HR Guide to Code on Wages by Venugopal Gella is an implementation handbook for the people who actually run payroll under the Code on Wages 2019. It skips the bare Act and case law and focuses on getting minimum wages, the definition of wages, deductions, bonus, overtime and equal remuneration right in every wage period – in a way that can be evidenced and audited.
The book contains more than 150 worked examples, 85 of them full numerical computations, a catalogue of 34 common payroll errors, model clauses and nine annexures of ready formats, registers and checklists. Each chapter closes with a control or checklist that can be put to use straight away. The 2026 Edition is updated to August 2026. Written for HR managers, payroll processors, compliance officers and consultants. Paperback, 728 pages.
