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If any employer/establishment makes available registers/records in electronic form and accessible to the inspector/authority so as to be usable for a subsequent reference, then that employer/establishment should not be required to produce print/hard copy of these documents
All death cases claims submitted by spouse/nominee/legal heir of EPF member be invariably settled within a period of 7 days from date of submission of claim form in concerned field office where the deceased members accounts are being maintained.
•• Employees’ Provident Fund – •• All employees with wages upto Rs 15,000 required to join the Fund. •• Accumulations payable on retirement, resignation, death. •• Partial withdrawals permitted for financing life insurance policies; Acquiring house or site; Marriage of self or dependents; Education of children; Treatment of illness etc.
EPFO is in the process of development and implementation of next version of UAN, whereby the Universal Account Number of an EPF member is to be obtained/linked with present employment by the employer before filing the ECR.
Please find enclosed herewith a copy of order dated 11-03-2016 delivery by Honble High Court of Kerala in WP(c) No. 7905/2011 filed by Builders Association of India, Madurai Centre V/S Union of India, CPFC & RPFC, Madurai.
The existing members as on the 1st day of September, 2014, who at the option of the employer and employee, had been contributing on salary exceeding six thousand and five hundred rupees per month, may on a fresh option to be exercised jointly by the employer and employee continue to contribute on salary exceeding fifteen thousand rupees per month
The Government has decided to raise the Employees Provident Fund ( EPF) investment in Exchange Traded Funds from present 5 per cent to 10 per cent. Announcing this Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State(IC) for Labour and Employment said that the decision has been taken considering the good returns in ETF investment.
In this regard, I am directed to inform that the President, Central Staff Welfare Committee/Central P. F. Commissioner has decided on 21.09.2016 that the Death Relief fund will be given in all cases of death while in service at the rate applicable to cases of unnatural death.
Introduction of Declaration Form [New Form No. 11] in place of the existing Form No. 11 (New) is ordered with immediate effect. The Declaration Form [Nee Form No. 11] will also replace Form No. 13 in all such cases where existing member of the Provident Fund makes a request for transfer of his fund availing the facility of Universal Account Number (UAN).
It has been decided that in case of duplicate UANs issued to one EPF member as mentioned above, the following solutions are detailed below: • The members should be advised to apply for P.F. transfer from previous EPF account to the present EPF account.
