Can We Reuse an Old UAN for an Employee Who Has Rejoined Our Company?

Dear All,

An employee worked in our company since 2011. He resigned in September 2015 and applied for PF claim through an activated UAN. Now, once again, he is employed by us starting this month (April '16). Can we use his old UAN, which was already activated and used during his previous service, or should we go for a new one?

Kindly advise.

Thanks & Regards, Thamburajan M +91 99449 00271

Hi,

Sure, you can continue using the same UAN when generating Form 11 on the online portal, i.e., for your first employment, you have the option of entering the UAN No. For every subsequent employment, the EPF No. will change, but it is not necessary to change the UAN No.

Please create a new PF account number and link that PF number to the old UAN number. A new UAN number is not required if they already have one; this applies to new recruits or re-hires. If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Thank you.

Can we use the same UAN number which was claimed? i.e., The claim amount of the old PF account has already been claimed using its respective UAN number. In this case, can we use the same old UAN number for the newly generated PF number? Please advise.