Minimum wages and bonus administration are streamlined under the Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2026 with detailed compliance procedures. The Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2026 replace multiple earlier central wage, bonus, equal remuneration and related rules, and prescribe the operational framework for minimum wages, floor wage, payment of wages, bonus, the Central Advisory Board, claims, appeals, registers, wage slips, offence procedure and compounding. They also define key expressions for administration and provide detailed procedural rules for rest days, night shifts, deductions, advances, undisbursed dues, nominations and electronic record-keeping, together with prescribed forms and bonus computation appendices.