Labour Codes — Numerical Thresholds Navigator
Every headcount, time-limit, wage-ceiling and percentage trigger across the four Labour Codes — with the statutory reference, the position under the erstwhile Acts, and the compliance action point. Click any card to expand.
Appointment letter to be issued
Registration of establishment
Separate latrine provision
Latrine provision (as per convenience)
ESI registration — mandatory
Recognition of Protected Workers (minimum 5, maximum 100)
Annual leave: 1 day for every 20 days of work (adult)
Annual leave: 1 day for every 15 days of work (adolescent)
Settlement of wages (and earned leave) within such days upon separation
Maximum fine that may be levied in one wage period, from wages payable
Maximum days a worker is allowed to work in a week
Wages for the past month to be paid within such days of the following month
Minimum membership for Trade Union registration
Employer to report death or serious bodily injury to the competent authority (Employee Compensation)
Normal work hours in a day
Registration of establishment
ESI registration applicability
Payment of Gratuity — establishment applicability
Maternity benefit — establishment applicability
ISMW registration applicability
Deduction for absence from duty
Minimum membership required for forming a Trade Union
No worker to work more than such days without availing weekly off
Casual leave applicability — as per Model Standing Orders
Maternity benefit payable for third and subsequent childbirths
Mandatory waiting period for strike / lock-out after giving notice (notice: 60 days before)
Latrine provision
Limit of remuneration in kind deemed to form part of wages
Review note: the circulating sheet tagged this OSH; the proviso sits in the wages definition — Sec. 2(y), Code on Wages.
Nursing breaks allowed until the child attains 15 months of age
Adult — if completed 18 years of age
Wage limit to determine ISMW, and supervisor who can be treated as a 'worker'
Factory registration
Vacancy reporting to career centre
PF registration applicability
Constitution of Grievance Redressal Committee — one or more
Eligibility for a seat on the Negotiating Council
Notice to be served for effecting change in conditions of service
Latrine provision
Maternity benefit payable for the first two childbirths
Total leave that may be carried forward to a succeeding year
Gratuity to be paid within such days to an eligible employee upon separation
Minimum work in an accounting year for eligibility for statutory bonus
Review note: the circulating sheet tagged this CoSS; statutory bonus lives in Ch. IV of the Code on Wages.
Sole negotiating union (where only one Trade Union is registered)
Grievance Redressal Committee to complete its proceedings
Factory registration
Annual health examination (in many States)
No woman to be employed post delivery, miscarriage or MTP without completion of such days
Annual health examination — Tamil Nadu
Weekly limit for normal wages (overtime wages beyond this)
Notification to authority of accident where the injured is prevented from working for a period
Ceiling on total deductions from monthly wages
Contract labour — licensing by contractor
Contract labour — registration by Principal Employer
Provision of crèche facility
Provision of dining hall
Provision of rest room
Constitution of Safety Committee
Prepare written statement of Health & Safety Policy
Sole Negotiation Council — sole negotiating union (more than one TU registered)
Superannuation age (in the absence of any agreement)
Notice to be given before going on strike / lock-out
Worker's time limit to appeal against a GRC decision
Draft standing orders deemed certified if not certified within such days
Days worked in the past 12 months — eligibility for maternity benefit
Disciplinary proceedings — investigation and inquiry to be completed
Subsistence allowance: 50% of wages up to 90 days of suspension; 75% thereafter
No fine (pending, if any) to be recovered after such days from the date it was imposed
Canteen provision
Constitution of Works Committee
Review note: the circulating sheet tagged this OSH; the Works Committee is Sec. 3 of the IR Code.
1 Factory Medical Practitioner on retainer + 5 First Aiders
Journey allowance — payable per family member, per head, per day of travel with ISM worker
Prepare written statement of Health & Safety Policy
OHC with 1 part-time FMP + 1 dresser-cum-compounder
Maximum engagement duration to treat work as intermittent employment — for CL registration
Maximum overtime per quarter (few States)
Maximum overtime per quarter (few States)
Annual leave eligibility
Current establishment responsible for journey allowance to inter-state migrant workers completing requisite service
Gratuity — continuous service, establishments working less than 6 days a week
Gratuity — continuous service, other establishments
Constitution of Safety Committee
Appointment of Safety Officer — one
Appointment of Welfare Officer — one
OHC with full-time FMP + 1 FMP per 1,000 workers + 1 nurse + 1 compounder + 1 ward boy
Standing Orders certification
Government permission required for lay-off, retrenchment, closure
Appointment of Safety Officer — one
Ambulance room — factory
Ambulance van — mandatory onsite for factories
Number of Safety Officers — two
Number of Safety Officers — three
Number of Safety Officers — four
Number of Safety Officers — five
Ceiling wages for PF and Employee Compensation (inclusion wages)
Funeral benefit (proposed in ESI) up to such amount
Ceiling wages for ESI and Bonus (inclusion wages)
Wage ceiling for ESI coverage where certified disability ≥ 40% (inclusion wages)
Quick-reference compilation of numerical thresholds under the four Labour Codes (in force from 21 November 2025; Central Rules notified 8 May 2026). Section references are indicative and to the Codes / Central Rules; several thresholds are modified or supplemented by State Rules and notifications. Entries carrying a review note reflect our reading where the widely circulating compilation differed. Please verify against the code text and applicable State Rules, or take professional advice, before acting.