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State Shops & Commercial Establishments laws govern how shops and commercial workplaces register, display notices, keep registers, and receive inspections. SequentHR’s consultancy covers advisory, registration, liaison, and representation.

What is included

• Ongoing advisory on the Shops & Establishments Act that applies to the establishment.
• Registration of shops and establishments under the relevant state Act.
• Correspondence and liaison with statutory authorities.
• Support for display, notice, and disclosure requirements.
• Statutory records, including registers of fines, deductions, employment, and wages, plus other prescribed documents.
• Replies to show-cause notices from inspectors.
• Representation during inspections, searches, and inquiries.
• On-ground assistance when an inspector visits.

Sequent HR Consulting supports companies through workforce-related legal hurdles so they can scale without losing the thread of Indian labour law. The practice is used to helping foreign and multinational companies invest or operate in India — registrations, licences, and a statutory framework shaped to the operating structure.

How the work is scoped

• Consultancy and structuring of labour law compliance modules for new ventures and start-ups, matched to the jurisdiction.
• HR department structuring aligned with practice and the mandates of the law.
• Labour grievance redressal mechanisms designed for the organisation.
• Drafting of industrial standing orders that reflect policy and statute.
• A customised employee code of ethics.
• Employment documents: appointment letters, contracts, NDAs, and related papers.
• An employee and labour retention manual.
• Advice on intra-group employee adjustments and transfers.
• Compliance with labour welfare fund regulations.

The Factories Act, 1948 sets legal, safety, and administrative duties for factory occupiers and managers. SequentHR assists with registration, day-to-day advisory, health and welfare provisions, statutory registers, returns, and representation before factory inspectors.

What is included

• Day-to-day consultancy on the Factories Act.
• Support obtaining registration and licences for new factories.
• Liaison with government departments and factory inspectors.
• Health, safety, and welfare compliance inside factory premises.
• Guidance on the statutory duties of occupiers and manufacturers.
• Notices, signage, and disclosure requirements.
• Registers and records: adult workers, child workers, compensatory holidays, humidity, wages, leave with wages, and related forms.
• Preparation and submission of statutory forms, reports, and returns.
• Show-cause notice replies.
• Representation during inspections, inquiries, hearings, and searches.

SequentHR manages labour law registrations and licences across India for start-ups, SMEs, and large enterprises. The published scope runs from Shops & Establishments and factory licences through EPF, ESI, professional tax, and contract-labour registrations — plus related local licences.

Labour registrations and licences

• Shops & Establishments Act registration.
• Factory plans and factory licences.
• EPF registration and EPF code number.
• ESI registration and ESI code or sub-code.
• Professional tax registration and enrolment certificate.
• Principal employer registration under the Contract Labour Act.
• Labour licences for contractors and sub-contractors.

Other licences named on the current site

• Trade licences from local municipal bodies.
• FSSAI food licence.
• Legal metrology and weights & measures.
• PSARA licence for private security agencies.
• Pollution Control Board licence.
• Motor Transport Workers Act registrations and compliance.
• Notice of weekly-off exemption.
• Payment of Gratuity Act registration and compliance.

SequentHR audits statutory compliance under central and state labour and social security laws, then issues a labour law audit report with suggestions. The same practice supports due diligence when the corporate event itself creates labour-law risk.

Audit work

• A compliance audit across relevant labour and social security legislation.
• Periodic audits of contractors, to limit principal-employer exposure.
• Due diligence for clients acting as principal employers.
• Written reports with comments and recommendations.

Transactions the current site names

• Mergers and acquisitions.
• Takeovers.
• Initial public offerings.
• Joint ventures.
• Winding-up or establishment closure.

Contract labour creates duties for both the principal employer and the contractor. SequentHR provides consultancy and compliance under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 — from registration and licensing through registers, inspections, and proceedings.

Registrations, licences, and records

• Registration certificates for principal employers.
• Labour licences for contractors and sub-contractors.
• Statutory returns to the registering or licensing authority.
• Registers of contractors, workmen, wages, overtime, deductions, advances, and fines.
• Wage slips, muster rolls, and related documentation.
• Disclosures, notices, deductions, and display requirements.

When the matter becomes a proceeding

• Day-to-day regulatory advisory.
• Representation where a registration or licence is rejected, suspended, or revoked.
• Service certificates for workmen.
• Support during inspections, searches, and inquiries.
• Liaison with labour departments.
• Show-cause notices, appearances before authorities, prosecution defence, and appellate proceedings.

Payroll compliance sits beside salary processing. It is the legal layer: codes, monthly challans, returns, records, and the conversations that follow when an authority writes. SequentHR publishes this as specialist support for EPF, ESI, professional tax, labour welfare fund, and TDS.

What is included

• Obtaining or amending EPF, ESI, and professional tax codes.
• UAN generation and monthly statutory challans.
• Returns for ESI, PF, professional tax, LWF, and TDS.
• Timely remittance of statutory payments.
• Payroll records and statutory registers.
• Support on government notices, audits, and inspections.
• A monthly helpdesk, employee KYC updates, and an online PF helpdesk.

Payroll solutions cover the calculation and processing of employee compensation — salaries, bonuses, incentives, reimbursements, and deductions — while staying inside labour and income-tax rules. The firm’s services overview also names integration with payroll platforms such as Zoho Payroll and Gratetip Payroll.

Month to month

• Collecting and verifying payroll inputs such as attendance, leave, and benefits.
• Processing monthly salaries for new joiners and existing employees.
• Statutory one-time payments: bonuses, incentives, and reimbursements.
• Full-and-final settlements when someone leaves.
• Payroll registers for current and separated employees.
• Digital payslips and income-tax computation through an online portal.
• Support for direct bank transfer of salaries.
• Employee income-tax queries, and Form 16 to help employees file returns.