Statutory compliance for e-commerce and D2C brands.
The sale goes live at midnight and the surge hits by 12:05. Dark stores open every month and pickers join on Monday. Value First handles multi-state compliance and high-volume payroll, so your teams can focus on speed, stock and customers.
Compliance challenges in e-commerce.
Distributed dark stores and fulfilment centres
A dark store is still an establishment. Each one may need Shops & Establishments or Factories Act registration, PT enrolment, welfare fund registration and PF and ESIC sub-codes, depending on its size, use and state. When you open a site a week, registrations trail behind. We plan them against your launch calendar.
Flash-sale and festive overtime
Big sale days push rosters and hours. Daily and weekly limits, overtime wages, weekly-off substitution and night-work conditions must match actual attendance. Quick commerce adds late-night and early-morning work. We reconcile rosters, punches and approvals so you can prove what you paid.
Gig and platform worker classification
Delivery partners, part-time pickers, freelance packers and festive gig workers sit across several models: employee, contract labour, agency-sourced or platform-based. The Code on Social Security introduces provisions for gig and platform workers, and some states have their own laws. We help you classify each engagement and document the reasoning.
Women employees and late-hours work
Many states attach conditions to women working late shifts: consent, safe transport, security and records. These need to appear in rosters and site checklists, not just policy documents.
Scaling fast across regions
Each new city brings new wage notifications, PT slabs and inspection styles. The weakest fulfilment node becomes the company's risk.
Investor and platform due diligence
Funding rounds, marketplace partnerships and enterprise customers increasingly check statutory compliance. Gaps found during diligence cost time and negotiating leverage.
The people we support.
Dark-store pickers and packers
Work fast, short-cycle shifts against pick-time targets, often with productivity incentives.
Fulfilment-centre associates
Sort, pack and dispatch in high-volume, shift-based environments.
Seasonal and festive staff
Join in waves for sale periods and leave soon after.
Gig delivery and platform partners
Sit between employee and partner models, with payouts tied to orders, distance and incentives.
Customer support and core digital teams
Support teams on rotational and night shifts; tech, growth and brand teams working hybrid with variable pay.
Services for e-commerce.
Establishment Compliance
Compliance support tailored to your industry, locations and workforce, from registrations and documentation to inspections and ongoing regulatory requirements.
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Payroll Processing
We run your monthly payroll from attendance and salary inputs to calculations, statutory deductions, payslips, full and final settlements and reports, so employees are paid accurately and on time.
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PF & ESIC Compliance
Registration, employee records, UAN and KYC, monthly contributions, reconciliation and records for Provident Fund and Employees' State Insurance, organised so your HR and finance teams don't carry it alone.
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Vendor & Contractor Compliance
We make sure your contractors and manpower vendors meet their statutory obligations, so their gaps never become your liability as principal employer.
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Compliance Audits
A structured gap assessment of your registrations, filings, registers and contractors, with a written report and a clear plan to close every gap.
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Statutory Compliance
Labour laws, filings, registers, payments and regulatory changes get harder to keep up with as you grow. We give you a systematic, proactive way to manage every statutory requirement.
ExplorePayroll, PF, ESIC, PT and Bonus: built for churn, spikes and variable pay
E-commerce payroll is rarely a fixed figure. Headcount swings with demand, incentives move with performance and wage rates get revised. Each variable touches a statutory obligation.
- Provident Fund (PF)
UAN and KYC, joiner and exit processing, transfers between sites and monthly ECR filing, with a consistent approach to how incentives and allowances count in PF wages as the Labour Codes reshape the wage definition.
- ESIC
Many pickers, packers and support staff fall within the ESIC limit, and incentives, overtime or festive allowances can push a month's earnings over. We monitor eligibility so workers have cover from day one.
- Professional Tax (PT)
Slabs, due dates and frequencies vary by state, and some states don't levy PT. We apply the right rules at every site, including for staff who transfer or work remotely.
- Bonus Act
Eligibility, wage ceilings, percentages and set-on/set-off, particularly where seasonal staff come and go. We calculate the annual bonus and keep registers and returns in order.
- Seasonal adjustments and pick-rate incentives
Minimum wage revisions, festive allowances, pick-rate incentives and spot awards calculated on the right basis, with working papers. A picker's query should take minutes to answer, not weeks.
- TDS for corporate and digital teams
Monthly tax on projected income, declarations, proofs and Form 16, so employees aren't surprised at year-end.
Logistics partners, third-party staff and freelancers: shared network, shared risk
Last-mile partners, packaging vendors, dark-store staffing agencies, security and freelance digital contractors keep your operation moving. When a partner slips, the customer and the regulator see your brand.
- Strict wage compliance
We check bank transfer records, wage registers and attendance against the headcount actually deployed at your sites. This matters most during surges, when agency headcount swells fast.
- PF and ESIC remittance checks
We confirm contributions are deposited for the workers placed at your sites, not just a sample.
- Licences and registrations
Contract labour licences where applicable, agency registrations and statutory records, verified at onboarding and on a schedule.
- Gig and platform partners
We check that engagement terms, payout practices and social security obligations match the model you've chosen and the rules in each state.
- Freelance digital contractors
Designers, developers, content creators and growth freelancers each need the right classification and the correct TDS on payments.
Business Registration & Labour Licensing Guide for Employers in India
Licensing in India is layered, and each layer has a different issuing authority. A registration in one layer or one State does not satisfy another. This guide sets out the triggers, the sequence and a 30-60-90 day licensing roadmap.
No. We run a parallel cycle first and plan cutover away from your peak sale weeks. Sites can go live in phases.
Digital onboarding captures documents, statutory details and bank information in one flow. Workers are enrolled for PF and ESIC where applicable from day one, and payroll scales with the batch without adding spreadsheets or headcount on your side.
Yes. Registrations, sub-codes and displays are planned against your launch dates, so compliance doesn't hold up opening day.
We help you classify each engagement (employee, contract labour, agency-sourced or platform-based), set up the right documentation and payout process and apply the correct statutory treatment. Gig and platform rules are evolving at central and state level, so we confirm the current position for your model during setup.
Licences, agreements, wage registers, bank payment evidence and PF and ESIC remittances for workers at your sites. You get a clear report on each vendor's status, risks and actions, and we can repeat it on a schedule.
Yes. PF, ESIC, PT, LWF, Bonus and Shops & Establishments filings across your locations, with one tracker and one point of contact. Data is protected with role-based access, encryption, audit trails and strict confidentiality commitments.
Ready to scale without the compliance scramble?
Your customers expect delivery in minutes. Let Value First take on the payroll, the registrations, the vendor checks and the filings, so you can stay focused on growth, speed and service.