22
Oct
2026
The 50% Salary Puzzle: Why Two Employees With the Same CTC Can Have Different Gratuity Bases
Two employees can earn ₹12 lakh a year, work in the same company, and receive different gratuity calculations. The reason may sit inside their salary structure, not their job title. The 50% wage rule under India’s new Labour Codes has …
19
Oct
2026
When HRA Stops Being Just HRA: Understanding the New Wage Calculation
Why This Change Matters Beyond Payroll An employee checks the salary slip and sees HRA, basic pay, and several allowances. The numbers look familiar, but their statutory meaning may change. The new wage calculation brings this question into focus: what …
16
Oct
2026
The One-Year Gratuity Question: What Fixed-Term Employees Need to Know
The One-Year Gratuity Rule: What Changed for Fixed-Term Employees? A one-year employment contract can end with a final payslip, a service certificate, and one important question. Does the employee receive gratuity? Under the Code on Social Security, 2020, fixed-term employees …
13
Oct
2026
The Salary Slip Detective: What Every Payroll Team Should Look For After the New Labour Codes
The Payroll Error Hiding in Plain Sight A salary slip can reveal a problem before an audit report does. The trouble often begins with one allowance, one missing record, or one outdated calculation. India’s new labour codes have brought wage …
10
Oct
2026
The ₹10,000 That Came Back: How the Wage Add-Back Rule Changes Gratuity
The Salary Component That Can Change Your Gratuity A ₹10,000 salary component can change the gratuity liability sitting in your company books. The reason lies in how the new wage definition treats allowances. Many employers focus on basic pay while …
07
Oct
2026
The Salary Half-Life: What Happens When Allowances Cross the 50% Line?
When Salary Structure Becomes a Liability Question A salary slip can hide a future cost. A generous allowance package can look attractive until statutory calculations examine its structure. The 50% wage rule changes how employers should view compensation, employee benefits, …
27
Sep
2026
Special Allowance Under the New Labour Codes: Is It Part of Wages?
Open any Indian payslip and one line refuses to explain itself. Special allowance carries no purpose, no rule and no receipt behind it. For two decades, that silence kept statutory costs low. Since 21 November 2025, the four labour codes …
25
Sep
2026
Salary Components Under the New Labour Codes: What Counts as Wages?
A payslip used to work like a wardrobe. Employers hung pay under convenient headings, and those headings did the quiet work of trimming statutory cost. That wardrobe stands empty. From 21 November 2025, the labour codes read pay by function …
23
Sep
2026
New Labour Codes: How the 50% Wage Rule Impacts Employee Salaries
A salary slip records a quiet bargain between present comfort and future security. The New Labour Codes have rewritten that bargain for every Indian workplace, and the change shows up in the wage line rather than the total figure. At …
21
Sep
2026
New Labour Codes: How Should Additional Gratuity Costs Be Reported?
Mithras Consultants welcomes you to a vital discussion regarding recent legislative updates in India. Businesses face new financial structures. Employers must adapt to changing statutory frameworks. Gratuity obligations require fresh evaluation under the altered rules. The New Labour Codes introduce …
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