Trainees are normally paid a stipend as salary, and no statutory dues such as PF and ESIC are applicable to them. Can you please explain what type of trainees they are so that we can provide a suitable response to your query.
Even trainees, we have to pay PF and ESIC if they are not registered under any government-notified schemes. In our case, the trainees are freshers taken for a year, and there is no guarantee of employment; they can be terminated at any time.
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