The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (“DIPP”) had circulated a Business Reform Action Plan, 2016 (“Plan”) to promote ‘Ease of doing Business’, which aimed at bringing transparency and efficiency of various Government regulatory functions and services for business in India. As per the Plan, DIPP had given the mandate of submission of a single integrated return under all labour laws.
In line with the above mandate, the Department of Labour, Government of Haryana (“Department”) issued an Order dated 16th June 2016 (“Order”), where it instructed employers (of factories / shops / commercial establishments) to submit unified single annual return under all labour laws at the departmental website www.hrylabour.gov.in.
In order to bring more clarity to the earlier Order issued, the Department further issued another order on 30th January, 2019 stating the following labour laws under which the online single integrated annual return needs to be filed:
- The Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958
- The Factories Act, 1948.
- The Contracts Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970.
- The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996.
- The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (RE&CS) Act, 1979.
- The Payment of Wages Act, 1936.
- The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
- The Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
- The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948.
- The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
- The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.
- The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
Source: Department of Labour, Government of Haryana
