State guide
Punjab labour law compliance
Minimum wages, Professional Tax, the Labour Welfare Fund and holidays for employers with staff in Punjab, on one page. Each figure comes from the notification or official page linked beside it.
Minimum wages
Punjab'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 wagesLatest
Basic minimum rates of wages from 1 May 2026
Fixes the basic minimum wages for all employments in the state, with separate rates for staff categories A to D and for agriculture. Rates for brick kilns are to be notified separately.
In force from
1 May 2026
- Issued by:
- Labour Department, Government of Punjab
- Issued:
- 1 May 2026
- Under:
- Code on Wages, 2019, section 8(3)
Notification PDF · 3 pages, 994 KBAll employments in the state Skill level Per month Per day Unskilled ₹13,486 ₹518.69 Semi-skilled ₹14,383 ₹553.19 Skilled ₹15,414 ₹592.84 Highly skilled ₹16,601 ₹638.50 Staff categories A to D and agricultural workers have their own rates in the PDF.
Professional Tax
Professional Tax in Punjab
A state levy that employers deduct from salaries and pay to the state, at the slabs of the state where the employee works.
State Development Tax instead
Punjab charges the Punjab State Development Tax instead: ₹200 a month on salaried persons whose income is above the income-tax exemption limit. The employer deducts it every month and pays it by the last day of the following month, with an annual return by 31 August. Casual wage earners are exempt.
Labour Welfare Fund
Labour Welfare Fund in Punjab
A small contribution from employees and employers to the state's welfare board, paid in the months the state's Act names.
Employee
₹5
Employer
₹20
A month, per employee. Deducted from January and February and March and April and May and June and July and August and September and October and November and December wages. These amounts may have been revised since the source; check with us before paying.
When it is due
- 15 October, for April to September
- 15 April, for October to March
Who is covered: Rates from Punjab Act 32 of 2014. An amendment passed by the Vidhan Sabha in July 2025 raises them to ₹10 and ₹40 a month; we have not found it notified in the Gazette.
How to pay: Online, on the Labour Department's e-Labour portal.
Punjab Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965
Official sources: Amending Acts, 2006 to 2014; Amendment Bill, 2025. Read on 11 Oct 2026.
Holidays
Holidays in Punjab
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
State holiday list not covered on this site yet
Punjab's festival holiday list and its holiday law are not on this site yet. Festival dates move every year, so last year's list is no guide.
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Due dates and services for Punjab
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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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