In addition to what Lakshmi Narayan has put, let me also ask one question, will you not engage these 'interns' in night shifts? Will you not engage them overtime? A trainee should not be engaged during nights and you cannot allow him to do overtime work.
Anyway, the nomenclature used by your organisation is wrong and you should accept it rather than defending blindly. The answer what you were seeking has been given to you and rest is your duty. There is no document to be kept to exclude an employee out of coverage of ESI if his salary is more than Rs 21000 and you should collect Form 11 in support that he is not an existing member of PF. In case this 'intern' has had a PF account with his previous company, certainly, he should be given PF in your company also even if you are paying him 'stipend' of Rs 21500. In such cases, he will declare his previous/ existing PF account number or UAN in the form 11. No nomenclature can exclude him from the coverage of PF then.
From India, Kannur
4246Anyway, the nomenclature used by your organisation is wrong and you should accept it rather than defending blindly. The answer what you were seeking has been given to you and rest is your duty. There is no document to be kept to exclude an employee out of coverage of ESI if his salary is more than Rs 21000 and you should collect Form 11 in support that he is not an existing member of PF. In case this 'intern' has had a PF account with his previous company, certainly, he should be given PF in your company also even if you are paying him 'stipend' of Rs 21500. In such cases, he will declare his previous/ existing PF account number or UAN in the form 11. No nomenclature can exclude him from the coverage of PF then.
From India, Kannur
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