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Whereas the draft rule under ESIC published on 1st April-2017, in which ESIC proposed to change last payment due date of ESIC Contributions, required to replace with "before 15th of every month in wages dues falls" in place of "before 21st of the month in which wages dues falls" as well as sets 30 days for observation of Objection with valid reason form employers, if any. Now after the rule changed as per amendment ESIC contribution shall be payable before and on 15th instead of 21st. This rule should be implemented w.e.f. June-2017.  Hence ESIC Contributions for the month of June-2017 shall be paid before and on 15th July-2017. Get notification in PDF

Please be informed that the clarification given by the Ministry of Labour and employment regarding new amendment under the Maternity Benefit act. Following points are evaluated: Ø    All new said amended clauses in notification except sub-section (5) of section 3 will be effected w.e.f. 1st Day of April, 2017  Increase Maternity Benefit from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for 1 st  & 2 nd  children, and 12 weeks for more than 2 children. 12 weeks Maternity Benefit to a Commissioning Mother and adopting mother Provision for work from home for nursing mother. Every establishment shall intimate in writing and electronically to every women at the time of her initial appointment about the benefits available under the Act. Ø    the 1st day of July, 2017, as the date on which sub-section (5) of section 3 of the said Act shall come into force. M andatory Provision of Crèche  to establishments having more than 50 or more total employees Also clarified that :-     ·         

Rates of Provident Fund (PF) Administrative Charges reduced The Employees’ Provident Fund organization (EPFO) has reduced the PF administrative charges to 0.65% (earlier the rate was 0.85%). Furthermore, the Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) administrative charges have been reduced to 0% (nil) (earlier the charges were 0.01%). These changes are implemented from 1st April 2017.   S.No Particulars Non Contributory (No Employee is being paid, but PF code is in use) Non Contributory (No Employee is being paid, but PF code is in use) Old Rate Up to 31st March 2017 Revised Rate from 1st April 2017 Old Rate Up to 31st March 2017 Revised Rate from 1st April 2017 1 PF Admin Charges( A/c No: 2) in payment challan Monthly Minimum rate of Rs. 75 Monthly Minimum rate of Rs. 75 Monthly Minimum rate of Rs. 500 (or) Monthly Minimum rate of Rs. 500/- (or) 0.85% of PF wage ,

The Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India (" Ministry of Labour ")  vide  Official Gazette notification dated 31 March 2017 has appointed 1 April 2017 as the date on which the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017 (" MB Amendment Act ") has come into force. However, the relevant provision on the "work from home" option will come into effect from 1 July 2017. The MB Amendment Act had received Presidential assent on 27 March 2017 and was published in the Official Gazette on 28 March 2017. Key Amendments The MB Amendment Act regulates paid maternity leave entitlement and other related benefits for women employed in factories, mines and shops or commercial establishments employing 10 or more employees.  Key amendments introduced in the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 Increased Paid Maternity Leave:  The MB Amendment Act has increased the duration of paid maternity leave available for women employees from the existing 12

An Employees’ Enrollment Campaign has been launched by Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation during the period 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2017, in order to extend social security benefits to all the eligible workers in the country. During the Campaign, various financial incentives are being offered to establishments to enroll their workers.  Now the respective Campaign has been extended till 30th June 2017 where in all other Procedure of payment /Period etc. remains the same.

NEW DELHI: RSS affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the biggest trade union in the country, said that that in the Maruti case, the management of Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd deserves equal punishment as they were cause of the action taken by agitated workers and strongly demanded that the BJP-ruled Haryana state must present the workers side of the case in court, asking for a review of judgment, which has given life imprisonment to 13 workers, and announced five year imprisonment to four accused, while 14 other workers were fined and released after four and half years of imprisonment. In a statement issued , BMS general secretary Virjesh Upadhyay said,  "This decision has been taken by hearing arguments of both sides but we insist that the state revisit the case impartially by understanding the cause of the problem, that management has been equally responsible for this situation. The incident burst out due to repeated instigation and provocation by supervis

Delhi Revised Minimum Wages effective 4th Mar 2017 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (XI of 1948) read with the Government of India, erstwhile Ministry of States notification No.104-J dated the 24th August, 1950 and Ministry of Home Affairs notification No.S.O.530. dated the 6th February, 1967 and all other powers enabling him in this behalf and in continuation of notification no. F.12 (1)142/11/MW/Lab/ 2023-2047 dated the 26th July, 2011, the Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, after considering the recommendations of the Minimum Wages Advisory Committee constituted vide notification no. 13(16)/MW/1/2008/Lab./1859 dated the 15th September, 2016 under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and Cabinet Decision no. 2466 dated the 25th February, 2017 of Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi is pleased to revise, the minimum rates of wages for the class of workme

Haryana Minimum wages have been revised effective from 1 Jan 2017 S.NO. Category Monthly Wage Daily Wage 1 UNSKILLED 8280.20 318.46 2 SEMI-SKILLED-A 8694.20 334.39 SEMI-SKILLED-B 9128.91 351.11 3 SKILLED-A 9585.35 368.66 SKILLED-B 10064.62 387.10 4 HIGHLY SKILLED 10567.85 406.45 5 Clerical & General Staff (i) Below Matriculation 8694.20 334.39 (ii) Matriculation but not Graduate 9128.91 351.11 (iii) Graduate or above 9585.35 368.66 (iv) Steno Typist 9128.91 351.11 (v) Junior Scale Stenographer 9585.35 368.66 (vi) Senior Scale Stenographer 10064.62 387.10 (vii) Personal Assistant 10567.85 406.45 (viii) Private Secretary 11096.25 426.77 6 Data Entry Operator 9585.35 368.66 7 Driver Light Vehicle 10064.62 387.10 Heavy Vehicle 10567.85

Tamil Nadu SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS w.e.f. 1-Apr-2017 CATEGORY Zone A Basic DA Daily GENERAL CATEGORY 1 2494 3886 245.38 GENERAL CATEGORY 2 2540 3886 247.15 GENERAL CATEGORY 3 2578 3886 248.62 GENERAL CATEGORY 4 2609 3886 249.81 GENERAL CATEGORY 5 2921 3886 261.81 CATEGORY Zone B Basic DA Daily GENERAL CATEGORY 1 2450 3886 243.69 GENERAL CATEGORY 2 2494 3886 245.38 GENERAL CATEGORY 3 2532 3886 246.85 GENERAL CATEGORY 4 2570 3886 248.31 GENERAL CATEGORY 5 2883 3886 260.35 CATEGORY Zone C Basic DA Daily GENERAL CATEGORY 1 2402 3886 241.85 GENERAL CATEGORY 2 2450 3886 243.69 GENERAL CATEGORY 3 2487 3886 245.12 GENERAL CATEGORY 4 2532 3886 246.85 GENERAL CATEGORY 5 2844 388

 High lights of Maternity Benefit (amendment) Act 2017 are as under, A Long awaited Maternity Benefit Act amendment is passed by both the house necessary Notification is appended below Increase Maternity Benefit from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for 1st & 2nd children, and 12 weeks for more than 2 children. 12 weeks Maternity Benefit to a Commissioning Mother and adopting mother Facilitate work from home. Mandatory Provision of Crèche  to establishments having more than 50 or more total employees. Every establishment shall intimate in writing and electronically to every women at the time of her initial appointment about the benefits available under the Act. The Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Gandhi thanked the Minister for Labour and Employment, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya for taking up the demand of lakhs of women across the country and for having steered the Bill through Rajya Sabha as well as the Lok Sabha. In her message to the working women,

Introduction of Composite Claim Forms (Aadhar and Non-Aadhar) to replace existing Claim Forms No.1910C & 31 and Forms No.19(UAN), 10C(UAN) & 31(UAN)

Private-sector employees will soon be able to withdraw up to Rs.20 lakh in tax-free gratuity after the Centre decided to amend a law and bring them at par with central government staff. Currently, private sector employees can get tax exemption up to Rs.10 lakh in gratuity after five years of continuous employment. A tripartite meeting between the labour ministry, trade unions and employee bodies decided on Thursday that a bill to amend the Payment of Gratuities Act will be brought in the second half of the Budget session of Parliament. The Left-affiliated labour unions also demanded that employees get gratuity after one year of service but no decision was taken. The move comes after the seventh pay commission’s recommendation allowing central government employees to earn tax-exempted gratuity up to Rs.20 lakh. “It is a good move to bring the private sector at par with central government employees. This move will also partly offset the impact of inflation,” said Rahul Garg, leader

EPFO the administrative charges payable by the employer for the purposes of paragraph 30 and sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 38 of the said Scheme with effect from  1st April, 2017  at 0.65 per cent  (zero point six five per cent.) of the pay as referred to in the said paragraphs  subject to a minimum sum of seventy-five rupees  per month for every non-functional establishment having no contributory member  and five hundred rupees per month per establishment for other  establishments. Further the Central Government hereby determines  that no sum shall be payable for the time being by the employer  in relation to his employees as the further sum payable by the employer every month to the Deposit-Linked Insurance Fund for the meeting the expenses in connection with the administration of the  Employees Deposit-Linked  Insurance Scheme, 1976  other than the expenses towards the cost of any benefits provided by or under that scheme.