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Starting 1 January 2017, employers will need to make contributions under the ESI Act for a larger pool of employees since the wage ceiling for applicability of this statute has been increased from INR 15,000 to INR 21,000. Introduction Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 ( ESI Act ) is a social security legislation aimed at providing benefits to employees in case of sickness, maternity, employment injury and certain other related matters. Under this self-financing health insurance scheme, funds are primarily built out of contribution from employers and employees. On 22 December 2016, the Ministry of Labour and Employment issued a notification increasing the wage limit for coverage under the ESI Act to INR 21,000. This change will come into effect on 1 January 2017. The wage ceiling was last raised in May 2010, where the wage limit was increased from INR 10,000 to INR 15,000. With the current increase to INR 21,000, the wage limit for ESI Act has been brought in line wit...

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The Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Second Amendment Rules, 2016 ( New Area Implementation & their Contribution ) MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi,  the 6th October,  2016 G.S.R. 959(E) Whereas certain draft rules further to amend the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950 were published, as required by sub-section (1) of section 95 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948) , in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 720(E), dated 25th July, 2016 inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette in which the said notification was published, were made available to the public;  And whereas, the copies of the said Official Gazette were made available to the public on the 25th July, 2016; And whereas, o...

The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) today raised the monthly wage threshold to Rs 21,000, from the current Rs 15,000, for coverage under its health insurance scheme. In a meeting held today, the ESIC board also decided to give an option to existing insured persons to continue membership even if their wage breaches the ceiling of Rs 21,000 per month. At present, all those insured under the ESIC scheme lose their membership of ESIC as well as that of the insurance cover if their wage overshoots the ceiling. "ESIC has raised the threshold wage limit from Rs 15,000 to Rs 21,000," Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya told PTI after the board meeting of ESIC here. Labour Minister is the Chairman of the ESIC Board. Both the decisions will be implemented from October 1. Dattatreya added that the move of raising the threshold will help bring in an additional 50 lakh members to ESIC. At present, ESIC has 2.6 crore insured persons, which covers ov...

Dear All, Greetings from Street HR!!! This is to inform you that DD National Channel will telecast interview of ESIC Director General on 31-August-2016 from 7:10 AM to 8:30 AM. Don't miss the show...

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The Government of India has extended the ESI Scheme to all the 26 Districts in Karnataka with effect from 1.5.2016. Heither to the ESI Act was applicable to the industrial and commercial clusters notified from time to time. From 1 st  May 2016 ESI Scheme will cover the entire District. Hence, it is obligatory for all the coverable establishments to register under the ESI Act, obtain code number and cover the eligible employees under the ESI Scheme. In Karnataka all the Factories and Establishments employing 10 and above persons are covered. Further, in such establishments the employees who are getting salary upto Rs.15,000/- are covered under the ESI Scheme. It is obligatory for the employers to register within 15 days. For registration and details, contact www.esic.in or call Toll Free Number 1800-425-0636. The Act has come into force in the following areas in the State of Karnataka w.e.f. 1.5.2016:- Sl.No. Name of the District/Areas 1 Bagalkot 2 Bellary 3 Belagavi 4 Be...

Center will pass bill for minimum wages  Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya says it will benefit 40 crore employees in organized sector with uniform wage Hints at hiking the salary limit from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 to ensure ESI benefits Tirupati: Center will introduce a bill in the ensuing Parliament session for approval of providing a uniform minimum wages to 40 crore employees engaged in the country, said Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya. He said this after inspecting the Rs 110 crore regional ESI hospital which is coming up Tirupati, on Saturday, the Union Minister said the bill proposed to hike and ensure uniform minimum wage to all the unorganised sector employees for their welfare.  He averred "If necessary, the government will bring an ordinance to implement a national level uniform minimum wage and welfare measures for the unorganized sector employees"   ...

Labour Ministry asks EPFO, ESIC not to inspect startups for 3 years NEW DELHI: The Labour Ministry has directed retirement fund body EPFO and health insurance provider ESIC to exempt startups from inspection and filing returns for 3 years. In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to nurture startups, the ministry said in a set of directions last week that the new age ventures should be allowed to self-certify their compliance with 9 labour laws. Labour Secretary Shankar Aggarwal in a letter said startups should not be inspected or  .. Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/50717735.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst The Labour Ministry has directed retirement fund body EPFO and health insurance provider ESIC to exempt startups from inspection and filing returns for three years .  In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to nurture startups, the ministry said in a set ...

As per ESIC2.0 reforms, the ESIC has to cover entire Districts by 2016 where it is currently functional. Further expansion will be happening due to increase in coverage by reducing threshold below 10 and also by covering construction and other unorganized sector workers. Due to this, manifold increase in the total number of IPs is expected. Based on the earlier decision of ESIC,a Sub Committee was constituted to suggest on expansion of medical facilities based on geographical necessity. It has recommended setting up of one doctor dispensary in such uncovered areas which are to be covered   In view of the above, ESI Corporation in its 167th meeting held on 18th December, 2015 has approved that in such, to be implemented new areas, if no other appropriate facility is there, ESIC should open one doctor dispensary with the following features:   A. Staff: Doctor - 1 Nurse/ ANM- 1 Pharmacist - 1 LDC/UDC/MTS- 1 B. Area: 200 sq. mtr. (approx) In view of the...

So, this is all about ESIC Wages Section 2(22) in The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948(22) “"wages"” means -  All remuneration paid or payable in cash to an employee, if the terms of the contract of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled and includes 34 [any payment to an employee in respect of any period of authorized leave, lock-out, strike which is not illegal or lay-off and] other additional remuneration, if any,  [provided- paid at intervals not exceeding two months], but does not include — (a)  any contribution paid by the employer to any pension fund or provident fund, or under this Act; (b)  any travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession; (c)   any sum paid to the person employed to defray special expenses entailed on him by the nature of his employment;   or (d)  any gratuity payable on discharge; WASHING ALLOWANCE:   It is a sum paid to defray special expenses entailed by the natur...