The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has delivered a digital facility for foremost employers, which makes it simpler for them to view the EPF compliances in their contractors. It has introduced a facility for interlinking of Principal Employers with respective contract employers for effective compliance. According to the details provided by the EPFO, the Principal Employers (PE) who are not registered with the organization can register on the portal.
Who is the Principal Employer?
The proprietor or occupier or supervisor is taken into consideration as the most important company in a factory. The individual who's on top of things and supervision of the established order of business enterprise could be the most important company in an established order or a business enterprise. The most important person in the company is the only one who employs agreement labor through a contractor.
What is this Electronic facility?
This software is an internet facility to be had at the internet site of EPFO for the fundamental employers to upload work orders/outsourced job contracts/contract employees associated facts without delay with a purpose to offer a powerful e-governance device withinside the compliance installation and beautify the insurance to increase provident fund advantages to eligible employees.
Key Features:
EPFO, Registered Employer attractive personnel via contractor(s) can upload the information of contractors & settlement personnel at EPFO's Unified Portal.
Principal Employers (PE) now no longer registered with EPFO can sign up on Unified Portal to obtain Login / Password to feature info in their contractor(s) & Contract Employees.
On Adding Contractor's information, the Principal Employer can view via their Login the worker sensible remittance made through contractors via ECR.
Principal Employers can now make certain that their contractors sign up all settlement people and remit EPF contributions via ECR.
It will beautify the insurance to increase provident fund advantages to eligible personnel.
Note for Regular EPFO Employees:
For regular EPFO subscribers, the regulatory body has made checking of balance easier from the comfort of home.
EPFO subscribers can do so using four different ways - check PF balance using SMS, online, missed call, and UMANG App.