India-native entity Foo Falcon Tech Pvt Ltd · CIN U72900KA2022PTC163007 47 engineers paid · Apr 2026 14 US/UK companies on the entity 0 notices since founding 4 yrs on the books 5-day contractual Go-Live SLA $149/employee/month · first month free PF · ESI · S&E across all 28 states + 8 UTs Income Tax Act 2025 · Form 130 ready DPDP Act 2023 · 24-hr breach SLA
Local employment in India · Versatile

Local employment in India.

Local employment in India through Versatile Employer of Record. Full statutory employment under Indian labour law. Same-state specialists or distributed across India. Audit-grade across nine states.

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4 yrs On the books
47 Engineers paid · Apr 2026
14 US/UK companies on the entity
0 Notices since founding
Foo Falcon Pvt Ltd · CIN U72900KA2022PTC163007 · Incorporated 28 Jun 2022
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Local employment is statutory employment under Indian law.

Local employment means the India specialist is employed under Indian labour law, on Indian payroll, with full statutory protection (PF, ESIC, gratuity, professional tax, TDS, Form 16). The opposite is the "global employer with India presence" model that some founders try to run from a US/UK entity directly; that model creates Permanent Establishment exposure and frequently fails the India misclassification test. Versatile is the local employer of record across nine states.

Karnataka (Bengaluru), core market

Versatile's registered state. Shops & Establishments, professional tax (₹200/mo), labour department all current.

Maharashtra (Mumbai, Pune), core market

Active Shops & Establishments. Maharashtra professional tax slab-based, up to ₹2,500/year. Mumbai for fintech, Pune for automotive.

Tamil Nadu (Chennai), core market

Tamil Nadu Shops & Establishments held. Semi-annual professional tax filing. Chennai for fintech, semiconductor design.

Telangana (Hyderabad), active

Hyderabad is the second-largest GCC market after Bengaluru. Microsoft, Amazon largest India centres are here.

Delhi NCR (Haryana, UP), variable PT

Delhi NCR spans three states with different professional tax structures. Versatile holds the registrations.

West Bengal, Gujarat, Telangana extra cities, on request

For specialists in cities outside the core six, we extend Shops & Establishments coverage within the same engagement.

ItemVersatile handles
Statutory coveragePF, ESIC, gratuity, PT, TDS, Form 16, Shops & Establishments
States with active S&E registrationKarnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Delhi, Haryana, UP, West Bengal, Gujarat
Onboarding SLA5 business days end-to-end
Misclassification protectionVersatile holds the employment contract
Permanent Establishment exposure for foreign parentRemoved structurally

Local employment, across nine states.

Versatile Employer of Record · $99-$399 PEPM · 5-day onboarding · First month free

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Questions we hear most.

What is local employment vs global employment with India presence?
Local employment is statutory Indian employment with PF, ESIC, gratuity, professional tax, TDS, Form 16. i.e., the specialist is fully covered under Indian labour law. Global-employer-with-India-presence is when a foreign entity tries to put an India-based worker on its US/UK payroll directly; this fails the India tax test and creates PE exposure. Versatile is the local employment alternative.
We hold active Shops & Establishments registration in nine states. For specialists in cities outside those nine, we extend coverage within the engagement (1-2 weeks lead time for first hire in a new state).
Yes, provided the state has an active Versatile Shops & Establishments registration or we can extend coverage. Most India remote workers are based in the major hiring cities anyway (Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Mumbai).
Contract employment (under fixed-term contracts allowed under the Industrial Relations Code 2020) is still statutory employment with PF, ESIC, gratuity proportionate to tenure. The protection is the same as permanent employment; only the termination terms differ. Versatile structures both correctly per the engagement shape.

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