SOCIAL SECURITY CODE COMPLIANCE READINESS AUDIT

From “We Pay Statutory Contributions” to “We Can Prove Compliance.”

A 3-Hour Practical Online Workshop for HR, Payroll, IR, Compliance & Finance Professionals

Learn how to assess, test, reconcile, document and report social security compliance across the employee lifecycle under Social Security Code 2020.

IS YOUR ORGANISATION REALLY SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLIANCE-READY?

Most organisations have a payroll process.

Most organisations make statutory payments.

Most organisations maintain compliance records.

But when an auditor, inspector, internal audit team, management or legal team asks:

“Show me the evidence that the compliance is correct.”

Can your team establish the answer quickly?

The risk is rarely limited to whether a contribution was deposited.

The real exposure can exist in:

Employee Coverage → Wage Classification → Contribution Calculation → Payroll → Challan → Return → Reconciliation → Records → Evidence

That is why organisations need a structured Social Security Compliance Readiness Audit.

WHAT IS THE CODE ON SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLIANCE READINESS AUDIT?

It is a structured, evidence-based audit approach for assessing whether an organisation’s social security compliance processes are:

APPLICABLE – ACCURATE – RECONCILED – DOCUMENTED – EVIDENCE-BACKED – AUDIT-READY

The workshop converts statutory compliance requirements into practical audit checkpoints, testing procedures, reconciliation controls and evidence requirements.

WHAT WILL WE COVER?

MODULE 1 — SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLIANCE READINESS FRAMEWORK

Understand how to design a social security compliance audit across the employee lifecycle.

Coverage includes:

• Compliance universe identification
• Applicability assessment
• Employee lifecycle mapping
• Statutory responsibility matrix
• Compliance risk identification
• Audit scope definition
• Audit sampling approach
• Evidence-based compliance
• Exception identification
• Corrective-action framework

MODULE 2 — EPF COMPLIANCE READINESS AUDIT

Learn how to systematically review EPF compliance rather than merely checking whether monthly deposits were made.

Audit areas:

• Establishment applicability
• Employee coverage
• Employee master validation
• UAN-related records
• Wage component review
• Contribution testing
• Employer contribution validation
• Employee contribution validation
• Challan verification
• ECR/data verification
• Payroll-to-EPF reconciliation
• Exceptions and variance analysis
• Supporting evidence

Key audit question:

Does the EPF contribution actually reconcile with the underlying employee and payroll data?

MODULE 3 — ESI COMPLIANCE READINESS AUDIT

Build a structured ESI review covering applicability, employee coverage, contributions and records.

Audit areas:

• Establishment applicability
• Employee coverage
• Wage assessment
• Contribution calculation
• Employee master reconciliation
• Contribution-period testing
• Challan verification
• Return/data verification
• Payroll reconciliation
• Employee records
• Exception identification
• Evidence validation

Key audit question:

Can the organisation demonstrate that ESI coverage and contributions have been correctly determined for every applicable employee?

MODULE 4 — GRATUITY COMPLIANCE REVIEW

Gratuity compliance must be assessed across the employee lifecycle — not only at the time of separation.

Review:

• Eligibility
• Continuous service
• Service-period records
• Wage basis
• Calculation methodology
• Nomination records
• Employee separation
• Full & Final settlement
• Payment records
• Statutory documentation
• Provisioning and control framework

Practical focus:

Employee Data → Service Record → Eligibility → Calculation → Payment → Evidence

MODULE 5 — MATERNITY BENEFIT COMPLIANCE REVIEW

Assess whether organisational processes adequately support statutory maternity benefit requirements.

Review areas:

• Employee eligibility
• Leave records
• Benefit administration
• Payment controls
• Attendance integration
• Payroll integration
• Documentation
• Employee records
• Process controls
• Compliance evidence

Key question:

Can the organisation demonstrate that maternity benefit obligations are correctly administered and documented?

MODULE 6 — CONTRACTOR SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT

One of the most important modules for manufacturing organisations.

Contractor compliance cannot be reduced to collecting a monthly declaration.

The audit must connect:

Contractor Employee List à Attendance à Wage Sheet à Payroll à EPF/ESI Contribution  à Challan à Return à Contractor Bill à Principal Employer Verification

Audit checkpoints:

• Contractor registration details
• Workforce deployment
• Employee master
• Attendance
• Wage records
• EPF contribution
• ESI contribution
• Challans
• Returns
• Contractor declarations
• Monthly compliance submissions
• Bill certification
• Exception management
• Evidence retention

MODULE 7 — CONTRIBUTION TESTING

Don’t Just Review the Contribution. TEST IT.

Participants will learn a practical contribution-testing approach under Social Security Code.

Testing logic:

Applicable Employee

Applicable Wage Base

Applicable Contribution Rate

Applicable Period

=

Expected Contribution

Then compare:

Expected Contribution vs Actual Contribution

Result:

Variance Identified → Root Cause → Risk Classification → Corrective Action

MODULE 8 — RECORD VALIDATION

The audit will cover how to assess the completeness and consistency of:

• Employee records
• Payroll records
• Attendance records
• Wage records
• Contribution records
• Statutory returns
• Challans
• Registers
• Contractor records
• Nomination records
• Leave records
• Settlement records
• Correspondence
• Approvals
• Reconciliation statements

THE SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLIANCE READINESS AUDIT FLOW

A PRACTICAL 8-STEP MODEL

STEP 1 — MAP

Map statutory requirements to the employee lifecycle.

STEP 2 — IDENTIFY

Identify applicable employees, establishments and contractors.

STEP 3 — EXTRACT

Collect payroll, HRMS, attendance and statutory data.

STEP 4 — TEST

Test coverage, wage basis and contribution calculations.

STEP 5 — RECONCILE

Reconcile payroll, statutory data, challans and returns.

STEP 6 — VALIDATE

Validate records and documentary evidence.

STEP 7 — CLASSIFY

Classify findings by risk and materiality.

STEP 8 — CLOSE

Assign corrective actions, ownership and timelines.

YOUR WORKSHOP DELIVERABLES

YOU DON’T JUST ATTEND. YOU TAKE THE AUDIT SYSTEM BACK WITH YOU.

✔ 1. SOCIAL SECURITY AUDIT TOOLKIT

A structured toolkit to plan and execute a social security compliance readiness audit.

Includes:

• Audit planning framework
• Audit scope
• Compliance mapping
• Testing methodology
• Finding classification
• Evidence framework
• Corrective-action framework

✔ 2. EPF REVIEW CHECKLIST

Practical checkpoints covering:

• Applicability
• Coverage
• Wage review
• Contribution testing
• Employee records
• Challans
• Returns
• Reconciliation
• Evidence

✔ 3. ESI REVIEW CHECKLIST

Coverage of:

• Applicability
• Employee coverage
• Wage assessment
• Contribution testing
• Challans
• Returns
• Payroll reconciliation
• Records
• Evidence

✔ 4. CONTRIBUTION VALIDATION SHEETS

Use structured validation sheets to compare:

Expected Contribution

vs.

Actual Contribution

and identify:

• Employee-level variance
• Payroll-level variance
• Period-level variance
• Contractor-level variance
• Unexplained differences

✔ 5. SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLIANCE READINESS DASHBOARD

Build a management-level dashboard showing:

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

✔ Build- A structured Social Security Compliance Readiness Audit.

✔ Audit- EPF and ESI compliance systematically.

✔ Review – Gratuity and maternity benefit compliance controls.

✔ Test – Statutory contribution calculations.

✔ Reconcile – Payroll against statutory contribution records.

✔ Audit – Contractor social security compliance.

✔ Verify – Registrations, returns and statutory records.

✔ Identify – Compliance gaps, documentation gaps and evidence gaps.

✔ Report – Findings using a management-ready dashboard.

✔ Strengthen -Your organisation’s inspection and audit readiness.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

HR PROFESSIONALS

• HR Heads
• HR Managers
• Plant HR Heads
• Factory HR Managers
• HR Business Partners

PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS

• Payroll Heads
• Payroll Managers
• Payroll Executives
• Compensation & Benefits Professionals

COMPLIANCE & IR

• Labour Law Professionals
• Compliance Managers
• Statutory Compliance Officers
• IR Managers
• Legal & Compliance Teams

ASSURANCE FUNCTIONS

• Internal Auditors
• Finance Professionals
• Risk Professionals
• Corporate Governance Teams

CONSULTANTS

• HR Consultants
• Labour Law Consultants
• Payroll Consultants
• Compliance Consultants

ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR

Manufacturing | Automotive | Engineering | FMCG | Logistics | Warehousing | Infrastructure | EPC | Retail | Healthcare | IT/ITES | Facility Management | Contractor-Intensive Operations

3-HOUR WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2026

INVESTMENT

SPECIAL WORKSHOP FEE – ₹599 ONLY

FOR A COMPLETE 3-HOUR PRACTICAL AUDIT WORKSHOP

Your registration includes:

✔ 3-hour live online workshop
✔ Social Security Audit Toolkit
✔ EPF Review Checklist
✔ ESI Review Checklist
✔ Contribution Validation Sheets
✔ Payroll Reconciliation Framework
✔ Contractor Compliance Review Framework
✔ Registration Review Framework
✔ Returns Verification Framework
✔ Record Validation Framework
✔ Evidence Collection Matrix
✔ Compliance Dashboard Framework

One workshop.

One practical audit framework.

Multiple tools you can use in your organisation.

YOUR ORGANISATION MAY BE COMPLIANT.

BUT CAN YOU PROVE IT?

If the answer is:

“We need to check.”

Then this workshop is for you.

BUILD YOUR ORGANISATION SOCIAL SECURITY CODE COMPLIANCE READY, BEFORE IT BECOME NON COMPLIANCE

Don’t wait until a statutory inspection, internal audit, employee dispute, contractor issue or management review exposes a gap.

RESERVE YOUR SEAT

CODE ON SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLIANCE READINESS AUDIT

Friday, August 28, 2026

8:00 PM – 11:00 PM IST

Live Online

₹599/- Only

REGISTER NOW HERE : https://u.payu.in/PAYUMN/uJ2CnuV8kTIy

Build the capability to identify social security compliance gaps before they become compliance risks.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1. What is this workshop about?

It is a 3-hour practical workshop on conducting a Code on Social Security Compliance Readiness Audit across the employee lifecycle.

2. Is this a legal update programme?

No. The focus is on practical compliance auditing, testing, reconciliation, documentation, evidence and reporting.

3. Will EPF and ESI be covered?

Yes. EPF and ESI receive dedicated audit coverage, including applicability, employee coverage, wage testing, contribution validation, challans, returns, reconciliation and evidence.

4. Will gratuity compliance be covered?

Yes. The workshop includes eligibility, service records, wage basis, calculation, payment and documentation controls.

5. Will maternity benefit compliance be covered?

Yes. The programme includes maternity benefit eligibility, leave, payment, payroll, records and process controls.

6. Is contractor compliance covered?

Yes. Contractor social security compliance is an important part of the workshop, including employee data, wages, contributions, challans, returns and principal-employer controls.

7. Will payroll reconciliation be explained?

Yes. Participants will learn how to connect employee master data, attendance, payroll, statutory contribution data, challans, returns and financial records.

8. Will practical tools be provided?

Yes. Participants receive the Social Security Audit Toolkit, EPF & ESI Review Checklists, Contribution Validation Sheets and Compliance Dashboard Framework, along with supporting audit resources.

9. Who can attend?

HR, payroll, compliance, IR, finance, internal audit, legal, contractor management and consulting professionals can attend.

10. Is this suitable for manufacturing organisations?

Yes. The framework is particularly relevant to large manufacturing organisations with shopfloor employees, multiple locations and contractor workforces.

11. Is the workshop suitable for consultants?

Yes. Consultants can use the audit framework and tools as a foundation for structured client compliance-readiness assessments, subject to adapting them to the applicable legal and operational context.

12. What is the workshop timing?

Friday, August 21, 2026, from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM IST.

13. What is the investment?

The special workshop investment is ₹599.

14. Is this a recorded course?

No, this is a live online workshop. Access Details will be shared post registration.

SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLIANCE SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON ASSUMPTION.

It should be:

TESTED.

RECONCILED.

DOCUMENTED.

SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE.

Join the Code on Social Security Compliance Readiness Audit and learn how to build a practical audit framework for your organisation.

FRIDAY | AUGUST 28, 2026

8:00 PM – 11:00 PM IST

LIVE ONLINE

₹599/- Only

REGISTER NOW HERE : https://u.payu.in/PAYUMN/uJ2CnuV8kTIy

Don’t wait for the audit to reveal the gap. Audit your readiness first.