Are PF and ESI Deductions Mandatory for New Minimum Wage Employees? Seeking Advice

Our some new comer minimum wage employees do not agree to deduct PF & ESI and are also ready to submit this in writing. Please suggest to me whether this deduction is mandatory or not.

1. Sir, statutory provisions like ESI and EPF are compulsory in nature and are required to be complied with. In case any income tax payer submits an application to his Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO) not to deduct income tax from his salary without any valid reasons, I think the said DDO will never agree.

2. Non-compliance with any statutory provisions will result in prosecutions under the said Acts.

PF and ESI are statutory obligations that employees are required to abide by; it is not a choice that the employee can opt for.