The Employees State Insurance Corporation (“ESIC”) has issued a Notification on 19th November 2019 restricting the employers from filing monthly contribution after 42 days of the end of the Contribution Period. ESI Corporation has provided online facility to the employers for generation of the code no. and registration of the unit, generation of the challans, registration of the employees and filing of the returns etc. under the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948.
As per the ESI General rules, every employer shall send a return of contributions to the appropriate office by registered post or messenger, in respect of all employees for whom contributions are payable in a contribution period, so as to reach that office within 42 days of the termination of contribution period to which it relates . Further, the rule does not permit any change in the submitted ‘return of contribution’, after the expiry of forty two days.
Therefore through this notification ESIC has carried out the following necessary changes:
- With effect from contribution period ending 09/2019 onwards the employer will not be allowed to create challan or pay the amount for any month beyond the contribution period after end of 42 days of the current contribution period.
- If any employer wishes to add further information to the already submitted RCs of earlier periods, he may be allowed to do so after due verification and approval of concerned RO/SRO and this must be shown separately as Supplementary RC in the system.
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