<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n1. Which registers are mandatory under the new labour codes in India?<\/strong>
Employers must maintain records of employees, attendance, work performed, wages paid and deductions. Depending on the establishment, this includes an employment register, muster roll, wage register, overtime and leave records. Exact formats depend on the central or state rules applicable to your location and industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n2. Can foreign companies maintain labour registers in electronic form?<\/strong>
Yes, the new Codes recognise electronic maintenance of registers and records. The data must be accurate, retrievable and available for inspection at or from the Indian establishment. Keeping records only on an overseas server without local access can create compliance issues during inspections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n3. Do NRIs and foreign directors have personal liability for register defaults?<\/strong>
Liability generally falls on the \u201cemployer\u201d and persons in charge of the establishment. A director or promoter, including an NRI, can face exposure if non-compliance occurs with their knowledge or neglect. Appointing a responsible India-based compliance officer reduces this risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n4. Are Indian labour registers required during Company Formation In India?<\/strong>
Registers are required once you hire employees, not at incorporation itself. However, Company Formation In India should include planning for establishment registration, payroll setup and statutory codes, so compliance begins from the first appointment and not after an inspection notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n5. How long must attendance and wage records be kept in India?<\/strong>
Retention periods are fixed by the applicable central and state rules, and many frameworks require several years from the last entry. Because rules are still being finalised in some states, businesses should confirm the current period locally and retain records longer where disputes or audits are possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maintaining attendance, wage and employment registers under new labour codes is now a core compliance task for every foreign company employing people in India. India has consolidated 29 central labour laws into four Codes: the Code on Wages, the Industrial Relations Code, the Code on Social Security, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[812],"tags":[4607,4608,745,801,4942,4944,4943,4862,4941,4733,4939,4750,4743,4698,4940],"class_list":["post-9808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-code-on-social-security-india","tag-code-on-wages-2019","tag-company-formation-in-india","tag-company-setup-in-india","tag-employment-register-india","tag-epfo-esic-compliance","tag-foreign-company-hr-compliance-india","tag-industrial-relations-code","tag-labour-code-compliance-for-foreign-companies","tag-labour-law-compliance-india","tag-muster-roll-format-india","tag-new-labour-codes-india-2026","tag-osh-code-india","tag-payroll-compliance-india","tag-wage-register-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9810,"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9808\/revisions\/9810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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