ESI Updates & Cases

Availability Of Employee Death Benefits Under Various Labour Laws In India

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Introduction India is a socialist country. Therefore, social benefits that are governed by labour laws are regarded as sacrosanct. Social security schemes in India not only protect the employees but also their families by giving benefits in financial security and healthcare. These schemes guarantee long-term sustenance for families when the earning member retires, dies, or […]

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ESIC Scheme adds 10.41 Lakh New Members In April 2021

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Around 10.41 lakh new members joined the ESIC-run social security scheme in April, official data showed on Friday, giving a perspective on formal sector employment in the country. The gross enrolments with ESIC during 2020-21 dropped nearly 24 per cent to 1.15 crore amid the pandemic, compared to 1.51 crore in 2019-20, according to the

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EPF & ESI: Government Announces Additional Benefits

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The Ministry of Labour and Employment on Sunday announced additional benefits for workers through social securities schemes run by the EPFO and the ESIC amid the COVID-19 pandemic. These benefits include pension for dependents of insured persons with Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) who died due to COVID-19 and hike in maximum sum assured under

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Mukhmeet S. Bhatia takes over as Director General of ESIC

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Senior IAS officer, Mukhmeet S. Bhatia took over the charge of Director General of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on April 04, 2021. He is a 1990 IAS Officer of the Jharkhand cadre. Earlier, he has worked as the Additional Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.  ESIC is a Statutory and an Autonomous Body under the

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Employee’s Contribution To EPF Paid Beyond Due Date Cannot Be Disallowed: ITAT

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The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Chennai Bench ruled that the assessing officer erred in confirming disallowances towards employees’ contribution to PF and ESI. The assessee company, M/s. Doosan Power Systems India Pvt. Ltd. incorporated in the year 2006 is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DHICL. It is engaged in the business of providing engineering design and related services to its overseas

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Labour Ministry: ESIC To Run New Hospitals All By Itself

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All newly constructed hospitals and those approved in future will now be run by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) itself, unless the State Government insists to run the hospital, Ministry of Labour & Employment said in a statement. This has been done in view of demand from both workers and employees, and with the objective

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ESIC Join Hands With The National Health Authority

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In a big leap taken by Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to ensure better accessibility of medical facilities for its beneficiaries, the corporation has joined hands with the National Health Authority (NHA) to leverage the medical infrastructure available under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) in the state of Maharashtra. The tie-up

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Labor Law Cases: Half Yearly Update (April to September,2020)

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Brief overview of the recent judicial decisions on labor laws rendered in the period, April, 2020 to September, 2020, by the Supreme Court and various High Courts of India. For the purposes of the instant part, we shall be covering judicial decisions rendered under the following legislations: Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923 (“Employee’s Compensation Act“); Employees’

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ESI: Lack of Funds Affecting Functioning of ESIC Hospitals

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NEW DELHI : Functioning of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) run hospitals has come under the scrutiny of parliamentary panel, as the authorities have asked the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and some state governments to take over the control of some of these health facilities. Also, covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the woes of the ESIC-run

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