ESIC is governed under the Employee’s State Insurance Act Corporation Act, 1948. The ESI Act, 1948 covers all the health related calamities which the workers are subjected to on a regular basis. It encompasses disability, maternity needs, any type of illness, sickness due to a disease spread in the workplace, death due to employment and the alike.
The employees can avail help from the nearest ESIC centers to avail medical aid, financial aid, disability aid and maternity aid among many other aids.
In order to get registered under ESIC, the company or the startup needs to follow the below-mentioned pointers.
- The employer needs to provide his identity proof be it PAN card, Aadhar card, Passport or Voter ID card
- One softcopy of his photograph
- Address Proof be it Aadhar card, Voter card or Passport
- A certificate of registration of the company
- Electricity or Water bill not older than 2 months
- Rent Agreement
- No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the property owner
In order to apply for ESIC, the company can apply directly through ESIC portal or via Shram Suvidha Portal
Fill Form 1 from either of the two websites mentioned in Step 1
Fill in the details of your employees and generate IP Numbers
Submit the form
ESIC Certificate will be sent over the registered email ID. User IDs and the respective passwords will also be shared over mail.
IP Number is the ten digit number provided to every employee of the company. It is a unique number which is different for every employee. The IP number will help the employees to manage their ESIC accounts.
There is no difference in between the two. IP number and ESIC numbers are one and the same.
Whenever the business has ten or more employees, they have to register for ESIC and fill up Form 1. Also, the salary of the employees should be equal to or greater than twenty one thousand.
The employers have a 3.25 percent contribution and the employees have a 0.75 percent contribution. A total of 4 percent is contributed.
It is a health card which is given to the beneficiaries to avail benefits under the ESIC scheme.
Form 1 is a self declaration form which needs to be filled by every employee of the company.
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