People & Payroll
5 Steps to UAN Activation, Now Only on the UMANG App
UAN activation has moved to the UMANG app and a face scan against your Aadhaar. Here are the 5 steps, and what to do when it fails.
Avani Joshi
HR & Payroll Experts
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Relieving Letter vs Experience Letter: Definition and Difference
What each document is, and why only the experience letter can be demanded, and only from a larger employer. A relieving letter rests on company practice alone.
Ashwiniba Vaghela
HR & Payroll Experts
People & Payroll
What the Law Says About the Weekly Off, and When It Is Paid
A weekly off sounds simple until payroll asks what it costs. The six-day limit is national. The day itself, and the pay, turn on whether central or state rules reach you.
Ashwiniba Vaghela
HR & Payroll Experts
People & Payroll
What the Gratuity Act Means for Employers in 2026
The five-year rule survived 21 November 2025. What moved was the amount each year is worth, and the shorter qualifying period that fixed-term staff now get.
Ashwiniba Vaghela
HR & Payroll Experts
People & Payroll
How to Make a PF Online Payment Under the New ECR
Filing and paying are no longer one action. From wage month September 2025 the return goes up first and the money follows. Here is what to do on the employer portal, and how to correct a return you have already sent.
Ashwiniba Vaghela
HR & Payroll Experts
People & Payroll
Conveyance Allowance in Salary: Limits and How to Calculate
For HR and payroll teams: conveyance allowance for duty travel has no maximum, and the ₹1,600 figure everyone quotes was withdrawn in 2018. What rule 280 sets for salary structures now, with three worked examples.
Ashwiniba Vaghela
HR & Payroll Experts
People & Payroll
Who Qualifies for Statutory Bonus Under the New Code
Statutory bonus moved to the Code on Wages in November 2025. The rate and the thirty-day test survived. The duty to hand it over in cash did not.
Avani Joshi
HR & Payroll Experts
People & Payroll
How to Write an Experience Letter: What to Put In and Leave Out
The law names two things an experience letter must carry. Everything else is your choice, including the sentences that come back to bite. Here is what to write, and what to leave alone.
Avani Joshi
HR & Payroll Experts
Payroll & Salary
EPF Forms List: What You Actually File Now
One monthly return, one declaration at joining, and a nomination nobody can file on your behalf. The rest of the numbered forms left years ago.
Avani Joshi
HR & Payroll Experts
People & Payroll
Professional Tax: State-Wise Rates and Due Dates
Nine states, nine answers for the same ₹30,000 salary. Full slabs, every state accounted for, who carries the penalty, and why February costs more.
Avani Joshi
HR & Payroll Experts