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Updated on: Dec 2020

Labour Law

New Labour Codes Top Changes to Impact Employers and Employees

Dec 23, 2020

EPFO has added . lakh net subscribers in October

EPFO has added . lakh net subscribers in the month of October , rise in new enrolments T...

EPFO

Dec 21, 2020

Govt disbursed around Rs crores thru EPFO COVID- advance claim Santosh Gangwar

Govt disbursed around Rs crores thru EPFO COVID- advance claim Santosh Gangwar Mumbai, Dece...

Labour Law

Dec 16, 2020

Latest news: Govt disbursed around Rs crores thru EPFO COVID- advance claim Santosh Gangwar - SightsIn Plus

EPFO . interest on EPF likely to be credited by month-end

EPFO . interest on EPF likely to be credited by month-end Retirement fund body EPFO is likely to...

EPFO

Dec 16, 2020

EPFO

8.5% PF interest to be paid in One Go, Not in Two parts

8.5% PF interest to be paid in One Go, Not in Two installments According to an NDTV report, Union Labour Ministry has moved a proposal to the Finance Ministry for the transfer of the entire consolidated amount of annual interest payments to Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) subscribers in one go. As per the report, […]

Dec 10, 2020

ESIC

ESIC relaxes norms for availing health services in private hospitals

ESIC relaxes norms for availing health services in private hospitals in emergency cases The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on Monday allowed its beneficiaries to avail health services directly in any nearby private hospital in case of emergency. As per the existing practice, the insured persons and beneficiaries (family members) are required to go to […]

Dec 8, 2020

EPFO

EPF Act provisions applicable to private security agency: Supreme Court

Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) Act provisions applicable to private security agency: Supreme Court The provisions of the Employees” Provident Fund Act are applicable to private security agencies providing personnel to clients, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. A bench of Justices Navin Sinha and Surya Kant said the appellant company is engaged in the specialised […]

Dec 3, 2020

EPFO

EPFO extends time limit for submission of Life Certificate

EPFO extends time limit for Pensioners upto 28th February 2021 for submission of Jeevan Pramaan Patra, 35 Lakh pensioners with EPFO to benefit In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the vulnerability of elderly population to Corona Virus, EPFO has extended the time limit up to 28th February 2021 for submission of Life Certificate […]

Nov 29, 2020

ESIC

ESIC scheme adds 11.49 lakh new members in September 2020

ESIC scheme adds 11.49 lakh new members in September 2020 Around 11.49 lakh new members joined the ESIC-run social security scheme in September against 9.47 lakh in the previous month, official data showed on Wednesday, giving a perspective on formal sector employment in the country. The latest data is part of a report released by the National Statistical […]

Nov 27, 2020

EPFO

EPFO gets Platinum Partner Award for highest transactions on UMANG App

EPFO conferred with Platinum Partner Award for highest transactions on UMANG App On the occasion of completion of 3 years of UMANG App, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Communications and Law & Justice unveiled the newly instituted UMANG Awards for Partner Departments of Centre and States based on average transactions […]

Nov 26, 2020

Labour Law

Govt notifies draft rules on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Govt notifies draft rules on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified the draft rules under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 on 19.11.2020 inviting objections and suggestions, if any, from the stakeholders. Such objections and suggestions are required to be submitted within […]

Nov 24, 2020

Jobs

Government proposes 12 working hours in new draft rules

The Labour Ministry has proposed maximum 12 working hours in a day, including intervals under the draft rules on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Code 2020 passed earlier this year by Parliament. However, the weekly working hours limit has been fixed at 48 hours (six days X eight hours, with one weekly off) […]

Nov 22, 2020

EPFO

EPFO dismisses reports of declining subscribers, firms in Oct 2020

EPFO dismisses reports of declining subscribers, firms in Oct 2020 Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), an statutory organisation under Labour and Employment Ministry, has stated that an article was published in a section of media on 18.11.2020 under the caption “EPFO subscribers, firms down in Oct”. In this regard, EPFO has categorically clarified that the […]

Nov 20, 2020

Labour Law

Labour Ministry seeks feedback on draft social security rules

Labour Ministry seeks feedback on draft social security rules Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified the draft rules under the Code on Social Security, 2020 on 13.11.2020 inviting objections and suggestions, if any, from the stakeholders. Such objections and suggestions are required to be submitted within a period of 45 days from the […]

Nov 17, 2020

EPFO

How EPS pensioners can book Digital Life Certificate

Digital Life Certificate now available at your nearest post office or at door step It is a huge relief for pensioners in context of submitting Life Certificate! Now, pensioners can submit Life Certificate while staying at home. According to Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, doorstep service for submission of Digital Life Certificate through […]

Nov 14, 2020

EPFO

Special EPF scheme for those who hire new employees amid COVID-19

Special EPF scheme for those who hire new employees amid COVID-19 To create more jobs amid coronavirus pandemic, the finance minister on Thursday announced a special EPF scheme under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the subsidy would be to cover for retirement fund contributions by employees as well […]

Nov 13, 2020