Absconding Led to Termination: How Can Overlapping PF Details Be Fixed?

One of my friends got terminated because he absconded from the last company. His PF details have overlapped for 3 months.

What would be the solution to rectify it?

Dear member, Did the company confirm the grounds on which his employment was terminated? For how many days/weeks/months did your friend work in the company?

Most likely, your friend must have been terminated because of dual employment.

Thanks,

Dinesh Divekar

Dear Cite HR Friend,

Please confirm whether the reason for termination is actual or fabricated. Employers will always relieve employees from their organization unless there is a grave reason that can lead to termination. Additionally, PF contribution will not affect the employee's next organization if terminated. However, the employee's previous organization tenure is visible to the current employer.

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Dear Friend,

Chances of Overlapping PF

Chances of overlapping PF are minimal as every company creates a new PF Code/UAN for new joiners.

PF Contribution for Absconded Employees

By the way, no company pays salary and makes PF contributions for absconded employees, as nowadays the payroll department is automated across companies, making duplication practically impossible.

Request you to share correct facts to enable us to give fruitful advice.

If we understand this correctly, your friend absconded, and thereafter the company terminated him. However, they updated the records in PF after 3 months. Obviously, they wouldn't do it with retrospective effect and face a penalty, so they used the current date. The intervening period is an NCP. Obviously again, he joined the other company without completing the notice period or formalities from the previous company.

There is no way to rectify the overlap. At best, he can go and explain it to the HR, specifically showing that no PF contribution happened during those 3 months.