Try to understand Deepa two things
1. If your co. does not want burden of ESI and EPF liability, You can keep such posts on Professional /Freelancer base. But as already discussed herein before, you needs to maintain their record separately and not as employee. Further you needs to deduct 10% TDS from their payments. If their Professional fees {package} is more than 8 lakcs, everybody have to obtained Service Tax registration and you needs to pay them 12.36% additionally as service Tax. Further constitution of your organisation if "Co." then you needs to go in for "Reverse Method" under Service Tax.
2. Further the nature of work which is allotted to the concern so called Freelancers should be justifiable. Your organisation have to think in all angles and not only ESI & EPF. If you try to avoid / save here, you will loose some thing or legal complications under other acts.
There are another legal way outs, but after all it is depends on Case to Case basis. Forum have curtain limitations.
I suggest you to get clarified this issue more, from Proper Labour consultant and your C.A. Because the decisions like these are affecting on each other.
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Pramod Thakar
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