Employee re-joine the same company. Can he be re-joined in ESIC-EPFO with the same UAN/IP?

An employee left job one week ago. He was marked as exit from both ESIC and EPFO. He didn’t withdraw his PF contribution.
After one week, he re-joined in the same company.
Can he be re-joined in ESIC-EPFO with the same UAN/IP?

Note: This time his salary increased by 25%.

Certainly, you have to rejoin him with the same ESI Number and UAN. Salary has no relevance here.

Dear Krishanu,

What Mr. Madhu T K has recommended is absolutely okay. The only thing you have to check is that the salary increase during rejoining is 25%, and if as a result, his monthly gross exceeds 21,000/-, the employee will not be covered under ESIC.

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Dear Mr. Madhu,

In this rejoining case, the PF UAN number should remain the same. For ESIC, if applicable, the IP number should also be the same as before.

Therefore, the PF site will not allow the generation of a new UAN number as the employee already has one. Similarly, in ESIC, it is a mandatory requirement of the department to use the same IP number that the employee had previously.

Hi,

Whenever an employee under ESI coverage joins, we should first ensure that the employee's previous ESI number is input into the system. Since the telephone, bank account, and Aadhar are linked, the ESI website will reject the registration if you attempt to create a new one. When you begin registering an employee, the system will prompt you to indicate whether the employee already has an existing ESI number. If you select "Yes," you will need to enter the number and the date of joining, following which the system will automatically redirect you to the employee's details as per the ESI site. You can simply 'update' the information, and the employee will be added to your records. At times, the system may request updates for bank account and mobile number details, and once these are completed, the process is finalized. If there's a need to change the address or dispensary, that can be managed in due course.

Thank you.