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The transition has moved from preparation to execution
Operative Codes versus Maharashtra’s continuing State-rule transition; five-system compliance architecture.
CRUX Employment · Inaugural Edition 2026
Employment & Labour Compliance Review
A management-facing legal review of the Labour Codes and Maharashtra transition, built around payroll, workforce documentation, POSH, industrial relations, social security, contractor governance and execution.
Inside the Review.
The publication is intentionally designed as a working legal reference: short propositions, decision frameworks, risk matrices, timelines and a primary-source register. Decorative stock imagery has been avoided so the material remains crisp on screen and in print.
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Payroll architecture under the statutory wage definition
The 50% add-back mechanism, minimum wages, wage periods and the two-working-day exit-wage rule.
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Hiring, classification and industrial-relations architecture
Appointment letters, Grievance Redressal Committees, standing orders and contractor controls.
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POSH as a workplace-governance system
Recent Supreme Court and Bombay High Court developments translated into employer controls.
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Social security + workplace operations
One worker master record across benefits, contributions, contractors and OSH.
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Discipline + exits
Litigation-ready exit files and the 2026 Bharat Aviation service-bond decision.
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90-day implementation plan
Diagnose, remediate and operate: a sequenced management programme.
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Primary-source register
The legislation, official government sources and cases checked for the issue.
Research standard. Law stated as at 5 September 2026. Primary legislation, official government material and reported judgments were checked for the propositions used in this issue. Draft rules, submissions, proposals and policy suggestions are identified as such and are not presented as operative law merely because they appear in an official record.