Statutory compliance for hotels and restaurants.
Split shifts, night duty, festive hiring, service charge, outsourced teams and a licence renewal due somewhere. Value First brings accuracy to multi-property payroll and calm to hospitality compliance, so your teams can stay focused on the guest.
Compliance challenges in hospitality & tourism.
Shops & Establishments Acts, state by state
Registration, hours, weekly offs, rest intervals, leave and night-work conditions depend on where the property is. Many states have specific provisions for hotels and eating houses. A rule that holds in Goa may not hold in Jaipur. We map what applies to each property and keep paperwork current.
Split shifts and spread-over rules
A banquet team working lunch and dinner events, or a crew covering breakfast and evening service, creates split shifts. Spread-over, rest breaks and overtime depend on state rules and your policy. We document the logic once and apply it the same way every month.
Night premiums and women at night
Night allowances, overtime and conditions for women working late (consent, transport, security and records) vary by state. They need to appear in rosters, not just policy documents.
Peak-season and festive overtime
Long weekends, wedding season, New Year's Eve and tourist peaks stretch rosters. Hours, double-rate wages, weekly-off substitution and holiday rules must match actual attendance, with proof.
Decentralised properties
Every property has its own general manager, habits and folder of papers. The weakest property becomes the group's risk, and nobody sees the gap until an inspector does.
The people we support.
Front desk and guest relations
The first and last impression. They work rotating shifts and expect accurate pay for every hour.
Housekeeping teams
Keep rooms ready around check-in peaks, often a mix of direct and agency staff.
Culinary teams
Chefs, commis, stewards and kitchen helpers work long hours split across meal services, often with food or accommodation as part of pay.
F&B servers, bartenders and banquet crew
Work irregular hours event by event, with service charge forming a meaningful part of earnings.
Seasonal and event staff
Join for peak periods or per event, sometimes through third parties, and need quick onboarding.
Services for hospitality & tourism.
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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Payroll Compliance
Post-payroll statutory compliance done precisely: EPF, ESI, Professional Tax and Labour Welfare Fund computed, paid, filed and recorded every month, with payroll TDS support alongside.
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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.
ExplorePayroll, PF, ESIC, PT and Bonus: built for variable pay
Hospitality payroll is rarely a fixed figure. Service charge moves with occupancy, overtime swells in peak months and wages get revised often. Each variable touches a statutory obligation.
- Provident Fund (PF)
UAN and KYC, joiner and exit processing, transfers between properties and monthly ECR filing, with a consistent, defensible approach to how allowances are treated in PF wages.
- ESIC
Many hotel and restaurant employees fall within the ESIC limit, and overtime, service charge or an increment can push earnings over. We monitor eligibility and file returns accurately.
- 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 property, including for staff who transfer across states.
- Bonus Act
Eligibility, wage ceilings, percentages and set-on/set-off. We calculate the annual bonus correctly and keep registers and returns in order.
- Service charge, food and accommodation
How service charge counts toward statutory wages, and how meals and staff accommodation are valued, needs a clear, consistent approach. We apply it with working papers and payslips staff can understand.
- Service charge distribution
A transparent method for allocating and paying out service charge in line with your policy and applicable rules, with a clear breakup on every payslip.
Outsourced teams: shared floor, shared risk
Housekeeping agencies, security, banquet contractors, valet, laundry and event labour suppliers keep a property running. When an agency falls short, the guest and the regulator see your name.
- Statutory adherence
Registrations, licences (including those for security agencies and contract labour, where applicable), PF, ESIC and wage records verified at onboarding and on a schedule.
- Wage disbursal verification
We check bank transfer records, wage registers and attendance against the headcount actually deployed at your property. This matters most in peak season, when agency headcount swells fast.
- PF and ESIC remittance checks
We confirm contributions are deposited for the workers placed at your properties, not just a sample.
- Minimising joint-employer exposure
We review your arrangements, advise on what to separate and flag early where contract labour fills core, ongoing roles.
- Banquet and event labour
Per-event and per-day workers need the right engagement model, payment schedule and documentation, even for a single weekend.
Monthly Payroll Compliance Checklist for Indian Employers
A four-phase monthly payroll checklist covering input freeze, wage calculation within statutory ceilings, portal filing and reconciliation, updated for the Income-tax Act, 2025 and the Rs 25,000 EPF ceiling.
No. We run a parallel cycle first, comparing our output with your current numbers, and plan the cutover away from your busiest weeks. Your teams get simple payslips and payday stays on schedule.
We work with your policy to set up a documented method for allocating service charge or tips across eligible staff, apply the correct statutory and tax treatment and show each employee a clear breakup. Rules and practices differ by state, so we confirm the right approach during setup.
Yes. We configure each property's rules separately, including split shifts, night allowances, weekly-off substitution and overtime limits, and consolidate for central reporting. Where practice has statutory gaps, we help you fix them.
Licences, agreements, wage registers, bank payment evidence and PF and ESIC remittances for agency staff at your properties. 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 properties, with one tracker, clear due dates and one point of contact. Data is protected with role-based access, encryption, audit trails and strict confidentiality.
Ready to put the guest first again?
Let Value First take on the shift payroll, the service charge, the filings and the vendor checks, so your general managers and chefs can stay focused on the guest.