COMPLIANCE UNDER OTHER STATUTORY LAWS / LABOUR LAWS - April 2021

Compliance under Other Statutory LAws / Labour LAws - for the month of April 2021

 

Applicable Laws/Acts	Due Dates	Compliance Particulars	Forms / (Filing mode)
EPF (The Employees’ Provident Funds And Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952)	15.04.2021	PF Payment	ECR
ESIC (Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948)	15.04.2021	ESIC Payment	ESI Challan
Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970	Within 15 Days of commencement/ completion of contract work	Return/Notice within 15 days of commencement/ completion of each contract by the Principal employer	Form VI-B
Payment of Gratuity Rule	Within 30 Days of applicability of the Act & any change	Notice of applicability of the Act & any change	Form A or B
The Apprenticeship Act 1961	15.04.2021	Half Yearly Return March Ending	Form APP-2
The Employment Exchange (CNV) Act 1959 & Rules	30.04.2021	Quarterly Return For Quarter Ended 31st March	ER-1 Rule 6

 

 

q Key Update:

 

1. From 15th Feb.,2020, new Companies registered through MCA Portal, www.mca.gov.in need not comply with provisions of ESI Act till they reach threshold limit of ESI coverage or initial 6 months whichever is earlier. For further details login to ' www.esic.in . Submission of Mobile Number and Bank Account details (Bank Name, Branch Name & IFSC) shall be mandatory for registration of New employee. For more updates:  Click here

2. Govt. defers implementation of Labour Codes due to Covid-19 Outbreak

 

Reason behind deferment of New Labour Codes: Resurgence of Covid-19 cases in major industrial states have raised apprehensions that economic recovery seen so far could be stalled or even reversed if the cases continue to go up.

Crux about New Labour Codes: The labour ministry had amalgamated 29 labour laws into four Codes to significantly reduce compliance burden, improve the ease of doing business, greater ease of hiring and firing of workers and enhanced flexibility to employers in terms of work hours.

Key Highlights:

·         The government has deferred implementation of labour codes beyond April 1, citing delay on the part of states to finalise Rules.

·         The move is expected to give more time and bandwidth to companies to retweak their salary structures and other human resource (HR) policies as certain provisions of the Code would have led to increase in employee cost for the companies.

·         The government wants at least some industrial states to notify rules across four labour codes along with the Centre to avoid any legal void.

·         Only Jammu and Kashmir has notified Rules for the codes while states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh have put up draft Rules for two Codes while Karnataka has put it up for one Code.

3. Labour Ministry forms panels to review standards under OSH&WC Code

The committee on factories and dock works will be chaired by R K Elangovan, DG, DGFASLI (Directorate General, Factory Advice and Labour Institutes), Mumbai

The labour ministry has set up three expert committees to review the existing rules and regulations pertaining to safety, fire and other working conditions and to suggest safety related standards for factories under the the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH&WC) Code, 2020.

4. Trade unions call for observing April 1 as anti-labour code day

“Since the Modi government is not responding to the demand of trade unions of revisiting the labour codes and halt the rule framing process for the codes, it has been decided that April 1 would be observed as Nationwide Day to burn or tear up the four labour codes,” the Unions said in a joint statement.

A joint platform of 10 central trade unions (CTUs) has called for observing April 1 as anti-labour code day while observing a three day nationwide protest starting from Wednesday. The Unions, barring Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh, have been demanding withdrawal of four labour codes, three farm laws, repeal of Electricity(Amendment) Act 2021, enactment of a law to provide guarantee of MSP and calling for an end to government’s privatization and disinvestment programme.

 

q Updates TRACKER under Labour LAws – March, 2021:

 

Sl.	Particulars	Link
1	Gangwar says, fall in inflation will improve purchasing power of the working class	Click here
2	2-day comprehensive consultative sessions held with subject-matter experts to discuss and finalize the schedules and the sampling methodology for the five All-India Surveys	Click here
3	EPFO extended social security benefits to the subscribers of J&K and Ladakh	Click here
4	The Central Board recommends 8.50 % rate of interest to its subscribers for the year 2020-21	Click here
5	The Code on Wages (Central Advisory Board) Rules, 2021.	Click here
6	Fraud Risk Management in EPFO - Further instructions	Click here
7	Exclusion of employees of Regional Rural Banks from the purview of EPF & MP Act, 1952	Click here
8	How to activate UAN?	Click here
9	EPFO launches electronic facility for PRINCIPAL EMPLOYERS to view EPF compliances of their contractors.	Click here
10	Now Employees can also update their Date of exit – EPFO	Click here
11	Employment Generation	Click here
12	1.35 Crore ESI beneficiaries of 113 districts of four States – Chhatisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtrato get cashless treatment from Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY empaneled hospitals	Click here
13	Ministry of Labour& Employment refutes tweet pursuant to a news story on reskilling of retrenched workers	Click here
14	Creation of New Employment through PMRPY	Click here
15	Financial support to Unorganised Sector	Click here
16	Contributions of Employee and Employer	Click here
17	ILO report on Indian Workers	Click here
18	Changes in Working Hours	Click here
19	The Impact of COVID-19 on the Human Rights of Older Persons	Click here
20	Supply of information under Right to Information Act, 2005 - Sh. Kothapelly Hareesh	Click here
21	Clarification regarding queries being received in respect of Special Cash Package equivalent in lieu of Leave Travel Concession Fare for Central Government Employees during the block 2018-21.	Click here
22	62.49 lakh subscribers added till January during current financial year: Payroll data	Click here
23	Clarification regarding queries being received in respect of Special Cash Package equivalent in lieu of Leave Travel Concession Fare for Central Government Employees during the block 2018-21.	Click here
24	Representation from officers/employees on service matters – reiteration of instructions	Click here
25	Pension Division Circular No. Pension-I/12/33/EPS Amendment/96/Vol. II/34007 dated 23.03.2017 HO No. LC/E/25087/3 dated 20/03/2021	Click here
26	EPFO adds 13.36 lakh net subscribers in the month of January, 2021	Click here
27	Labour Codes	Click here
28	Welfare Schemes for Unorganised Workers	Click here
29	Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana	Click here
30	Social Security Schemes for Organised and Unorganised Sector	Click here
31	Health Insurance for Domestic Workers	Click here

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