EPF Ereturn Dilemma: Should Rejoining Employees Get a New PF Number or Not?

EPF Ereturn Tool: Handling Rejoining Employees

To enter the details of an employee into the EPF Ereturn tool for an employee who has rejoined the firm after 8 months in a new financial year, you may be wondering whether to assign a new PF number or continue with the old number but update the date of joining.

If the employee has already withdrawn his EPF contributions and pension fund, then he has to get a new EPF number; otherwise, the old number will continue.

Thanks,
Kamal

According to the PF Act, you don't need to issue another number if you have already assigned a PF number to an employee. In your case, you can simply rejoin that employee with the same PF number for remitting the PF amount. However, if an employee withdraws their amount from the PF department, then a new number should be issued to the employee.

As far as my knowledge is concerned, once you have marked an employee as left in the ECR, you cannot continue with the same PF number. If the employee rejoins the company afterwards, you will have to assign them a new PF number. The only option for the employee is to transfer their old EPF money to the new PF number by filling out Form 13.

Seniors, please correct me if I am wrong.

Once an employee leaves the job, we cannot process or continue with the same ID as per the PF Organization. Kindly inform him to transfer the same PF amount to the new PF Account so he will be eligible for the benefits.

With Regards,
Karunakaran Y N

Good morning all seniors and juniors, Yesterday, I shared this issue with the PF Department. They mentioned that if employees leave the job and rejoin after two or three months, it should be possible to retain their old PF number. Otherwise, you must issue a new PF number in the case of rejoining and transfer the amount through Form 13 to the new number.

I am attaching some useful information regarding PF that will help you.

Regards,

If the employee has not received the PF settlement, you can mark them as "Left" and then rejoin them when the settlement is completed.

Once you have shown the employee's name in Form 10, you can't make any remittances to a particular employee account. If an employee rejoins, you have to allot a new PF number and transfer the amount from the previous account to the new account using Form 13.

Regards,
Srinivas B

If an employee leaves an organization and claims their PF and pension fund, we can't continue with their old number. We should provide the current running number. If they do not opt for the claim, we can continue with the old number. At the time of claiming, we should confirm their break period in the forms.

Regards,
KHS

Employee will be issued a new PF number if he/she leaves and then rejoins the same company. The previous fund can either be withdrawn or transferred to the new PF number. The same number cannot be used.