Posted by & filed under Provident Fund - (Notification -Circulars).

As per recent EPFO circular dated 11th July 2017, the EPFO has provided solution to certain challenges that the employers were facing viz. 

(1) Issue of Incorrect Month/ Year was mentioned in ECR – In the EPFO application the provision for ECR Revision (Month/Year) has been provided to revise ECRs where month and year needs to be changed, provided no settlement is made and no PMRPY beneficiary exists. 

(2) Incorrect UAN mentioned in ECR/Double TRRN for the same month – the EPFO has provided Application Version 5.36 for the field offices to reject ECRs or adjust amount or refund the amount to the employer. 

(3) Double Payment made by employer for same month using different TRRN/ Double Payment paid by employer against same TRRN and wants to get refund – the EPFO has stated that the Unified portal has already taken steps to refund the amount to the employer directly to their bank account. 

(4) To refund the amount against amount paid in misc. option – the EPFO has stated that currently misc. payments and receipts are being managed by field office manually. Hence field offices may refund the amount to the employer after verifying the details by preparing a cheque manually. Against this cheque, misc. payment entry in the application software may be made. In the future, Field office may also opt to adjust the amount against the future TRRN using Establishment VDR



Posted by & filed under Provident Fund Benefits.

Dr. V.P. Joy, Central Provident Fund Commissioner and Dr. M. Ravi Kanth, CMD HUDCO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the august presence of Hon’ble Minister, HUPA, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu and Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge), Labour & Employment, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya for facilitating “Housing for All by 2022” at Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, New Delhi.
            
By taking one step forward to achieve Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Housing for all by 2022, EPFO has amended EPF Scheme 1952 vide Gazette notification No. G.S.R. 351(E) dated 12thApril, 2017 to provide assistance in acquiring affordable houses to the EPF members by allowing withdrawal from the provident fund to the extent of 90% of the total PF accumulation and also facilitating payment of installment of housing loan. The major objective of this scheme is to assist in building houses for workers integrating with housing programmes of the Central and State Governments.

The salient features of this scheme are:-

1.        Bringing together all stake holders namely, workers, employers, financial institutions & housing agencies to provide workers’ need for Housing.

2.         Forming Housing societies for collective action, ten or more members can register a society. Society will arrange housing units from public/private housing providers, apply to the concerned PF office through the society for getting Certificate of Fund & Contribution.

3.         Channelizing the corpus of EPF savings to build affordable housing for the working class, withdrawal of up to 90% of accumulations in members Provident Fund Accounts is allowed.

4.  Banks/Financing Agencies can make use of certificate issued by Commissioner to arrive EMI for withdrawal under Para 68 BD (3) of EPF Scheme.

5.          Full/ Part repayment of loans out of monthly P.F. Contributions.

6.        Eligibility condition relaxed for such withdrawal, now membership period of EPF reduced from 5 years to 3 years. 

7.        Members can av ail interest subsidy up to 2.20 lakh in Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) through Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation through its Nodal Agency HUDCO and National Housing Bank for those members whose annual income is less that the amount specified in Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna.


8.        Individual housing loan repayment can be done by authorizing EPFO to pay installments directly to the lending agency.     


Notification:-👉  EPF-Hudco Agreement 22-06-2017


Posted by & filed under Provident Fund -International workers.

EPFO has revised the certificate of coverage form in respect of Indian Worker 
( having Indian Passport)  going to work in SSA country 

This revised form will be applicable to all Indian Worker going for work in SSA 
(Social Security Agreement) .

In this Form a Joint Undertaking has been introduce with the EPF Member & Employer that when they are deputed to any SSA  Country Employer will continue to contribute during the posting of this employee while working in SSA country.

Employer’s responsibility will be to inform all employment status time to time. Employer & Employee will be jointly & separately responsible for any kind of misuse of the revised COC 

Posted by & filed under Uncategorized.

The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, hereby makes the following Regulations further to amend the
 

Employees’ State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950, namely;
 

1. This Regulation may be called Employees’ State Insurance (General) Amendment Regulation, 2017.

2. In Regulation 31, for the words within “21 days” as they Occur, the words within “15 days” shall be substituted.
 

3. They shall come into force with effect from the contribution payable for the month of June, 2017 i.e. by 15th July, 2017.

Notification_ESI_Amend_Payment Date_15th_1 July 2017 

Posted by & filed under Esic-Circulars.

Under ESIC 2.0 Programee from 1st July 2017 the following district of Haryana are covered

Whole   district     of  Fatehabad,    Palwal,  Bhiwani,    Charkhi     Dadri,  Jind,  Sirsa, Jhajjar,     Hisar,   Sonepat,    Rohtak,    Mewat   (Nuh),   Mahendragarh,     Gurgaon,   Rewari, Ambala,     Panipat,    Kamal,    Kurukshetra,     Kaithal Panchkula    and   Yamuna    Nagar excluding  thearea which  are alread implemented



Posted by & filed under Haryana Shop- Establishment.

The State Government of Haryana has ordered on dated 12.06.2017 issued vid  Endst. No  17967-18095  dated   19.06.2017  that   concerned   Registering Authorities for the registration of Shops  Commercial Establishments under the Punjab Shops & Commercial Establishment Act 1958 henceforth ensure  grant of Registration Certificate along  with  its Renewal Certificate within one day  from  the  date  of  application  and  to eliminate the requirement of inspection prior 
to registration under the Punjab Shops & Commercial Establishment Act, 1958

Notification :-👉Haryana Shop License In One day

Posted by & filed under Esic Benefits.

As per recent ESIC circular dated 30th May 2017, the ESIC has directed that the IP/IW who went out of coverage ceiling of Rs 15000 but were subsequently covered under wage ceiling of Rs 21000 w.e.f. 1st January 2017 shall be entitled to receive the Extended Sickness Benefits and Super Specialty Treatment for the period of interruption, provided that he or she fulfill the eligibility conditions as laid down under the ESI Regulation and H.Q. instructions issued from time to time

Circular 👉 Extended Benefit To IPsIWs Under The New Wage Ceiling Limit.

Posted by & filed under Minimum Wages-Chandigarh.

The following are the minimum rates of wages payable for monthly and
daily rated employees for the period starting from 1.04.2017 to 30.09.2017 (both
days inclusive).


Notes: –
(1) The points for the months from October, 2016 to March, 2017 Base Year 2001=100 are 272, 273, 271, 273, 271 and 273 which have been calculated by the linking factor at 5.26 with regard to Chandigarh Centre as desired by the Director, Labour Bureau, Shimla vide their letter dated 09.03.2006 for compliance.

(2) The categories of employees as per notification dated 25.11.2010 are
given below:

(3) (i) The change due to rise or fall in the Cost of Living Index Number will be adjusted in the ratio of 07:01 i.e. 07 parts in cash and 1 part for two meals and two Tea.

(ii) Where an employer provides living accommodation to an employee then he may charge maximum of Rs.50 p.m. from the wage of an employee. 1. Unskilled: -means an employee engaged to do manual work by any part of his body like lifting, pushing, pulling, shifting of loads or digging, excavating, removing of earth, water etc. or who assist another employee in a schedule employment or who does any work of cleaning, sweeping, gardening or mali, guarding, washing, packing, wrapping, filling, washing etc. or who works as a waterman, masalchi, gateman, peon, kneedar, watchman, chowkidar, rickshaw puller, rehri wala, beldar, mazdoor, khalasi, poster paster, boardboy, oilman, as an aya or as cleaner on a vehicle or polisher on a vehicle etc. or any other person who does similar nature of jobs.

2. Semi-Skilled-II: means an employee who has not passed his intermediate or equivalent examination and have learnt by experience to work on a machine and operate or work on such machine or who has acquired some skill in any technical/professional trades and work on a machine or on the job of that trade or profession or who without having any special training from any Govt. recognized institution or school or board works as a plumber, rein forcer,
spinner, stitcher, tailor, embroider, barber, mochi, pump attendant, mixerman, deffedar, mate,tarcol / paint sprayer or other sprayer or bazri spreader, quarry operator, jamperman, hammer man, sole cutter, upper-fitter, backer, securer, stiffer, skiver, heel builder, boatman, floor polisher, mistry, whitewasher, carpenter, distemperer, air conditioner operator or its repairer, moulder, compositor, rangaiwala, Roller man, saw man, plainer man cutterman,soaker,
hanger man, drillman, leach houseman, lime yardman, drum man, tan yardman, book binder, wireman, buffer, grusher, waiter, , deliveryman, khatai wala, achaar/muraba maker, weighing man, lineman, bill collector, assistant cook, painteryman, stock boy, canvasser, glassfitter,cyclefitter or repairer, furniture polisher, type repairer, kantiwala, lohar, toka man, planer, light vehicle driver or a chauffeur, conductor or who works as a welder, sheet metal
worker ,fitter, turner, machine man, grinder man or as machinist grinder radio/TV wireless repairer, blacksmith, motor mechanic, diesel engine operator or other machines operator, diesel mechanic, meter reader etc. or any other person who does any work similar to any of the above.

3. Semi-Skilled-I :-means an employee who has passed his intermediate or equivalent examination and have learnt by experience to work on a machine and operate such machine or who worked at least for five years on any of the work/job falling under the semi-skilled-II category or who is a driver of medium/heavy/special vehicle or who is a head mate, massion, glass cutter, bakery mistry, halwai, rafugar, dry cleaner, pressman, steward, head bearer,
head waiter, film repairer, guide, cook, tandooriya, coffee-man, photographer, video camera operator, dispenser, analyst, checker, computer operator, Inspector, weaver, shaver, electroplater, glassblower, decorator, scudder, dyer, flesher, finisher, setter, splitter, laboratory assistant chemist, attendant, die maker, refrigerator mechanic, ginisher, luster, candle man, spinning master, printing master, screening master, artist etc. or who does any work similar to
any of the above.

4. Skilled-II: -means an employee, who has passed a certificate examination in technical or other professional trade from a Govt. recognized institution, board or a university and who does work in that trade or profession and include a grinder man, machinist grinder man, line man, welder, turner, machinist, wireman, electrician, shaper man, painter, blacksmith, goldsmith, sheet metal worker, fitter, radio/TV/wireless mechanic, die maker, air conditioner operator
or mechanic, laboratory attendant, chemist, compounder, printing man/printer, craftsman, smith, lithographer, compositor, moulder, rangaiwala, watch repairer or watch assembler, computer mechanic, software developer, motor mechanic or motor binder, refrigeration mechanic, blower man, senior machine operator, computerize machine operator, etc. or who does any similar nature of jobs on having obtained a similar certificate.

5. Skilled-I: – means an employee who passed his diploma or equivalent examination in any discipline from any Govt. recognized institution, Board or a university and does work in that discipline or who is at least a graduate and does any of the work falling under skilled-II category and includes a medical representative, advertiser, marketing professional or a chef or technical
supervisor etc. or who does any similar nature of jobs. 

6. Highly Skilled: – means an employee who is a graduate in engineering or in any other special or other professional trade from a Govt. recognized institution, board or a university and employed to do work in that discipline or who is employed as a foreman, manager, executive, or an officer, having no power of managerial functions or who does any work similar in nature.

7. Class –III [Staff]: – means an employee who has passed his matriculation or equivalent examination and employed as a clerk, time keeper, munshi, store assistant, store keeper, accounts assistant, typist, steno-typist, receptionist,personal assistant, cashier, draftsman, telephone operator, computer applicator, counterman, ticket checker, ticket collector, legal assistant, supplier, nurse or nursing assistant, compounder, technologist, radiologist or employed to do similar nature of work in an office or at other place or any other employee who
is employed to do similar nature of work.

8. Class –II [Staff]: – means an employee who has passed his graduation in any discipline except technical and who does any work specified for class-III [Staff] whether designated with the same or similar nomenclature or by a senior nomenclature but below the nomenclature specified for Class-I [Staff] or who is accountant, stenographer, work incharge, office supervisor, salesman, purchase man, store incharge, architect, artesian etc. or any other person doing similar nature of jobs. 

9. Class –I [Staff]: – means an employee employed as assistant manager, foreman, executive, engineer, officer, office supervisor, medical officer, doctor, dentist, surgeon, pharmist, vaid, hakim, homeopath or in any other similar position etc. and who does not have any authority or power to exercise managerial functions or who does any office work or work related to his
nomenclature during the maximum time of his duty, the work may include the work specified for Class-II or III [Staff].