Most compliance problems don’t begin with a missed payment. They begin with a missing statutory registration. A company crosses the ten-employee mark and nobody applies for ESI. A new unit starts operations before the Shops & Establishment certificate is issued. An inspector asks for the wage register and the muster roll doesn’t match it. By then, the fix costs far more than the registration would have.
Viriksha HR Solution provides statutory registration services for employers across Chennai and Pan India. We register your establishment under every Act that applies to it, and we keep the statutory registers and records that prove your compliance accurate, current, and ready for inspection.
Which registrations should a new business in Tamil Nadu complete before hiring staff?
A new Tamil Nadu business typically needs Shops and Establishments registration or a factory licence, professional tax enrolment with the local body, and EPF and ESIC registration once headcount thresholds are reached. Contract labour registration and other licences may also apply. Viriksha HR Solution assesses which laws cover your operations, files the applications with supporting documents and sets up the statutory registers each registration requires.
- Applicability assessed by activity, headcount and premises type
- Applications filed on government portals with supporting documents
- Registers and display notices set up after each registration
What Is Statutory Registration?
Statutory registration is the process of enrolling your establishment, and often your employees, with the government authorities that administer the labour and tax laws applicable to your business. In India, statutory registration typically includes the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), Employees’ State Insurance (ESI), Professional Tax, the Labour Welfare Fund, the Shops & Establishments Act, the Factories Act, contract labour and construction workers’ laws, and tax registrations such as GST and TDS. Which registrations apply depends on your headcount, industry, location, and whether you use contract workers.
Which Statutory Registrations Apply to Your Business?
Registration |
Generally Applies When |
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Labour Welfare Fund (Tamil Nadu)
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Establishments with 5 or more persons
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Establishments meeting the ESIC employee threshold (commonly 10 or more)
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Establishments with 20 or more employees, or voluntarily below that
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Shops, offices, and commercial establishments (registration mandatory for 10+ workers under the 2023 amendment)
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10+ workers with power, or 20+ without
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Employers with employees above the notified income threshold
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Where contract workers, construction workers, or inter-state migrant workers are engaged
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GST and TDS
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Based on turnover and payments made
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These thresholds are why statutory registration is so easy to miss. A business can become liable under a new Act simply by growing.
Statutory Registration Services We Provide
Our statutory registration support for EPF covers the full lifecycle, not only the initial registration:
- Establishment registration with EPFO
- UAN generation for employees
- E-nomination for members
- Monthly return filing
- Claim process support
- KYC approval
- Transfer request approval
Registration of the establishment with ESIC, employee enrolment, and ongoing contribution and return support, so employees are covered from the date liability begins.
Employer registration with the applicable corporation, slab-wise calculation, deduction, remittance, and return filing on the half-yearly cycle.
Registration with the Tamil Nadu Labour Welfare Board, annual contribution calculation, and return filing.
New registration, amendments, renewals, and closure or change intimation for shops, offices, and commercial establishments.
Registration and annual licence renewal through the Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health (DISH), including licence amendments for changes in address, management, or capacity.
Where you engage contractors, construction workers, or inter-state migrant workers, we support the statutory registrations and licences that apply, and the documentation that goes with them.
GST and TDS Compliance
Support on GST and TDS compliance, coordinated with your chartered accountant or audit firm so payroll, statutory, and tax records agree with one another.
Statutory Registers and Records We Prepare and Maintain
Registration is the start. Once you are registered, the law expects you to keep records that prove you comply. Statutory registers are the records an employer must maintain under labour and employment laws: who works for you, when they worked, what they were paid, what leave they took, and what deductions were made. Inspectors and auditors rely on them, which makes them your primary defence during a labour inspection.
Register / Record |
What It Shows |
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Employee and worker register
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Who is employed, their category, and dates of joining and exit
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Attendance and muster roll
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Days and hours actually worked
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Wage register and wage slips
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What each employee was paid, and how it was calculated
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Overtime register
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Overtime hours worked and paid
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Leave and holiday register
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Leave earned, taken, and balance
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Deduction and contribution records
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EPF, ESI, Professional Tax, and Labour Welfare Fund deductions
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Accident and health records
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Where applicable, for factories and industrial units
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Contract labour records
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Contractor and contract worker details at your premises
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Notices, certificates, and displays
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Registrations and notices required at the workplace
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Note on formats: the labour codes are being phased in, and register formats and filing routes are being consolidated. We keep your records aligned to whichever format is currently prescribed, so you do not maintain outdated formats by default.
Our Statutory Registration Process
Applicability review
We map your headcount, locations, industry, and workforce type to the statutory registrations that apply.
Gap check
We compare what you hold today against what you need and flag anything missing or lapsed.
We prepare, submit, and follow up on each registration until the certificate or code is issued.
Register setup
We set up the registers and records in the prescribed format, matched to your payroll data.
Monthly and periodic upkeep
We update registers as employees join, leave, or change, and file returns on their due dates.
We keep records organised so they can be produced on request, and support you during inspections and notices.
Registrations handled for new units, branches and relocations
Every new office, factory or warehouse can trigger its own set of registrations, and the authority changes with the location. Viriksha HR Solution handles statutory registrations for employers Pan India, including new branches in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Ahmedabad, and supports companies from Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai / UAE, the UK, the USA and Australia setting up Indian entities. In Tamil Nadu we register units in Krishnagiri (Hosur), Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur, Coimbatore and Madurai, and around Chennai we support start-ups and plants opening in Mahindra World City, Oragadam, Guindy and Perungudi.
Pan India & Abroad
Branch-level registrations in other states, and first-time India registrations for foreign companies opening offices here.
Bengaluru Hyderabad Mumbai Pune Delhi NCR Kolkata Ahmedabad
Abroad
Singapore Malaysia USA UK Australia Dubai / UAE
Tamil Nadu Districts
Factory licences, shop registrations and local PT enrolments for new units in Tamil Nadu districts.
Chennai Coimbatore Madurai Tiruchirappalli Salem Tiruppur Erode Vellore Tirunelveli Thoothukudi Krishnagiri (Hosur) Kanchipuram Chengalpattu Thiruvallur Thanjavur Cuddalore Dindigul Karur Namakkal Virudhunagar Kanyakumari
Chennai Industrial & IT Hubs
Registrations for new offices and plants in Chennai's SEZs, industrial parks and IT corridors.
Industrial hubs
Sriperumbudur Oragadam Irungattukottai Guindy Industrial Estate Ambattur Industrial Estate Gummidipoondi Manali Ennore Mahindra World City Thirumazhisai Padi
IT hubs
OMR Sholinganallur Siruseri SIPCOT IT Park Tidel Park (Taramani) Perungudi Thoraipakkam Navalur DLF IT Park (Manapakkam) Guindy Velachery
Businesses Served Across Tamil Nadu & Pan India
What Happens Without Proper Statutory Registration
- Penalties and interest for late or missing registration and contributions
- Inspection findings when registers are missing, outdated, or inconsistent with payroll
- Coverage gaps for employees, for example ESI benefits not available because enrolment was delayed
- Blocked processes, since registrations often underpin bank onboarding, tenders, and vendor approvals
- Cascading scrutiny, because a lapse in one Act often draws an inspector's attention to the others
Ready to Stay Compliant?
Get your statutory registration and statutory registers reviewed by a team that tracks every deadline.
Registrations and ongoing compliance we set up for you
Once registrations are in place, these statutory obligations follow, and we help keep each one current:
We help businesses with 20 to 10000+ employees manage:
✅ PF Management & ECR Filing
✅ ESI Management & Employee Enrolment
✅ PT & LWF Compliance
✅ Returns, Registers & Audit Support
✅ Regulatory Updates
Focus on growing your business while we handle your compliance requirements.
Common Statutory Registration Mistakes We See
Crossing a threshold without registering
Headcount growth triggers new obligations that no one tracks.
Treating registration as one-time
Many registrations need renewals, amendments, and annual returns.
Registers that don't match payroll
The wage register says one thing, and the salary sheet says another.
Not updating after changes
A new address, new management, or new capacity that never reaches the registered particulars.
Keeping registers only when an inspection is announced
Rebuilding a year of records at short notice is where errors and gaps appear.
Missing contract labour records
Principal employers remain exposed if contractors' documentation is incomplete.
Why Statutory Registration Matters Beyond the Certificate
For employers across Perungudi, Guindy, Sholinganallur, OMR, Siruseri, Ambattur, Anna Nagar, and the wider Chennai industrial and commercial belt, statutory registration is the foundation the rest of compliance is built on. EPF returns, ESI contributions, Professional Tax remittance, and Labour Welfare Fund filing all depend on being correctly registered first, and on registers that support every figure you report. Companies that treat registration and record-keeping as one connected system stay audit-ready year-round rather than scrambling when a notice arrives.
Why Choose Viriksha HR Solution for Statutory Registration
We manage payroll and statutory compliance for 3,600+ employees every month and have completed 24 company ESI, PF, and PT registrations, with a two-level validation process before every payroll run and zero payroll errors or compliance issues over five years. We bring the same discipline to statutory registration and record-keeping: get it registered correctly, keep the records clean, and validate before anything is filed.
Whether you need a single registration for a new Chennai unit, a full statutory gap review, or ongoing register maintenance folded into payroll and compliance outsourcing, we handle it alongside your chartered accountant or audit firm so your HR, statutory, and tax records tell one consistent story.
If you are setting up in Chennai, crossing a headcount threshold, or unsure which statutory registrations you hold and which have lapsed, we can take it from here.
Statutory Register/Records: Questions Businesses Ask
Does each new branch need its own registrations, or does the head office registration cover it?
It depends on the law. EPF and ESIC usually allow branches to be added under the main establishment code, though a sub-code may be needed for a new region. Shops and Establishments registration, professional tax and labour welfare fund obligations are generally location-specific, so a branch in another city or state usually needs its own registrations.
What documents are usually needed for PF, ESI and Shops Act registration?
Common documents include the certificate of incorporation or partnership deed, PAN, GST certificate where available, address proof of the premises, identity proof of directors or partners, bank details, and an employee list with joining dates and wages. Exact forms vary by authority, so we share a document checklist before filing.
At what headcount does a growing business need PF and ESI registration?
ESI generally applies once an establishment in a notified area employs ten or more persons, and EPF once it employs twenty or more, though voluntary coverage is possible earlier. Viriksha supports businesses with 20 to 10,000+ employees and monitors headcount so registrations are completed when thresholds are crossed, not months later when an inspector asks.
Can you register a new office we are opening in another state or for a foreign parent company?
Yes. New establishments in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Kolkata and other Indian cities can be registered through us, and we support parent companies in Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai / UAE, the UK, the USA and Australia opening Indian units. Within Tamil Nadu we cover Hosur, Kanchipuram, Coimbatore and Madurai, and Chennai sites in Oragadam, Mahindra World City and Perungudi.
Frequently asked questions
It is the process of registering your establishment and employees under the labour and tax laws that apply to your business, such as EPF, ESI, Professional Tax, the Labour Welfare Fund, and the Shops & Establishments Act.
It depends on headcount, industry, and workforce type. Most employers need some combination of EPF, ESI, Professional Tax, Labour Welfare Fund, and Shops & Establishment registration, with additional licences for factories, contract labour, and construction.
Timelines vary by Act and by how complete your documentation is. A clean application prepared in advance moves faster, which is why we run an applicability review and document check before submitting anything.
They are the records an employer must legally maintain, including employee, attendance, wage, overtime, and leave registers, which inspectors use to verify compliance.
In many cases yes, as long as the records are accurate, complete, and can be produced in the prescribed format when requested. Requirements vary by Act, so it is worth confirming for each register.
You may face penalties and interest, employees may lose coverage they are entitled to, and the gap can draw wider scrutiny of your other compliances.
No. We handle EPF, ESI, Professional Tax, Labour Welfare Fund, Shops & Establishment, and related registrations together, so one team tracks your entire statutory calendar.