Would appreciate any help on this matter. Thanks, Neha
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Dear Neha,
Greetings for the day,
It's true that before engaging any external agencies followings regulations should be complied that agencies must be covered under contract labour act EPF & ESIC act. Secondly the enforcement officer of epfo is correctly explained the proof of payment must be shown during compliance. If your contactor is unable to provide the same you must recover the same amount from the bill raised from the contractor. But mind it in this type of issues or dispute principle employer is liable for payment.
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Sumit Kumar Saxena
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280Greetings for the day,
It's true that before engaging any external agencies followings regulations should be complied that agencies must be covered under contract labour act EPF & ESIC act. Secondly the enforcement officer of epfo is correctly explained the proof of payment must be shown during compliance. If your contactor is unable to provide the same you must recover the same amount from the bill raised from the contractor. But mind it in this type of issues or dispute principle employer is liable for payment.
Thanks & Regards,
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Sumit Kumar Saxena
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Dear Colleague,
It is not principle employer's liability to present PF and ESIC Challan for contract employees.
You can say clearly to ESIC/PF officials that you are paying lump sum amount to contractor and he gives salary to his work force those are delivering job at your work place.
Simultaneously, you are only handling attendance register provided by contractor to check the daily presence of his work-force.
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It is not principle employer's liability to present PF and ESIC Challan for contract employees.
You can say clearly to ESIC/PF officials that you are paying lump sum amount to contractor and he gives salary to his work force those are delivering job at your work place.
Simultaneously, you are only handling attendance register provided by contractor to check the daily presence of his work-force.
Rgds
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The act very clearly states that the principal employer is responsible for the payment of wages and all statutory dues for the contract workers. So, you cannot escape your liability by saying the contractor did not pay it, or that he lied to you.
Since it is your liability to ensure payment, you need to have proof that the payment was made and that it was of the correct amount. The PF inspector is well within his rights to demand the same. He probably has already obtained information from his system that it has not been paid.
The first liability is on you, so the PF department (not the inspector) can raise a notice asking for the same along with a penalty or interest; you need to pay and are allowed by law to recover the same from the contractor.
Going forward, you need to check the payments made by contractors. Don't rely solely on challans; ask the contractor to log into the portal and download the ECR and reports and verify that all contract workers working for you are covered in it.
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Since it is your liability to ensure payment, you need to have proof that the payment was made and that it was of the correct amount. The PF inspector is well within his rights to demand the same. He probably has already obtained information from his system that it has not been paid.
The first liability is on you, so the PF department (not the inspector) can raise a notice asking for the same along with a penalty or interest; you need to pay and are allowed by law to recover the same from the contractor.
Going forward, you need to check the payments made by contractors. Don't rely solely on challans; ask the contractor to log into the portal and download the ECR and reports and verify that all contract workers working for you are covered in it.
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I do agree with Saswata..... its solely principle employees responsibility. We can’t escape from that.
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The object behind the EPF Act and ESI Act is to ensure that every worker, whether permanent, temporary, or contractual, receives the benefits of the above two labor welfare legislations. Therefore, the labor inspector is well authorized to request compliance from all workers at your premises, whether they are your direct employees or provided by your contractor. Hence, when making payments to your contractor, you have the right to ask for EPF and ESI Challans as proof of payment for EPF and ESI for the contractual workers at your premises.
Ashok Sharma
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Employer-PF-res trict to wages of Rs 6500.pdf