HR compliance is the discipline of making sure an organisation meets every legal, contractual and ethical obligation it has towards its workforce. In India this has become far more demanding. The four Labour Codes have replaced a large body of older Acts. State-level laws still apply on top of them, and data privacy, workplace safety, equality and ESG disclosures have added further duties. A missed filing, a wrongly computed payment or a poorly run inquiry can now lead to penalties, claims, client audit findings and damage to reputation.
The Vskills Certified HR Compliance Professional course covers this in 22 modules. You learn how to build a compliance framework, manage wages, payroll and social security, and handle safety, contract labour and industrial relations. You also learn compliant hiring, POSH, fair investigations, exits, employee data privacy, HR technology and AI, audits, and global compliance. Each module ends with a practical lab. On completing the course, you earn a Govt. Certified credential that shows employers you can keep an organisation compliant.
Why Choose Vskills HR Compliance Certification
HR compliance is no longer a back-office task. Employers need people who understand the new labour law structure and can apply it in payroll, hiring, workplace conduct and audits. This certification gives you a structured way to build that capability and a credential to prove it.
- Govt. Certified credential: Earn a Govt. Certification that adds credibility to your resume and shows verified knowledge of HR compliance.
- Built around the Labour Codes: Learn how India’s labour law is organised after the shift from many separate Acts to four Codes, and how to work out which rules apply to your organisation.
- Covers the full HR lifecycle: Go from hiring, contracts and onboarding to conduct, discipline, separation and full and final settlement, with the statutory steps at each stage.
- Payroll and statutory depth: Cover wages, bonus, PF, ESI, gratuity, maternity benefit, TDS on salaries, Professional Tax and Labour Welfare Fund in practical detail.
- Modern topics included: Learn employee data privacy, workplace monitoring, AI in HR, compliance automation, and ESG and human rights disclosures.
- A practical lab in every module: Build tools you can use at work, such as an obligations register, a compliance calendar, a vendor verification pack and a mock audit report.
- Global perspective: Understand international labour standards, cross-border hiring and global mobility for foreign nationals and Indians abroad.
- Lifetime validity: Your certificate never expires and needs no renewal.
- Flexible online learning: Study with e-learning material at your own pace, then take an online proctored exam of 50 MCQs in 60 minutes (50% to pass).
Who Should Enroll
- This course suits anyone who works with people, payroll or workplace rules, or wants to build a career in compliance. No prior legal background is required.
- HR professionals and executives: Strengthen your grasp of the statutory rules behind everyday HR work.
- Payroll and compensation professionals: Learn how wages, deductions, contributions and filings must be handled to stay compliant.
- Compliance and legal team members: Add a specialist understanding of labour law and HR obligations.
- HR and compliance consultants: Advise clients with a current view of the Labour Codes, state laws and audits.
- Business owners and startup founders: Understand your obligations as an employer and avoid costly mistakes as you grow.
- Plant, facility and operations managers: Handle safety, working hours, contract labour and inspections with confidence.
- Staffing and outsourcing professionals: Manage contractor licensing, principal employer liability and vendor verification.
- Auditors and finance professionals: Review HR compliance, test records and report findings.
- Graduates and job seekers: Enter HR and compliance roles with a Govt. Certified credential and practical project work.
What You Will Learn
The course has 22 modules in six parts. It takes you from India’s labour law structure after the Labour Codes, through wages, payroll, workplace safety and industrial relations, to the employee lifecycle, data privacy, audits and global compliance. Every module ends with a practical lab, and a capstone module brings it all together in a compliance turnaround plan.
- Build a risk-based HR compliance framework and work out which labour laws apply across states and sectors
- Manage wages, bonus, PF, ESI, gratuity, maternity benefit and statutory payroll with accuracy
- Control safety, contract labour, fixed-term and gig workforce risk, and apply the Industrial Relations Code
- Handle hiring, contracts, POSH inquiries, workplace investigations, discipline and full and final settlements
- Protect employee data, assess AI risks in HR tools and use technology to support compliance work
- Prepare statutory filings, run internal audits, face inspections and manage global and ESG compliance requirements
Exam and Certification Details
| Detail |
Information |
| Exam Format |
Online — attempt from anywhere, anytime |
| Number of Questions |
50 multiple-choice questions |
| Duration |
60 minutes |
| Passing Score |
25 out of 50 (50%) — no negative marking |
| Certificate Validity |
Lifetime — no renewal required |
| e-Learning Access |
Lifetime access to LMS and future content updates |
| Result |
Instant — available immediately after exam completion |
| Language |
English |
Career Outcomes
Organisations of every size now need people who can keep their workforce practices compliant. The table below shows common roles, the industries that hire for them and indicative salary ranges in India.
| Job Role |
Industry |
Avg. Salary India |
Experience Level |
| HR Compliance Executive |
IT/ITeS, Manufacturing & Staffing |
INR 2,80,000 - INR 5,00,000 |
0-3 years |
| Payroll Compliance Specialist |
Payroll Services, BFSI & IT Services |
INR 3,00,000 - INR 6,00,000 |
1-4 years |
| Employee Relations & POSH Specialist |
Corporates, Retail & Healthcare |
INR 4,00,000 - INR 8,00,000 |
2-5 years |
| HR Audit Specialist |
Consulting Firms, BFSI & Manufacturing |
INR 5,00,000 - INR 10,00,000 |
3-6 years |
| Labour Law Consultant |
Advisory Firms & Independent Practice |
INR 4,00,000 - INR 12,00,000 |
3-8 years |
| Contract Labour & Vendor Compliance Manager |
Manufacturing, Construction & Staffing |
INR 6,00,000 - INR 12,00,000 |
4-8 years |
| HR Compliance Manager |
IT Services, Manufacturing & Multi-State Employers |
INR 8,00,000 - INR 15,00,000 |
5-9 years |
| Head of HR Compliance / Labour Relations |
Large Corporates & Multi-State Employers |
INR 18,00,000 - INR 32,00,000 |
10-15 years |
Companies That Hire
HR compliance skills are needed in almost every sector. Professionals with this expertise are commonly hired by IT and ITeS companies, manufacturers, staffing and payroll service providers, consulting and advisory firms, banks and large corporates. Examples include Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCLTech, Accenture, Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PwC, Quess Corp, TeamLease, Randstad India, Tata Group companies and Larsen & Toubro.
HR Compliance Table of Contents
https://www.vskills.in/certification/hr-compliance-certification-table-of-contents
HR Compliance Sample Questions
https://www.vskills.in/certification/hr-compliance-certification-sample-questions
HR Compliance Interview Questions
https://www.vskills.in/interview-questions/human-resources-interview-questions/hr-compliance-interview-questions
HR Compliance Practice Tests
https://www.vskills.in/practice/hr-compliance-practice-questions
HR Compliance Tutorials
https://www.vskills.in/certification/tutorial/certified-hr-compliance-professional/
TABLE OF CONTENT
Module 1: HR Compliance in 2026: Role, Scope and Career
- What HR compliance covers: statutory, contractual, policy and ethical obligations
- The cost of non-compliance: penalties, prosecution, claims, client audits and reputation
- Where HR compliance sits: payroll, legal, finance, EHS
- Roles and career paths: HR compliance executive, payroll compliance specialist
- Professional ethics, independence and escalation duties of the compliance professional
- Risk-based compliance and the compliance-by-design mindset
- Practical Lab: Map an organisation’s HR compliance universe
Module 2: India’s Labour Law Architecture After the Labour Codes
- Constitutional basis: Concurrent List, appropriate government, central vs state powers
- From 29 central Acts to four Codes: what was consolidated and what changed
- Central Rules, state rules and transition: how to determine which rule applies
- Laws outside the Codes: Shops & Establishments, POSH, child labour
- Definitions that drive applicability: employee, worker, wages, establishment
- Sector-specific applicability: IT/ITeS, manufacturing, construction, retail, staffing and startups
- The inspector-cum-facilitator model, web-based inspections, compounding and decriminalisation
- Practical Lab: Build an applicability matrix for a multi-state employer
Module 3: Building the HR Compliance Framework
- Governance: ownership, RACI, escalation and leadership reporting
- Compliance risk assessment and heat maps
- Policies, SOPs, the employee handbook and the policy lifecycle
- Designing the obligations register and the annual compliance calendar
- Registers, records, digital record-keeping and retention
- Tracking legal change: gazettes, government portals and notifications
- Practical Lab: Create an obligations register and annual compliance calendar
Module 4: Code on Wages: Minimum Wages, Payment and Bonus
- Coverage and the uniform definition of wages; the 50% rule and CTC restructuring
- Floor wage, minimum wage fixation, revision and variable dearness allowance
- Payment timelines, permitted deductions, fines and overtime
- Statutory bonus: eligibility, computation, set-on and set-off
- Equal remuneration provisions and non-discrimination in recruitment and wages
- Claims, inspections and penalties
- Practical Lab: Restructure a salary and test it against the wage definition
Module 5: Code on Social Security I: Provident Fund, Pension and ESI
- EPF, EPS and EDLI: coverage, contribution base, UAN, KYC, transfers and withdrawals
- Monthly ECR filing and reconciliation
- Employment-linked incentive schemes
- ESI: coverage, contributions, benefits and accident reporting
- Damages, interest, recovery and common audit findings
- Practical Lab: Compute monthly PF and ESI and reconcile challans
Module 6: Code on Social Security II: Gratuity, Maternity, Employee Compensation
- Gratuity: eligibility, computation, ceiling, nomination, funding and provisioning
- Maternity benefit: leave, adoption and commissioning mothers
- Employee compensation for injury: liability, calculation and reporting
- Gig and platform workers: aggregator contributions, registration and schemes
- Unorganised workers, building and construction workers, and e-Shram
- Practical Lab: Compute gratuity for permanent and fixed-term exits
Module 7: Payroll Compliance and State-Level Statutory Laws
- The statutory payroll cycle: inputs, deductions, challans, payslips and reconciliations
- TDS on salaries under the Income-tax Act, 2025
- Professional Tax: state slabs, registration, enrolment and returns
- Labour Welfare Fund: state contributions and periodicity
- Shops & Establishments Acts
- National and Festival Holidays Acts and leave entitlements
- Practical Lab: Run a month’s statutory payroll checklist for a multi-state employer
Module 8: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code
- Applicability, registration and licensing
- Employer duties, safety committees, safety officers and annual health check-ups
- Working hours, overtime, weekly rest, leave, and women in all shifts with safeguards
- Welfare facilities: canteen, crèche, first aid, drinking water, rest rooms
- Accident and dangerous occurrence reporting; hazardous processes
- Inter-state migrant workers
- Practical Lab: OSH compliance walk-through for a plant and an office
Module 9: Contract Labour, Fixed-Term, Gig and Outsourced Workforce
- Contract labour: thresholds, licensing, core-activity restrictions
- Principal employer liability and monthly contractor verification
- Fixed-term employment: parity, documentation and gratuity
- Staffing agencies, employer of record, apprentices and interns
- Freelancers and consultants: misclassification and deemed-employment risk
- Practical Lab: Build a vendor compliance verification pack
Module 10: Industrial Relations Code: Standing Orders, Unions and Disputes
- Standing orders: applicability, model standing orders, certification
- Trade unions, negotiating union and negotiating council
- Grievance Redressal Committee and works committee
- Industrial disputes: conciliation, arbitration and tribunals
- Strikes and lockouts: notice requirements
- Lay-off, retrenchment and closure
- Practical Lab: Plan a lawful restructuring exercise
Module 11: Compliant Hiring, Onboarding and Employment Contracts
- Non-discriminatory recruitment and lawful screening
- Background verification and candidate consent
- Appointment letters, contract essentials, probation and notice
- Non-compete, non-solicit, confidentiality, IP assignment and employment bonds
- Remote, hybrid and work-from-home arrangements
- Statutory onboarding steps: UAN, ESI, nominations, policy acknowledgements
- Practical Lab: Audit an offer letter and appointment letter
Module 12: POSH and Workplace Dignity
- The POSH Act framework and employer duties
- Internal Committee, Local Committee and the SHe-Box portal
- From complaint to inquiry to report: timelines, natural justice, confidentiality
- Annual reporting and disclosures
- Bullying, retaliation and gender-inclusive policies beyond the Act
- Practical Lab: Internal Committee inquiry simulation
Module 13: Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Fair Labour Practices
- The constitutional and statutory equality framework
- Persons with disabilities: equal opportunity policy
- Rights of transgender persons; HIV-status protections
- Pay equity analysis and pay-gap reporting
- Child and adolescent labour, bonded and forced labour, age verification
- Practical Lab: Run a DEI compliance gap assessment
Module 14: Workplace Conduct, Investigations and Discipline
- Code of conduct, conflicts of interest and gifts
- Whistleblower and vigil mechanisms
- Running fair workplace investigations: evidence, interviews, findings
- Domestic enquiry, natural justice, suspension and subsistence allowance
- Proportionate penalties and defensible documentation
- Practical Lab: Investigate a case and write the findings report
Module 15: Separation, Exit and Full and Final Settlement
- Resignation, termination, retirement and death in service
- Notice, garden leave, and relieving and experience letters
- Full and final settlement within two working days: gratuity, leave encashment, bonus
- Wrongful termination risk and settlement agreements
- Exit actions for PF, ESI, assets and employee data
- Practical Lab: Compute a full and final settlement and complete an exit checklist
Module 16: Employee Data Privacy and Workplace Monitoring
- The DPDP Act and Rules for employers: phased timeline and legitimate use in employment
- Notices, consent, employee rights, retention and erasure
- Breach response with IT and legal
- Monitoring: CCTV, email, biometrics, BYOD and productivity tools
- Cross-border transfers and GDPR for global teams
- Practical Lab: Build an employee data inventory and draft a privacy notice
Module 17: HR Technology, AI and Compliance Automation
- HRMS and payroll automation, statutory portals and e-registers
- AI in hiring, performance and monitoring: bias, explainability, human oversight
- Global AI rules for employment decisions, including EU high-risk obligations
- Vendor due diligence and AI governance for HR
- Using AI for compliance work
- Practical Lab: AI risk assessment
Module 18: Statutory Filings, HR Audits, Inspections and Litigation
- Returns and filings in practice: portals, unified returns, due-date management, proof of compliance
- Internal HR compliance audits: scope, sampling, checklists, rating
- Facing inspections under the facilitator regime
- Responding to notices, show-cause and claims; compounding
- Managing labour litigation: case tracking, evidence and working with counsel
- Penalties, prosecution and remediation plans
- Practical Lab: Conduct a mock HR compliance audit and write the report
Module 19: ESG, Human Rights and Responsible Workforce Practices
- BRSR workforce and human rights disclosures
- Human rights due diligence in operations and supply chains
- Wellbeing, mental health and duty of care
- Modern slavery and forced labour expectations from global clients
- Practical Lab: Compile the workforce section of a BRSR report
Module 20: International Labour Standards and Global HR Compliance
- The ILO, fundamental principles and core conventions, and India’s position
- The EU: pay transparency, platform work and working time rules
- The UK Employment Rights Act 2025
- The USA: federal vs state employment law and pay transparency
- Gulf and Asia-Pacific snapshot
- Hiring across borders: employer of record and permanent establishment risk
- Practical Lab: Build a multi-country compliance comparison matrix
Module 21: Global Mobility: Foreign Nationals in India and Indians Abroad
- Employing foreign nationals: employment visas, registration, EPF
- Deputation and secondment: social security agreements and certificates of coverage
- Emigration requirements and host-country compliance
- Remote work from abroad
- Practical Lab: Assignment compliance checklist
Module 22: Capstone and Career Toolkit
- Integrated case: running HR compliance for a multi-state organisation
- Building a 90-day compliance turnaround plan
- Portfolio, interview preparation and career progression
- Practical Lab: Present the capstone compliance report
