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Writing an Attendance and Leave Policy for Nepal
Section 38 lists nine lawful deductions and a late-in fine is not one of them. What a Nepali attendance and leave policy can enforce, and what it cannot.
By NepalHRM Team11 min read
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complianceWorker Protection in Nepal Beyond the Labour Act
The Labour Act 2074 is a floor, not the whole floor plan. Six statutes govern a Nepali employment relationship, and the labour audit form asks about four of them.
By NepalHRM Team13 min read
compliancePublic Holiday Rules for Private Companies in Nepal
The government's 2083 notice runs to 34 days. The Labour Act obliges a private company to give 13. Here is how to pick yours and publish a calendar that holds.
By NepalHRM Team10 min read
attendanceBiometric vs Mobile GPS Attendance: Which Fits Your Office
A device proves a body reached the reader. A phone check-in proves a phone reached a boundary. How to pick per role, and what each one costs you in practice.
By NepalHRM Team11 min read
complianceOffer Letter Rules in Nepal: What It Does and Doesn't Do
The Labour Act 2074 never mentions an offer letter. That silence decides what one can and cannot do, when it becomes binding, and how to withdraw one safely.
By NepalHRM Team9 min read
payrollSalary Increment in Nepal: How to Run an Annual Revision
Section 36 gives every worker with a year of service an annual grade of at least half a day's basic. Here is the floor, the real cost, and the run order.
By NepalHRM Team12 min read
payroll12 Steps to Close Nepal's Payroll Year at Ashad End
Ashad end closes the payroll year. Twelve steps, each with the section that requires it and the date it falls due, from the final run to the income return.
By NepalHRM Team12 min read
payrollLeave Encashment in Nepal: Rules, Limits and Tax
Leave pay is employment income under Section 8(2) of the Income Tax Act, so encashment is taxable. What is encashable, at what rate, and why timing matters.
By NepalHRM Team11 min read
payrollBonus and Festival Expense in Nepali Payroll
Festival expense is one month's basic for every worker, every year. Bonus is 10% of net profit, only if you made one. Two obligations, two statutes, two deadlines.
By NepalHRM Team9 min read
attendanceShift Rosters and Night-Shift Allowance in Nepal
The Labour Act 2074 has no shift chapter and no statutory night premium. What actually binds a roster, and where a night allowance gets its legal force.
By NepalHRM Team11 min read
payrollSalary Structure in Nepal: Basic, Allowance, In-Hand
Why the basic figure decides almost everything on a Nepali payslip, what the 60% convention really is, and how gross becomes in-hand pay. With worked numbers.
By NepalHRM Team8 min read
payrollSalary Certificate in Nepal: What It Is and Who Signs
A salary certificate is not a payslip and the Labour Act never mentions it. What banks and embassies actually check on one, and the eleven lines it needs.
By NepalHRM Team9 min read
payrollHow to Check Your SSF Balance and Statement in Nepal
Your SSF balance lives with the Fund, not with your employer. The contributor portal, the SSF Nepal app, and what to do when the number does not match your payslips.
By NepalHRM Team10 min read
payrollNepal's Fiscal Year 2083/84: Dates, Quarters, Deadlines
Nepal's fiscal year 2083/84 began on Shrawan 1, 2083 (17 July 2026) and closes at Ashad end 2084. The dates, the quarter question, and the deadlines that follow.
By NepalHRM Team11 min read
attendanceLate Coming and Absence: What You Can Legally Deduct
Section 38 lists nine lawful deductions and a late fine is not one of them. What the Labour Act 2074 actually allows against lateness, absence and early exits.
By NepalHRM Team10 min read
complianceEmployment Contracts in Nepal: What Section 11 Requires
Section 11 bans engaging anyone without an employment contract, and Rule 4 lists what it must disclose. What the law requires, and what happens when you skip it.
By NepalHRM Team10 min read
complianceAppointment Letter in Nepal: What It Must Legally Say
In Nepal the appointment letter is the employment contract, so Section 11(3) and Rule 4 fix its contents. The eight compulsory items, and the four that get missed.
By NepalHRM Team10 min read
attendanceAttendance Policy for Nepali Companies: A Template
An attendance policy is only enforceable when it sits in a bye-law registered under Section 108. Twelve clauses that belong in it, and four that never should.
By NepalHRM Team12 min read
complianceHow to Write a Leave Policy for a Nepali Company
Eleven decisions the Labour Act 2074 forces you to make, in the order to make them, from which leave year applies to what happens above the accumulation ceiling.
By NepalHRM Team11 min read
payrollFull and Final Settlement in Nepal: A Step-by-Step Guide
Every amount a departing employee is owed in Nepal, the fifteen day deadline in Section 148, and the penalty that keeps the salary running if you miss it.
By NepalHRM Team9 min read
complianceExperience and Relieving Letters in Nepal: The Rules
Section 150 makes the experience certificate compulsory on request and fixes what it must state. The relieving letter is not in the Act at all. What that changes.
By NepalHRM Team9 min read
compliancePayroll Compliance Calendar Nepal FY 2083/84
Every payroll deadline for FY 2083/84 in one place: TDS at 15 days, SSF at 25, the labour audit in Poush, bonus by Falgun, and the returns in between.
By NepalHRM Team9 min read
complianceEmployee Handbook in Nepal: What Section 108 Requires
Nepal's law calls the employee handbook by-laws. Section 108 makes writing one optional and binding the moment you do. Five things you cannot do without one.
By NepalHRM Team14 min read
payrollPayroll Accounting in Nepal: Entries and Reconciliation
The four journal entries a Nepali payroll month produces, why the employer's contribution is an expense and not a deduction, and the three checks that catch errors.
By NepalHRM Team8 min read
payrollPF and Gratuity to SSF: An Employer's Migration Guide
Moving from provident fund and gratuity to Nepal's Social Security Fund changes three payroll lines and one tax band. What it costs, with the numbers worked out.
By NepalHRM Team11 min read
payroll6 SSF Mistakes That Cost Nepali Employers Money
Contributing on gross, running PF alongside SSF, and still charging the 1% social security tax. Six SSF errors with the rupee cost of each one worked out.
By NepalHRM Team11 min read
payrollSSF Schemes in Nepal: What the 31% Actually Buys
Nepal's Social Security Fund splits every contribution four ways. The medical caps, the accident cover, the dependent benefits, and the pension divisor of 160.
By NepalHRM Team14 min read
payrollSSF Registration in Nepal: An Employer's Step-by-Step
Registering a company with Nepal's Social Security Fund, enlisting each employee within three months, and what the Fund can do when neither has happened.
By NepalHRM Team11 min read
complianceProbation Period in Nepal: Rules, Length, and Ending It
Nepal's Labour Act 2074 caps probation at six months and confirms the employee automatically when it ends. What Section 13 allows, and what it does not.
By NepalHRM Team10 min read
complianceEmployment Types in Nepal: All Five, Under Section 10
Regular, work-based, time-based, casual and part-time employment in Nepal, what separates them, and why the label in your contract does not decide the answer.
By NepalHRM Team11 min read
payrollMonthly SSF Filing in Nepal: Deadline and Penalties
The SSF deposit deadline is now 25 days after the month ends, not 15. What the 2082 amendment changed, and what late payment costs an employer in Nepal.
By NepalHRM Team10 min read
complianceWorking Hours and Weekly Holiday Rules in Nepal
Eight hours a day, forty-eight a week, one weekly leave, and a half-hour rest that counts inside the shift. Sections 28 to 33 and 40 to 42, read properly.
By NepalHRM Team10 min read
complianceOvertime Rules in Nepal: Rates, Daily Limits, and How to Calculate
The Labour Act 2074 pays overtime at 1.5 times basic remuneration, not gross. Sections 28 to 31, the daily and weekly caps, and a worked example.
By NepalHRM Team11 min read
complianceLabour Audit in Nepal: A Compliance Checklist (2083/84)
Every enterprise in Nepal owes a labour audit. Here is Schedule 10 of the Labour Rules 2075 in English, question by question, plus the deadline and the penalties.
By NepalHRM Team13 min read
complianceTermination and Notice Period in Nepal: Employer Guide
Seven lawful routes out of an employment relation in Nepal, the notice each needs, the 15-day settlement deadline, and the retrenchment compensation formula.
By NepalHRM Team13 min read
complianceLeave Types in Nepal Under the Labour Act 2074
Home, sick, public, substitute, maternity, paternity and mourning leave: what each one gives, the sections that set it, and which leave an employer may refuse.
By NepalHRM Team13 min read
complianceGratuity in Nepal: Who Qualifies and How Much Is Paid
Gratuity in Nepal is 8.33% of basic salary deposited every month from day one, not a lump sum computed at exit. What the 2074 Act changed, and why it matters.
By NepalHRM Team10 min read
payrollPayroll Outsourcing vs Software in Nepal: Cost Math
What outsourcing a Nepali payroll really costs against running it in-house, where the break-even sits, and the one liability outsourcing does not transfer.
By NepalHRM Team9 min read
payrollHow to Switch HR & Payroll Software in Nepal: FY 2083/84 Checklist
Nepal's new fiscal year (FY 2083/84) starts on Shrawan 1, 2083 - around 17 July 2026 - and it brings a major income-tax change. Here is the step-by-step…
By NepalHRM Team5 min read
complianceNepal Labor Act 2074: Employee Rights, Leave, Wages & Compliance Guide
A practical, plain-English guide to the Nepal Labor Act 2074 - working hours, leave rules, minimum wage, SSF contributions, probation, and termination -…
By NepalHRM Team8 min read
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