EPFO gets electronic facility for key employers
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has launched an electronic
facility for the key employers that will help them check the EPF compliance
of their contractors.
EPFO-registered employers, who engage employees
through contractors, can add details of the contractors and the contract
employees on EPFO’s unified portal. Anil Kumar Pritam, the Regional
Commissioner (Grade-1), of the Nashik Region EPFO, said some employers
source manpower via contractors.
However, they are unable to know whether
the contractors concerned are paying the PF contribution of their workers.
“This new electronic system will help the employers know whether the
contractors have opened the PF accounts of their contract workers and are
actually making the PF contribution of their workers regularly,” he said,
adding that contract workers will not be deprived of EPF facilities as
employers will be able to ensure that the contract workers are registered
with the EPF.