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Covid-19: Govt announces additional benefits under EPFO, ESIC schemes

The Ministry of Labour and Employment on Sunday announced additional benefits for workers through social securities schemes run by the EPFO and the ESIC amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Around 1.2 million join ESIC in March, 100,000 more than February

Gross new enrolments with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) were 0.8 million in June 2020

ESIC takes steps to improve service delivery; to run new hospitals itself

All newly constructed hospitals and those approved in future will now be run by the Corporation itself unless the state government insists to run the hospital

ESIC takes steps to ease conditions for women to avail sickness benefit

The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on Tuesday took steps, such as relaxing contributory conditions for insured women to avail sickness benefit

ESIC beneficiaries to get health services in all districts from April 1

Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) insured persons (IPs) would get access to health services under the ESI scheme in all 735 districts of the country from April 1, an official said

ESIC scheme adds around 1.2 million members in October, shows data

Gross new enrolments with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) were 0.8 million in June

Santosh Gangwar lays foundation stone of 100 bedded ESIC hospital in J&K

Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Monday laid the foundation stone of 100 bedded Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital at Ompura, Budgam

20 mn construction workers get Rs 5,000 cr as relief during pandemic: Govt

He expressed gratitude towards all officials and regional offices of these three organisations for their collective dedication

Ban cigarette breaks, encourage cycling: Govt's Covid-19 advisory to firms

Document calls for structural modification in workplaces, installation of physical barriers such as clear glass.

ESIC issues guidelines for Covid-19 safety measures at workplace

The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on Tuesday issued guidelines for COVID-19 safety measures at workplace. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar jointly released the safe workplace guidelines for industry & establishments to combat the pandemic, a labour ministry statement said. The guidelines have been prepared as a comprehensive planning guidance for employers and workers to use them to help identify risk levels of the pandemic at individual workplace settings and to determine appropriate control measures. On this occasion, Gangwar urged the business community and workforce to follow the guidelines to stop the spread of the pandemic and maintain the continuity of the business activities. NITI Aayog member V K Paul said the workplace guidelines are of great significance in curbing the spread of COVID-19 to industrial workforce. Paul was instrumental in the preparation of the guidelines. The health minister also urged industries and

ESIC-run social security scheme adds 741,000 new members in July

The NSO report showed gross enrolments of new subscribers with the ESIC were 15.1 mn in 2019-20, against 14.9 mn in the previous fiscal

Tirupur Exporters Association thanks govt for ESIC's decision on wages

Tirupur Exporters Association thanked the Centre for the ESIC decision to pay 50 per cent of the average wages of the employees for a maximum of 90 days of unemployment due to the pandemic

Apart from benefit hike, recent ESIC move to make jobless claims easier too

Relief would be given after 30 days of unemployment as against 90 days at present; no burden on exchequer as ESIC has surplus funds

ESIC members who lost their jobs amid Covid can claim 50% of average wage

At present, the benefit amounts to around 25 per cent of average wages

No cash benefits for ESIC subscribers without bank account details

The corporation will further encourage employers to update mobile numbers and bank account details of existing subscribers via an online portal

Mobile phone makers seek wage compensation, free Covid-19 tests for workers

The ICEA has written a letter to Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar requesting him to facilitate wage compensation under the sickness benefit

ESIC social security scheme sees around 821,000 enrolments in March

The NSO report is based on the payroll data of new subscribers of various social security schemes run by ESIC, retirement fund body EPFO and pension fund regulator PFRDA.

Tirupur textile workers want ESIC to pay minimum wage as units remain shut

Write to PM Modi, Finance Minister to express their woes; Tirupur has about 500,000 direct and indirect employees

ESIC reserves 2152 hospital beds for coronavirus patients' treatment

This constitutes for around 10 per cent of the total 21,931 hospital beds which ESIC had till March 2018 (latest publicly available data).

India to offer unemployment benefits to workers affected by coronavirus

This will be along the lines of measures taken by countries such as the US to combat impact of the pandemic on the working population