Dear Colleague,
Setting up HR in a company may need to have different approach and actions based on what type of organization it is. If it is a Factory, then there will be a different requirements and if it is in service sector or shop or mines or IT, ITES, Banking the strategy has to be different for HR.
When you are mentioning about PF / ESI then kindly follow the below aspects as part of setting up:
1. Apply for PF Code number for the Start Up Company by going through the process in the Website of Employees Provident Fund Organization. Once done and you fulfill the requirements and you are allotted a code number for PF for your Establishment, then you can enroll the employees under PF subject to the wage ceiling and eligibility
2. Apply for ESI Code number for the Start Up Company by going through the process in the Website of Employees State Insurance Corporation. Once done and you fulfill the requirements and you are allotted a code number for ESI for your Establishment, then you can enroll the employees under ESI subject to the wage ceiling
3. If you are a shop, then you may have to register under Shops Act Provisions applicable
4. In case of proposal to engage Contract Labour and Interstate Migrant Labour, then you need to register under the Contract Labour Act and Interstate Migrant Labour Act for registering the Establishment.
5. You have to send notice of opening under Payment of Gratuity Act
6. You may have to register under the Local Body for necessary licenses under Panchayat or Municipal Act
7. In case of Factory you need to apply for Site Approval for the location where the factory is to be constructed and then once manufacturing is about to start then for License under Factories Act
8. You have to declare the Pay Master under Payment of Wages Act and once if it is a Factory you have to intimate the Factory Manager name to Government Authority under relevant Act.
9. You have to go for Standing Orders if you engage the stipulated number of employees under the Provisions of Standing Orders Act
10. You have to follow the Minimum Wages applicable if you are in Scheduled Employment under the Minimum Wages Act
There are few important aspects of Legal requirements among few other aspects that depends on your nature of establishment