ESIC
ESIC
ESIC
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act is to secure sickness, maternity ,disablement and medical benefits to employees of factories and establishment and dependents benefits to the dependents of such employees. Click to edit Master subtitle style
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Finances
Payable such as
1. Employees Contribution 1.75% of the Wages 2. Employers Contribution 4.75% of the Wages
Employees in receipt of an average daily wage of Rs.40/- or Less, are exempted from 9/30/2011 Payment of their share of contribution (w.e.f
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contribution towards the scheme on a monthly basis. A contribution period means a six month time span from 1st April to 30th September and 1st October to 31st March. contributions paid. The benefit period starts three months after the closure of a contribution period. The two type of periods are elucidated below. Contribution Period Benefit Period 1st January to 30th June of the following year. 1st July to 31st Dec.
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ADVANTAGES OF EMPLOYERS 1)Employers are exempted from the applicability of the : (a). Maternity Benefit Act (b). Workmen's Compensation Act in respect of employee covered under the ESI Scheme 2). Employers have their disposal, a productivity , well secured workforce, an essential ingredient for better productivity . 3). Employers are absolved of any responsibility in times of Physical distress of workers such as sickness, or Physical disablement resulting in loss of wages, as the responsibility of Paying cash benefits shifts to the corporation in respect of insured employees.
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Benefits to Employees
ESI Scheme Major Social Security Benefits in
Cash and Kind include 1. Medical Benefit for self & Family 2. Sickness Benefit for self 3. Maternity Benefit - for self 4. Disablement Benefit a). Temporary Disablement Benefit for self b). Permanent Disablement Benefit for self 5. Dependents Benefit for dependents in case of death due to employment injury 6. Funeral Expenses-to a person who
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Medical Benefit
Medical Benefit means Medical care of IPs and their
for medical care from the very first day of the worker coming under ESI Scheme. A worker who is covered under the scheme for first time is eligible for medical care for the period of three months. If he/she contributes at least for 78 days in a contribution period the eligibility is there up to the end of the corresponding benefit period. A worker is also eligible for extended sickness benefit when he/she is suffering from any one of the long term 34 diseases listed in the Act. This is admissible after the worker has been under ESI these conditions are 9/30/2011 medical benefit is admissible for a maximum 88 satisfied
Sickness Benefit
Sickness signifies a state of health necessitating Medical
treatment and attendance and abstention from work on Medical grounds. Financial support extended by the corporation is such a contingency is called sickness Benefit.
Sickness Benefit represents periodical payments made to an
Insured Person for the period of certified sickness after completing 9 Months in insurable employment.
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paid for prolonged illness (Tuberculosis / Leprosy, Mental and Malignant diseases) due to any of the 34 Specified diseases
employment for a period of 2 years and should have contributed for at least 156 days in 4 preceding contribution periods
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Maternity Benefit
Maternity Benefit is cash payable to an Insured women for the
specified period of abstention from work for confinement or mis-carriage or for sickness arising out of pregnancy, confinement premature birth of child or miscarriage confinement connotes labour after 26 weeks of pregnancy whether the result issue is alive or dead. Criminal abortion or miscarriage does not, however, entitle to benefit. The contribution condition is the same as for Sickness Benefit. The daily benefit rate is double the sickness Benefit rate and is thus roughly equivalent to the full wages. Benefits is paid for Sundays also.
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Maternity Benefit
The Benefit is paid as follows (Duration)
a). For Confinement For a total period 12 Weeks beginning not more than 6 weeks before the expected date of child birth, if the insured women dies during confinement or with in 6 weeks thereafter, leaving behind the living child, the benefit continues to be payable for the whole of the period. But the child also die during that period, the benefit will be paid upto and including the day of the death of the child.
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Medical Bonus is lump sum payment made to an Insured woman or the wife of an insures person in case she does not avail medical facility from an ESI hospital at the time of delivery of a child. This bonus of Rs. 250/- has been increased to Rs. 1000/- from 1st April 2003 9/30/2011 1313
Disablement Benefit
a). Temporary disablement benefit :
In case of temporary disability arising out
of an employment injury or occupational disease., Disablement benefit is admissible to insured person for the entire period so certified by an Insurance Medical officer / Practitioner for which IP does not work for wages. The benefit is not subject to any contributory condition and is payable at a rate which is not less than 70% of daily average wages. 9/30/2011 1414
occupational disease results in permanent, Permanent disablement benefit partial or total loss of earning capacity,
Periodical payments are made to the IP for
life at a rate depending on the actual loss of earning capacity as may be determined and certified by a duly-constituted Medical Board. The rates of Disablement Benefits are determined in accordance with the provisions of Rule 57 of ESI (Central) Rules, 1991. In order to product erosion in real value of the periodical payments of Permanent Disablement benefits, against rise in the1515 9/30/2011 cost of living index, periodical increases
Dependants Benefit
Dependents Benefit is a monthly pension payable
to the eligible dependents of an insured person who dies as a result of an Employment Injury or occupational disease
a). Widow / widows during life or until remarriage b). Legitimate or adopted son until age 18 or if legitimate son is infirm, till infirmity lasts. c). Legitimate or adopted unmarried daughter until age 18 or until marriage, whichever is earlier, or if infirm, till infirmity lasts and she continues to be unmarried. In the absence of any widow or legitimate child, the benefit is payable to a parent or grandparent for 9/30/2011 1616 life, to any other male dependent until age 18 or to
Funeral Expenses Funeral Expenses are in the nature of lump sum payment up to a maximum of Rs.2500/- made to defray the expenditure on the funeral of deceased IP. The amount is paid either to the eldest surviving member of the family or, in his absence, to the person who actually incurs the expenditure on the funeral.
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5).Maintain an Accident Book as prescribed under the Factory Act / ESI Act. 6).Submit an Accident Report to the Local Office / ESI Dispensary concerned immediately in respect of accidents that could result in death or disablement and within 24 hours of its occurrence otherwise. Minor accidents which do not cause absence from work need not be reported 7).Grant leave to insured employees on the basis of sickness certificates issued by any authorised ESI doctor.
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Maintain the following records/ registers properly for the purpose of inspection
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Attendance Registers / Muster Rolls (in respect of all employees including those employed through contractors) Wage register Cash Book / Bank Book Account Books including Ledgers and Vouchers, Balance Sheet. Employees Register Accident Book Returns of Contribution Return of Declaration Forms Copies of Challans
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contribution period. 10. Intimate the date of closure of shifting (Temporary or Permanent) of the Factory / Establishment to the Regional office / Local Office within seven days of its closure or shifting 11. Promptly report change in business activity, ownership of the concern or its management. 12. Ascertain the liability towards ESI dues, while taking over the ownership of any factory/establishment by purchase, gift, lease or license or in any other manner whatsoever as new owner is liable to discharge the past liabilities if any
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Offences
(a) Fails to pay any contribution payable by him under the
act; or
(b) Deducts from the wages of an employee the employers
contribution; or
(c) Fails to submit any return required by the regulations or
makes a false return. He would be punished with imprisonment upto 1 year or with fine up to Rs.4000/- or with both.
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under rules 55 has been increased by 20% increased to 50% from 40%
Daily rates of disability benefits have been Daily rates of dependent s benefit have been
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Thank you
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