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Can epf apply to a organisation with less then 20 employees?

22 July 2023

I have received a coverage notice from epf department that epf registration for my organisation is cumpolsory stating following things can someone please guide me through this??

text of received mail

महोदय ,

            उपरोक्त सम्बन्ध में आपको सूचित किया जाता है कि कर्मचारी भविष्य निधि एवं प्रकीर्ण उपबंध अधिनियम, 1952 के धारा 8 (क) और पैरा 30(3) अंतर्गत मिल के माध्यम से नियुक्त कर्मचारियों की पी एफ अनुपालना सुनिश्चित करने की जिम्मेदारी मुख्य नियोक्ता और मिलर दोनों की है ।

विदित हो कि CGMARKFED राज्य शासन की इकाई है और अधिनियम की कल्याणकारी योजनाओं के अंतर्गत पंजीकृत मुख्य नियोक्ता है जिसके अनुबंध से यदि एक भी नियमित/अस्थायी/आकस्मिक/पार्ट-टाइम/दैनिक वेतन भोगी श्रमिक मिलर के माध्यम से नियोजित है तो उसे पी एफ का सदस्य बनाना अनिवार्य है । सरकारी प्रतिष्ठानों में 20 कर्मचारियों की सीमा मुख्य नियोक्ता पर लागू है न की व्यक्तिगत रूप से हर धान मिल पर।

मुख्य नियोक्ता द्वारा अनुबंध की शर्तों के अनुसार सभी कानूनों की अनुपालना सुनिश्चित करने की जिम्मेदारी मिलर की है । CGMARKFED से प्राप्त जानकारी के अनुसार आपकी मिल के अनुबंध विवरणी संलग्न है जिससे स्पष्ट है की मिल कार्यरत है और भंडारण, यातायात व प्रसंस्करण आदि कार्यों में श्रमिक नियोजित हैं। अतः मिलर की यह वैधानिक जिम्मेदारी है कि तत्काल स्वतः आवेदन कर योग्य कर्मचारियों को अधिनियम के अंतर्गत सदस्य बनाए |

यह निर्देशित किया जाता है कि आप 7 दिनों के भीतर www.epfindia.gov.in अथवा https://registration.shramsuvidha.gov.in/user/login पर जाकर पंजीकरण कर कोड लेकर नियमानुसार अधिनियम की अनुपालना करना आरंभ करें साथ ही अधोहस्ताक्षरित को पत्र द्वारा या do.bilaspur @ epfindia.gov.in  पर ई-मेल द्वारा इस सम्बन्ध में तत्काल सूचित करें |

कृपया यह भी ध्यान रखें कि अधिनियम की अनुपालना नहीं किये जाने की परिस्थिति में चूककर्ता प्रतिष्ठान पर देयता के निर्धारण हेतु धारा 7 ए के अंतर्गत जांच व कार्यवाही  आरंभ किये जाने का प्रावधान है |

please guide me through this

Thanks,
ayush

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jagdish chhugani (engineer) (736 Points)
Replied 28 July 2023

FOR EMPLOYERS

The Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952 applies to the Factories engaged in Industries specified in Schedule I of the Act or to other establishments notified and engaging 20 or more employees. To facilitate easy compliance by the Big Industries, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), other Establishments EPFO has provided online facilities starting from the registration of the Establishments, filing of monthly returns integrated with online payment of the contributions and charges. The process for all the online facilities are explained through well illustrated documents and FAQs and even the probable entrepreneurs can visit the site and collect the information.

https://www.epfindia.gov.in/site_en/For_Employers.php

https://www.financialexpress.com/money/modi-govt-denies-change-in-epf-can-small-firm-workers-get-pf-benefits/1809714/

jagdish chhugani (engineer) (736 Points)
Replied 28 July 2023

letter clearly say more than 20 employees, may be not allowed under CGMARKFED is a unit of the State Government and is the main employer registered under the welfare schemes of the Act,

check with bilaspur @ epfindia.gov.in. office in your area

Sir, in the above connection, you are informed that under section 8(a) and para 30(3) of the Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, the responsibility of ensuring PF compliance of the employees employed through the mill rests with the principal employer and Miller is of both.

Be aware that CGMARKFED is a unit of the State Government and is the main employer registered under the welfare schemes of the Act, by whose contract if any regular/temporary/casual/part-time/daily wage laborer is employed through the miller, he/she will be entitled to PF. Membership is mandatory. The limit of 20 employees in government establishments is applicable to the principal employer and not to each paddy mill individually.

It is the responsibility of the miller to ensure compliance of all laws by the principal employer as per the terms of the contract. According to the information received from CGMARKFED, the contract details of your mill are attached, which clearly shows that the mill is functional and workers are employed in storage, transportation and processing etc. Therefore, it is the statutory responsibility of the miller to immediately apply automatically to make the eligible employees members under the Act.

It is directed that within 7 days you may visit www.epfindia.gov.in or https://registration.shramsuvidha.gov.in/user/login and start complying with the Act as per the rules by taking registration code and also the undersigned Immediately inform in this regard by letter to do.bilaspur @ epfindia.gov.in.

Please also note that in the event of non-compliance of the Act, there is a provision for investigation and initiation of action under section 7A to determine the liability on the defaulting establishment.