWF: ₹5 employee, ₹20 employer a month
Section 9-A of the Punjab Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965, inserted by Punjab Act 18 of 2006 at ₹1 and ₹2 and raised by Punjab Act 23 of 2011 and then Punjab Act 32 of 2014, sets monthly contributions of ₹5 from each employee and ₹20 from the employer. Both shares are paid before 15 October for April to September and before 15 April for October to March. The fund covers a factory or motor omnibus service whatever its size, and any other establishment employing more than twenty persons.

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