Union territory guide
Puducherry labour law compliance
Minimum wages, Professional Tax, the Labour Welfare Fund and holidays for employers with staff in Puducherry, on one page. Each figure comes from the notification or official page linked beside it.
Minimum wages
Puducherry's latest notification
Read from the notification itself, with its PDF. Headline rates appear only where one clear table covers the state's employments and the notification is still current.
Minimum wagesLatestOver a year old
Revised minimum rates of wages, September 2024
The Gazette of Puducherry of 20 September 2024, carrying separate notifications for shops and establishments, security guards and other scheduled employments.
In force from
20 September 2024
From publication in the Gazette
- Issued by:
- Labour Department, Government of Puducherry
- Issued:
- 2 September 2024
- Under:
- Minimum Wages Act, 1948
In force for more than a year, so a later revision may apply. Rates are in the PDF.
Notification PDF · 54 pages, 891 KB
Professional Tax
Professional Tax in Puducherry
A state levy that employers deduct from salaries and pay to the state, at the slabs of the state where the employee works.
Levied, slabs not on this site yet
Puducherry also levies Professional Tax on salaries. We have not yet read its current slabs on an official page.
Labour Welfare Fund
Labour Welfare Fund in Puducherry
A small contribution from employees and employers to the state's welfare board, paid in the months the state's Act names.
Not covered on this site yet
We have not confirmed whether Puducherry runs a Labour Welfare Fund that applies to your establishment. Ask us if you have staff here.
Holidays
National holidays, and Puducherry's own rule
Three national holidays fall on the same dates everywhere. Festival holidays are set by each state's law and chosen by the employer from the state's list.
- 26JanRepublic DayTuesday 26 January 2027
- 15AugIndependence DaySunday 15 August 2027
- 2OctGandhi JayantiSaturday 2 October 2027
- Declared holidays
- Puducherry declares extra holidays by circular during the year. It declared one on 6 October 2026 for the Thattanchavady Assembly constituency.
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Due dates and services for Puducherry
The compliance calendar has every monthly, quarterly and annual date. Our services run these rules for you, state by state.
Due dates
Compliance calendar
Labour, GST, TDS, income tax and ROC dates, month by month.
Open the calendar Labour law complianceS&E registration, registers, returns, displayed notices and inspections.PF and ESI compliancePF and ESI every month, with PT and LWF on each state's dates.Payroll servicesPayroll on your structure, with PT deducted state by state and LWF in the months it falls due.Licences and registrationsShop Act (S&E) registrations, factory licences and contract labour registrations.
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