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Dear seniors,

Our company has recently come under the purview of the ESI Act, and I have no idea about ESI. I want to know what documents need to be submitted for it, what the rules are, etc. I need a detailed explanation about ESI. Please help me.

Thank you.

From India, Anantapur
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Application and Extent of ESI Act, 1948

The most widely asked question is what organizations are covered under ESI. The following points cover the answer to this question.

Application and Extent of ESI Act, 1948:

1. It extends to the whole of India.

2. It shall apply, in the first instance, to all factories, including factories belonging to the Government, other than seasonal factories.

3. Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply to a factory or establishment belonging to or under the control of the Government whose employees are otherwise in receipt of benefits substantially similar or superior to the benefits provided under this Act.

4. The appropriate Government may, in consultation with the Corporation and where the appropriate Government is a State Government, with the approval of the Central Government, after giving six months’ notice of its intention of doing so by notification in the Official Gazette, extend the provisions of this Act or any of them, to any other establishment, or class of establishments, industrial, commercial, agricultural, or otherwise.

5. Provided that where the provisions of this Act have been brought into force in any part of a State, the said provisions shall stand extended to any such establishment or class of establishments within that part if the provisions have already been extended to a similar establishment or class of establishments in another part of that State.

6. A factory or an establishment to which this Act applies shall continue to be governed by this Act notwithstanding that the number of persons employed therein at any time falls below the limit specified by or under this Act or the manufacturing process therein ceases to be carried on with the aid of power.

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From India, Kolkata
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Thank you sir.But this was an answer for an employer,what answer should we give ,if an employee ask us a question about ESI and its benefit. Brief regarding it.
From India, Anantapur
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