THE ESIC ACT, 1948: SICKNESS-RATES

SICKNESS-RATES

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Gratuity Act

GRATUITY MAXIMUM LIMIT INCREASED FROM RS. 350000 TO RS. 1000000 (FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES EMPLOYEES)

Employee's Compensation Act

Given below are the synopsis of the changes.

THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2009 is now renamed as THE EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2009 and wherever "workman" or "workmen" is mentioned in the entire Act the same needs to be read as "Employee" to make it gender sensitive.

The compensation payable on death from the injury, is (i) minimum of Rs.80000 is increased to Rs.120000 or (ii) 50% of the monthly wages of deceased multiplied by the relevant factor.

The compensation payable on Permanent Total Disablement from the injury, is (i) minimum of Rs.90000 is increased to Rs.140000 or (ii) 60% of the monthly wages of deceased multiplied by the relevant factor.

actual reimbursement of medical expenses incurred on account of injury caused during course of employment.

Empower the Central Government to specify monthly wages for the purpose of compensation. It is 50% of Rs.8000/-. This amendment is notified vide Central Government Notification No. S.O. 1258(E) vide Ministry of Labour & Employment dated 31st May 2010.

Definition of workmen replaced by "Definition of Employee"- also now includes CLERICAL employees.

The Commissioner shall dispose compensation cases within a time period of 3 months.

Download Emploee's Compensation (Amnd) Act, 2010

Download Emploee's Compensation Wage Limit Notification

AP MINIMUM WAGE

SECURITY SERVICES :

Zone I:All Municipal Corporations

Zone II : All Municipalities

Zone III : Rest of the area

Highly Skilled :

(Security Supervisor/ Officer/ Field Officer) Z-I: 7500, Z-II: 6500,Z-III: 5000

Skilled :

(Security Inspector/ ASO/ Intelligance and Fire Fighting Personal, Head Gaurd) Z-I: 7000, Z-II: 6000, Z-III: 4500

Semi-Skilled :

(Asst. Security Inspector /Security Gaurds with Arms) Z-I: 6500, Z-II: 5500, Z-III: 4250

Un-Skilled :

(Security Gaurds without Arms)

Z-I: 5000, Z-II: 4250, Z-III: 4000

CONTRACT LABOUR :

Andhra Pradesh contract labour minimum wages are revised w.e.f 18 aug'09 as:

Un-Skilled: Rs. 155 per day, Rs. 4030 per month

Semi-Skilled: Rs. 195 per day, Rs. 5070 per month

Skilled: Rs. 235 per day, Rs. 6110 per month

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APPLICABILITY OF THE ACT & SCHEME:

 Is extended in area-wise to factories using power and employing 10 or more persons and to non-power using manufacturing units and establish-ments employing 20 or more person upto Rs.15,000/- per month w.e.f. 01.04.10. It has also been extend-ed upon shops, hotels, restaurants, roads motor transport undertakings, equip-ment maintenance staff in the hospitals.

COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEES:

 Drawing wages Upto Rs.15,000/- per month Engaged either directly or thru’ contractor

RATE OF CONTRIBUTION OF THE WAGES:

 Employers’ 4.75%

 Employees’ 1.75%

MANNER AND TIME LIMIT FOR MAKING PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTION:

 The total amount of contribution (employee’s share and employer’s share) is to be deposited with the authorized bank through a challan in the prescribed form in quadruplicate on ore before 21st of month following the calendar month in which the wages fall due.

BENEFITS TO THE EMPLOYEES UNDER THE ACT:

 Medical Benefit
 Sickness Benefit(SB)
 Maternity Benefit(MB)
 Disablement Benefit
 Dependants’ Benefit(DB)
 Funeral Expenses

 In addition, the scheme also provides some other need based benefits to insured workers.

WAGES FOR ESI CONTRIBUTIONS:

 Registers/files to be maintained by the employers

CONTRIBUTION PERIOD:

 If the person joined insurance employment for the first time, say on 5th January, his first contribution period will be from 5th January to 31st March and his corresponding first benefit will be from 5th October to 31st December.

TO BE DEEMED AS WAGES:

• Basic pay
• Dearness allowance
• House rent allowance
• City compensatory allowance
• Overtime wages (but not to be taken into account for determining the coverage of an employee)
• Payment for day of rest
• Production incentive
• Bonus other than statutory bonus
• Night shift allowance
• Heat, Gas & Dust allowance
• Payment for unsubstituted holidays
• Meal/food allowance
• Suspension allowance
• Lay off compensation
• Children education allowance (not being reimbursement for actual tuition fee)

NOT TO BE DEEMED AS WAGES:

• Contribution paid by kthe employer to any pension/provident fund or under ESI Act.
• Sum paid to defray special expenses entailed by the nature of employment – Daily allowance paid for the period spent on tour.
• Gratuity payable on discharge.
• Pay in lieu of notice of retrenchment compensation
• Benefits paid under the ESI Scheme.
• Encashment of leave
• Payment of Inam which does not form part of the terms of employment.
• Washing allowance for livery
• Conveyance Amount towards reimbursement for duty related journey

PENALTIES :

 Different punishment have been prescribed for different types of offences in terms of Section 85: (I) (six months imprisonment and fine Rs.5000), (ii) (one year imprisonment and fine), and 85-A: (five years imprisonment and not less to 2 years) and 85-C (2) of the ESI Act, which are self explanatory. Besides these provisions, action also can be taken under section 406 of the IPC in cases where an employer deducts contributions from the wages of his employees but does not pay the same to the corporation which amounts to criminal breach of trust.

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P F ACT

Enhancement of the cash benefit on Pension:

EPF(Amendment) Scheme, 2011

ESIC

Employees’ State Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2010.

Following are the some salient feature of the ESI (Amendment) Act, 2010.

Extension Of The ESI Scheme To The Construction Site WorkerS :

APPRENTICES COVERED:

POWER TO APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT;

DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT EXPANDED:

SMALL FACTORIES ALSO ARE COVERED:

INSPECTORS RE-DESIGNATED AS SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICERS:

VRS EMPLOYEES ALSO COVERED:

NOTIONAL EXTENSION OF PREMISES:

UNORGANIZED SECTOR EMPLOYEES COVERED:

ESIC ONLINE PORTAL:

ESI WAGE CEILING:

I D Act 2010

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