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About Employee State Insurance Registration
What is ESI registration?
The employee state insurance is managed and regulated by the Employee State Insurance Corporation which is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. The ESI scheme was started for the Indian Employees that provided monetary, medical, and other benefits from the employer to the employee.
Currently any factor or employment or any establishment that has employed over 10 employees with a minimum salary of Rs. 21,000 has to mandatorily register itself with the Employee State Insurance Corporation.
Who is eligible to obtain ESI registration?
To be eligible for ESI registration is to have more than 10 workers. In some regions, ESI registration is possible for establishments only if there are more than 20 employees. Here are some other criteria that need to be satisfied for obtaining ESI registration.
Documents required for obtaining ESI registration
Here is the list of documents that is to be submitted by the employer along with the application:
Advantages of ESI registration
- Medical Aid
- Maternity Benefit
- Disablement Benefit
- Sickness benefits
- Dependent benefits
- Funeral expenses
- Confinement expenses
Need based benefits
Vocational Rehabilitation: Permanently physically challenged employees who are insured are entitled to vocational rehabilitation training at VRS.
Physical Rehabilitation: Can be availed by the employees in case of physical disablement or injury or hazards due to employment.
Old Age Medical Care: By the annual payment of Rs.120 medical care benefits can be availed for the ESI employees or for those who are opting for VRS/ERS. The members who retiring on account of permanent disability can also avail themselves the same.
Extended Sickness Benefits: Insured employees who are suffering from chronic diseases can avail of the extended sickness benefit up to 2 years, the sick leave of 91 days should be expired.
Enhanced Sickness Benefit: Enhanced sickness benefit was an encouragement measure for ESI employees to undergo vasectomy or tubectomy for the welfare of the family. Extension of this benefit can be availed in case there are post-operative complications.
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ESI Registration FAQ's
The ESI scheme is a comprehensive social security scheme that is designed to accomplish the task of socially protecting the employees in the organized sector against the event of sickness, maternity, disablement, and death due to employment injury.
The employee insured person and the family are entitled to avail medical benefits from the very first day of his or her joining the insurable employment.
Yes, the statutory responsibility of the employer under section 2A of the Act read with the regulation 10-B to register their Factory/ Establishment under the ESI Act within 15 days from the date of applicability to them.
The contributions that are paid on insurance numbers cannot be transferred to another number. Because all the insurance numbers are unique and are issued to a person. The ESI number is just like the PSN which cannot be transferred. The ESIC is also advised to continue the same number even if the person is changing employers.
From the total of 6.5% for ESI contribution, only 1.75% is deducted from the salary of the employee whereas the rest is contributed by the employer.
The government had introduced various health care benefits for poor families. The families that are covered under the NHPS scheme will be able to access medical facilities for medical treatment and their dependents.
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