Often, companies undertake a very comprehensive internal audit of their processes and operations. But often, the legal, compliance aspects are ignored. We provide a few guidelines below to be fully compliant with Legal regulations, which is now the single biggest compliance risk. It is very important that legality of Environmental Law should be verified that is EIA, Environmental Consent, etc. Also the compliance needs to be verified with respect to Factories Act regarding Factory Licence, Standing orders, etc. Further factory could also need to have procedures for operational control and safety PPE's (Personal Protective Equipment) being used by personnel. Emergency preparedness plans. Technical assessment of manufacturing processes should be done to verify statutory compliance w.r.t. Factories Act and other applicable acts like, Minimum Wages, Apprenticeship Act, Migrant Labour Act, Environmental Act (Most Stringent), Batteries Act, etc. Some of the applicable acts that need to be complied with are as follows. Depending upon which state the company is operating in or registered, applicable state laws need to be referred. 1. The Factories Act 1948 & The Rajasthan Factory Rules 1951 2. The Trade Unions Act 1926 3. The Industrial Employment Act 1946 (Standing Orders) 4. The Industrial Disputes Act 1947 5. The Contract Labor (Regulation & Abolition) Act 1970 6. The Minimum Wages Act 1948 7. The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 8. The Workmen's compensation Act 1923 & The workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act 2000 9. The Payment of Wages Act 1936 & The Payment of Wage Rules 1937 10. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act 2005 11. The Payment of Bonus Act 1965 & The Payment of Bonus Rules 1975 12. The Employee Provident Funds and Misc. Provisions Act 1952 13. The Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 14. The Employee State Insurance Corporation Act 1948 15. The Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act 1976 16. The Child Labor (Prohibition & Regulation) Act 1986 17. The Equal Remuneration Act 1976 18. The Maternity Benefit Act 1961 19. The Environment Protection Act 1986 20. The Water Act 1974 21. The Water Cess Act 1977 22. The Air Act 1981 23. Rajasthan Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Rules 1991 24. The Weekly Holiday Act 1942