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ESIC scheme adds around 1.28 million new members in January

Around 12.84 lakh new members joined ESIC-run social security scheme in Jan 2021 against 15.34 lakh in the previous month, official data showed on Friday

Why Delhi's anganwadi workers are fighting for higher pay, social security

Anganwadi workers work overtime, and keep critical health and nutrition programmes running, even as they are paid little, receive no social security, or adequate protection from the Covid-19 pandemic

Employer has to pay damages for delay in payment of EPF contribution: SC

An employer is under an obligation to pay the damages for delay in payment of the contribution of Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) of an employee, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S Oka said Employees Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act is legislation for providing social security to the employees working in any establishment and engaging 20 or more persons. The top court said that the Act casts an obligation upon the employer to make the compulsory deduction for provident fund and to deposit in the workers' account in the EPF office. We are of the considered view that any default or delay in the payment of EPF contribution by the employer under the Act is a sine qua non for the imposition of levy of damages under Section 14B of the Act 1952 and mens rea or actus reus is not an essential element for imposing penalty/damages for breach of civil obligations/liabilities, the bench said. The top court was hearing an appeal filed .

Precarious employment

Omicron has increased livelihood concerns

Why does social security look like a pipe dream for gig workers?

Lakhs of gig workers in India continue to work amid little or no access to social security. We find out more about their plight and also if the new labour codes will address their social security void

TMS Ep87: Gig workers, K Srinath Reddy, FPI buying, Treasury Bills

Social security a pipe dream for gig workers? What's K Srinath Reddy's prescription to flattening the Omicron curve? How can India sustain FPI buying in 2022? What are Treasury bills? All answers here

E-Shram doesn't offer clarity on social security benefits, say experts

Mandatory Aadhaar-based mobile linkage is proving a hurdle for registration of many workers

Nearly 10 crore unorganised sector workers registered on e-Shram portal

The e-Shram portal was launched in August this year for creating national database for unorganised workers

e-SHRAM portal to facilitate better execution of schemes, says industry

Launch of the e-SHRAM portal by the government will facilitate better execution of various social security schemes for all unorganised sector workers, India Inc said on Thursday

Transgenders can't get state benefits as most official data ignores 'other'

Lack of means to record their preferred gender identities means that many Indians who identify as transgender are excluded from various social security benefits.

ESIC to cover casual, contractual employees of municipal bodies

The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is set to extend benefits of its health insurance cover to all casual and contractual workers at municipal bodies

Around 1.2 million join ESIC in March, 100,000 more than February

Gross new enrolments with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) were 0.8 million in June 2020

A deep dive into the labour codes and what they have in store for India Inc

The rules relating to these codes, finalised by the union labour ministry, are silent on several concerns of Indian enterprises and other stakeholders

ESIC scheme adds around 1.2 million members in October, shows data

Gross new enrolments with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) were 0.8 million in June

Azim Premji calls Covid-19 a magnifying glass for structural injustices

Says the pandemic has been a sharp reminder that the economy is a part of society and that human well-being matters in all its dimensions equally

Employees or contractors? Gig universe faces a social code dilemma

Globally, there have been public debates on the nature of the job of gig workers and the social security framework they deserve to get.

Labour Min gives 45 days for feedback on Social security code draft rules

Ministry notified draft rules on November 13, inviting objections and suggestions from stakeholders

Gig workers to make PF contribution, get social security for first time

Over 1 million workers set to join new regime in first year

Hire, fire, do business: How new labour codes aim to help companies

Labour reforms passed by Parliament aim to make hiring and firing workers easier as they reduce a number of regulatory approvals. Somesh Jha explains how these reforms could help businesses

Centre notifies three labour codes subsuming 25 laws after President's nod

The new labour laws will be made effective by the government later