Inspections Under Various Labour Laws To Facilitate Ease Of Doing Business In The State Of Puducherry

 Government of Puducherry vide G.O. Ms No. 05/Lab/AIL/G/2020 has issued an order to introduce computerized systems of Risk Assessment based Inspections with random allocation of Inspecting Officers to facilitate Ease of Doing Business in the State. 

As per the order, inspection will be carried out by respective Inspection Officers to categorized establishments as Low Risk / Medium Risk / High Risk depending upon the number of workers employed. The frequency for inspection for establishments under the Medium Risk category will be once in two years and for Establishments under the High-Risk category will be once in every year.

Therefore, the aforementioned scheme shall be applicable to the following acts - 

• The Puducherry Shops And Establishments Act, 1964, 
• The Puducherry Catering Establishments Act, 1964, 
• The Contract Labour (Regulation And Abolition) Act, 1970, 
• The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation Of Employment And Conditions Of Service) Act, 1979, 
• The Child And Adolescent Labour (Prohibition And Regulation) Act, 1986, 
• The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, 
• The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961, 
• The Minimum Wages Act 1948, 
• The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, 
• The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, 
• The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, 
• The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, 
• The Payment of Wage Act, 1936, 
• The Sexual Harassment Of Women At Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition And Redressal) Act, 2013, 
• The Puducherry Industrial Establishments (National And Festival Holidays) Act, 1964, 
• The Puducherry Industrial Establishments (Conferment Of Permanent Status To Workmen) Act, 1981, 
• The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946, The Working Journalists And Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions Of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955, 
• The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions Of Service) Act, 1976. 

Please refer notification for more details.

Inspections Under Various Labour Laws To Facilitate Ease Of Doing Business In The State Of Puducherry-1

Proposal for the specification of festival Holidays) and Form III approval issued by the authority online under Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishments (National, Festival And Special Holidays) Act, 1958 and Rules, 1959.

 The Labour Department of Tamil Nadu has decided to implement online submission of Form I (Proposal for the specification of festival Holidays) and Form III approval issued by the authority online under Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishments (National, Festival And Special Holidays) Act, 1958 and Rules, 1959. This implementation would come into effect from August 16, 2020. However, the Authority would not accept the hard copy of the application.  

The employer may create a User ID and Password in the labour portal - https://labour.tn.gov.in/services/users/login.   Along with it, the following details need to get submitted:-

1. Employer SPOC mail ID, Mobile No., PAN and Aadhaar (residential address should be in Tamil Nadu) 

2. Employer PAN and Aadhaar (residential address should be in Tamil Nadu)

3. Holiday list colour scan copy (Minimum 9 _ four national and five festival holidays) 

4. Form II colour scan copy

5. Form S colour scan copy 

6. Lease agreement

7. Incorporate certificate 

8. Company PAN Card

EPFO WhatsApp, Email & Helpline

Dear all,

During this Pandemic, any employer is facing problem for approval of Basic details of the Name change, KYC, or Digital signature approval .EPFO has taken one step ahead to resolve the said issue for all 135  EPFO RO/SRO) are now on WhatsApp or on email  & separate helpline numbers are designated. append below is the list of the same 

EPFO WhatsApp, Email & Helpline

EPFO WhatsApp, Email & Helpline
Name of Zonal Office	Name of Regional Office		WhatsApp Helpline #	Email id	Telephone #
Andhra Pradesh (Vijaywada)	Guntur	GRGNT	0863-2344123	ro.guntur@epfindia.gov.in	0863-2344106
	Kadapa	GRCDP	9491138297	sro.cuddaph@epfindia.gov.in	08562-244902
	Rajamundry	GRRJY	9494633563	ro.rajamundry@epfindia.gov.in	0883-2442571
	Vishakhapatnam	GRVSP	7382396602	ro.vizag@epfindia.gov.in	0891-2729402
Bihar & Jharkhand (Patna)	Bhagalpur	BRBHA	8987299190	ro.bhagalpur@epfindia.gov.in	0641-2409875
	Jamshedpur	JHJAM	8986717019	ro.jamshedpur@epfindia.gov.in	0657-2230128
	Muzaffarpur	BRMUZ	6204358536	ro.muzaffarpur@epfindia.gov.in	0621-2263965
	Patna	BRPAT	7004042219	ro.patna@epfindia.gov.in	0612-2227410
	Ranchi	JHRAN	8987790956	ro.ranchi@epfindia.gov.in	0651-2360804
Bandra (Bandra)	Mumbai (Bandra)	MHBAN	022-26470030	ro.bandra@epfindia.gov.in	022-26475910
	Mumbai (Dadar)	MHBAN	9321255315	ro.bandra2@epfindia.gov.in	022-26475910
	Mumbai (Narimanpoint)	MHBAN	9518588021	ro.bandra3@epfindia.gov.in	022-26475910
	Mumbai (Powai)	MHBAN	022-264 76044	ro.bandra4@epfindia.gov.in	022-26475910
Bengaluru (Bengaluru)	Bengaluru (Central)	BGBNG	6364264449	ro.bangalore1@epfindia.gov.in	18604251068
	Bengaluru (Malleswaram)		8022230188	ro.bangalore2@epfindia.gov.in
	Bengaluru (Electronic City)		7204453662	ro.bms1@epfindia.gov.in
	Bengaluru (Koramangala)		9449961465	ro.bms2@epfindia.gov.in	080-25732655
	K.R. Puram (Whitefield)	PYKRP	080-2565 8001 080-2565 8005 080-2565 8006	sro.krpuram@epfindia.gov.in	080-25658003
	Peenya	PYPNY	8023571377	ro.peenya@epfindia.gov.in	080-23571355
	Rajarajeshwari Nagar	BGMRD	8792028994	ro.rrnagar@epfindia.gov.in	080-28603108
	Yelahanka		080-28460872 080-29720896	sro.yelahanka@epfindia.gov.in	080-28460872
Chennai & Puducherry (Chennai)	Ambattur		6380131921	ro.ambattur@epfindia.gov.in	044-26246990
	Chennai (North)	TNMAS	9345750916	ro.chennai1@epfindia.gov.in
	Chennai (South)	TNMAS	6380366729	ro.chennai2@epfindia.gov.in
	Puducherry	TBPDY	6380023914	ro.puducherry@epfindia.gov.in	0413-2353055
	Tambaram	TBTAM	6380153667	ro.tambaram@epfindia.gov.in	044-22262297
Delhi, Uttarkhand & Jammu (Delhi)	Dehradun	UKDDN	8532889088	ro.dehradun@epfindia.gov.in	0135-2620106
	Delhi (Central)		8178457507	ro.delhicentral@epfindia.gov.in	011-27371136
	Delhi (East)		7818022890	ro.delhieast@epfindia.gov.in	011-22126511
	Delhi (North)	DLCPM	9315075221	ro.delhi.north@epfindia.gov.in	011-27376775
	Delhi (South)		9717547174	ro.delhi.south@epfindia.gov.in	011-28093088
	Delhi (West)		7428595582	ro.delhi.west@epfindia.gov.in	011-28093110
	Haldwani	UKHLD	9411530300	sro.haldwani@epfindia.gov.in	05946-282208
Gujarat (Ahmedabad)	Ahmedabad	GJAHD	7383146934	ro.ahmedabad@epfindia.gov.in	079-27582700
	Bharuch	SRBRH	02642-266702	sro.bharuch@epfindia.gov.in	02642-268702
	Naroda	GJNRD	9428694145	ro.naroda@epfindia.gov.in	079-22800522
	Rajkot	GJRAJ	0281-2576399 0281-2576499	sro.rajkot@epfindia.gov.in	0281-2576399
	Surat	SRSRT	9484530500	ro.surat@epfindia.gov.in
	Vadodara	VDBRD	2652606247	ro.vadodara@epfindia.gov.in
	Vapi	SRVAP	9499703166	sro.vapi@epfindia.gov.in	0260-2400611
	Vatva	GJVAT	8733063428	ro.vatwa@epfindia.gov.in	079-25465280
Haryana (Faridabad)	Faridabad	HRFRD	8278378542	ro.faridabad@epfindia.gov.in	0129-2225162
	Gurugram (East)	GNGGN	9717748636	ro.gurgaon@epfindia.gov.in	0124-2578635
	Gurugram (West)	GNGGN	9311354824	ro.gurgaon2@epfindia.gov.in
	Karnal	HRKNL	9996962805	ro.karnal@epfindia.gov.in	0184-2209825
	Rohtak	GNRTK	7082334526	ro.rohtak@epfindia.gov.in
Kerala & Lakshadweep (Thiruvananthapuram)	Kannur	KRKNR	8590323150	ro.kannur@epfindia.gov.in	0497-2712388
	Kochi	KRKCH	0484-2566509	ro.kochi@epfindia.gov.in	0484-2566522
	Kollam	KRKLM	9497152553	ro.kollam@epfindia.gov.in
	Kottayam	KRKRTM	0481-2303206	ro.kottayam@epfindia.gov.in	0481-2300937
	Kozhikode	KRKKD	7012997744	ro.kozhikode@epfindia.gov.in	0495-2766532
	Thiruvananthapuram	KRTVM	8075348085	ro.tvm@epfindia.gov.in	0471-2557378
Karnataka (Other Than Bengaluru) & Goa (Hubli)	Chikamagalur	KNCKR	9482177426	ro.chikamagalur@epfindia.gov.in	08262-234106
	Goa	GAGOA	8830110399	ro.goa@epfindia.gov.in
	Gulbarga	GBGLB	8472273862	ro.gulbarga@epfindia.gov.in	08472-273205
	Hubli	GBHBL	8762525754	ro.hubli@epfindia.gov.in	0836-2324806
	Mangalore	KNMLR	9113938518	ro.mangalore@epfindia.gov.in	0824-2435888
	Mysore	KNMYS	8105645793	ro.mysore@epfindia.gov.in	0821-2599222
	Raichur	GBRCH	9482390073	sro.raichur@epfindia.gov.in	08532-220050
	Shimoga	KNSHG	0818-2275103	ro.shimoga@epfindia.gov.in	08182-275105
	Tumkur		7204055256	sro.tumkur@epfindia.gov.in	0816-2257455
	Udupi	KNUDP	0820-2531172	sro.udupi@epfindia.gov.in	0820-2531174
Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh (Bhopal)	Bhopal	MPBPL	6264800134	ro.bhopal@epfindia.gov.in	0755-2557670
	Gwalior	MPGWL	9301903862	ro.gwalior@epfindia.gov.in
	Indore	MPIND	8305411688	ro.indore@epfindia.gov.in	0731-2540057
	Jabalpur	MPJBP	6267777416	ro.jabalpur@epfindia.gov.in	0761-2640680
	Raipur	CGRAI	7712583890	ro.raipur@epfindia.gov.in
	Sagar	MPSGR	8989041007	ro.sagar@epfindia.gov.in	07582-227173
	Ujjain	MPUJJ	9424441512	ro.ujjain@epfindia.gov.in	0734-2518588
Maharashtra (Other Than Mumbai) (Pune)	Akola	NGAKL	0724-2414050	ro.akola@epfindia.gov.in	0724-2415672
	Aurangabad	NGAUR	9405355287	ro.aurangabad@epfindia.gov.in	020-2485606
	Kolhapur	PUKOL	9309866697	ro.kolhapur@epfindia.gov.in	0231-2661570
	Nagpur	NGNAG	9555313189	ro.nagpur@epfindia.gov.in	0712-2742012
	Nasik	KDNSK	0253-2360974	ro.nasik@epfindia.gov.in	0253-2360974
	Pune (Pune Cantt.)	PUPUN	8767108057	ro.pune@epfindia.gov.in	020-26402151
	Pune (Akurdi)	PUPUN	8766467490	ro.pune2@epfindia.gov.in	020-2640760
	Solapur	PUSLP	9404912406	ro.solapur@epfindia.gov.in
North-Eastern Region (Guwahati)	Agartala	NEAGT	9402180891	ro.agartala@epfindia.gov.in
	Guwahati	NEGHY	8822142204	ro.guwahati@epfindia.gov.in
	Shillong	NESHG	6033243231	ro.shillong@epfindia.gov.in	0364-2507212
	Tinsukia	NETSK	9864860921	ro.tinsukia@epfindia.gov.in	0374-2351781
Odisha (Bhubaneswar)	Berhampur	ORBAM	8249068089	ro.berhampur@epfindia.gov.in
	Bhubaneshwar	ORBBS	7656849976	ro.bhubaneshwar@epfindia.gov.in
	Keonjhar	ORKJR	6370894727	ro.keonjhar@epfindia.gov.in
	Rourkela	ORRKL	6372908815	ro.rourkela@epfindia.gov.in
Punjab & Himachal Pradesh (Chandigarh)	Amritsar	LDASR	9530589771	ro.amritsar@epfindia.gov.in	0183-2402004
	Bhatinda	PBBTI	6284364807	ro.bhatinda@epfindia.gov.in	0164-2215892
	Chandigarh	PBCHD	9463733422	ro.chandigarh@epfindia.gov.in	0172-2701300
	Jalandhar	LDJAL	6280718364	sro.jalandhar@epfindia.gov.in	0181-4156686
	Ludhiana	LDLDH	7719642517	ro.ludhiana@epfindia.gov.in	0161-2447243
	Shimla	HPSML	7807929882	ro.shimla@epfindia.gov.in	0177-2623023
Rajasthan (Jaipur)	Jaipur	RJRAJ	1412740742	ro.jaipur@epfindia.gov.in	0141-2740742
	Jodhpur	RJJOD	9414138664	ro.jodhpur@epfindia.gov.in
	Kota	RJKOT	7442425392	sro.kota@epfindia.gov.in	0744-2422449
	Udaipur	RJUDR	7878817107	ro.udaipur@epfindia.gov.in	0294-2980356
Telangana (Hyderabad)	Hyderabad (Barkatpura)	APHYD	9100026170	ro.hyderabad@epfindia.gov.in	040-27564576
	Hyderabad (Madhapur)	APHYD	9100026146	ro.hyderabad2@epfindia.gov.in	18005999911
	Karimnagar	NZKRN	9492429685	ro.karimnagar@epfindia.gov.in	0878-2231090
	Kukatpally	APKKP	9392369549	ro.kukatpally@epfindia.gov.in	040-29705520
	Nizamabad	NZNZB	8919090653	ro.nizamabad@epfindia.gov.in	08462-295122
	Patancheru	APPTC	9494182174	sro.patancheru@epfindia.go.in	08455-285134
	Siddipet	APSID	9603262989	sro.siddipet@epfindia.gov.in	08457-231466
	Warangal	NZWGL	8702447772	ro.warangal@epfindia.gov.in	0870-2447772
Thane (Thane)	Kandivali (West)	KDMAL	7977298051	ro.kandivali@epfindia.gov.in	022-28692604
	Kandivali (East)	KDMAL	9321482815 9321466977	ro.kandivali2@epfindia.gov.in
	Thane (North)	THTHA	9321666951	ro.thanenorth@epfindia.gov.in	022-68806691
	Thane (South)	THTHA	8928977985	ro.thanesouth@epfindia.gov.in	022-25838449
	Vashi	THVSH	9969036136	ro.vashi@epfindia.gov.in	022-27814315
Tamil Nadu (Other Than Chennai) (Coimbatore)	Coimbatore	CBCBE	9994255012	ro.coimbatore@epfindia.gov.in	9994235012
	Madurai	MDMDU	9489938487	ro.madurai@epfindia.gov.in	0452-2545703
	Nagercoil	MDNKL	6381122366	ro.nagercoil@epfindia.gov.in	6381122366
	Salem	CBSLM	9080433650	ro.salem@epfindia.gov.in	0427-2900388
	Tirunelveli	MDTNY	7010156260	ro.tirunelveli@epfindia.gov.in	0462-2554608
	Trichy	CBTRY	6380109286	ro.trichy@epfindia.gov.in	6380109286
	Vellore	TBVLR	7397593330	ro.vellore@epfindia.gov.in	0416-2256157
Uttar Pradesh (Kanpur)	Agra	MRAGR	8279696190	ro.agra@epfindia.gov.in	0562-2855273
	Allahabad	UPALD	9336677186	ro.allahabad@epfindia.gov.in	0532-2401619
	Bareilly	UPBLY	0581-2510628	ro.bareilly@epfindia.gov.in	0581-2510628
	Bellary	GBBLR	6363778135	ro.bellary@epfindia.gov.in	08392-268943
	Gorakhpur	UPGKP	9044977792	ro.gorakhpur@epfindia.gov.in	0551-2200603
	Kanpur	UPKNP	0512-2215644	ro.kanpur@epfindia.gov.in	0512-2215644
	Lucknow	UPLKO	9044856097	ro.lucknow@epfindia.gov.in	0522-2304998
	Meerut	MRMRT	8923247687	ro.meerut@epfindia.gov.in	0121-2603034
	Noida	UPNOI	8595668945	ro.noida@epfindia.gov.in	18001807953
	Varanasi	UPVNS	0542-2585339	ro.varanasi@epfindia.gov.in	0542-2585339
West Bengal, A&N Islands & Sikkim (Kolkata)	Barrackpore	WBTLO	033-25010481	sro.barrackpore@epfindia.gov.in	033-25010399
	Darjeeling	JLDRJ	8927703218	ro.darjeeling@epfindia.gov.in	0354-2255902
	Durgapur	WBDGP	9434085134	ro.durgapur@epfindia.gov.in	0343-2544378
	Howrah	WBHLO	033-26768120	ro.howrah@epfindia.gov.in	033-26669220
	Jalpaiguri	JLJLP	9531641924	ro.jalpaiguri@epfindia.gov.in	03561-230731
	Jangipur	JLJNG	9434111646	sro.jangipur@epfindia.gov.in	03482-260071
	Kolkata	WBCAL	033-29521852	ro.kolkata@epfindia.gov.in	033-23586931
	Park Street	WBPRB	7439133837	ro.parkstreet@epfindia.gov.in	033-22801244
	Port Blair	WBAND	9434269504	ro.portblair@epfindia.gov.in
	Siliguri	JLSLG	8001196411	ro.siliguri@epfindia.gov.in	0353-2512523