Dear Mr Nijeesh,
Greetings!
i) Applicability
Applicable to all factories, employing ten or more persons and all other establishments employing 20 or more persons drawing salary upto Rs. 10,000/- per month.
ii) Duties & Obligations
a) To register the factory / establishment, within 15 days by filing Form 01 and to obtain employer’s code number.
b) To obtain Declaration, in Form 1 before taking any person into employment. To send declaration forms within 10 days to the ESI Local office along with Return of Declaration in Form 3.
c) To deduct 1.75% of the wages as employee’s contribution and add 4.75% as employee’s contribution and deposit the same within 21 days of the last day of the calendar month.
d) To maintain a Register of Employees in Form 7 and make entries of contributions.
e) To make payment of ESI contributions within 21 days of wage period.
f) To send Return of Contributions in Form 6 to Local Office within 42 days from the closure of contribution period.
g) To obtain particulars of employee’s family in Form 1-A and later, any changes in Form 15-B, within 10 days, and submit the same to the local ESI office.
h) To issue Identity Card, in place of slip, to the employees.
i) To maintain a bound Inspection Book, prescribed under Regulation 102 A – an Accident Book in Form 15 and to send Accident Report to the local office/dispensary and to others depending upon the seriousness of the accident.
iii) Benefits:
Employee will be eligible for medical benefit, sickness benefit, maternity benefit and benefits for employment injury. An employee will be eligible for full benefit only after contributing during the contribution period.
iv) Consequence of Non-Compliance of the Requirements:
Failure to pay contribution within the specified period and comply with other provisions, may attract:
a) interest at 15% p.a.
b) damage from 5 to 25%
c) Punishment with imprisonment upto 3 years and or a fine of Rs. 5,000.
v) Administering Authority
The ESI Corporation.
Rgds,
John N