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| Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 |
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All factories excluding seasonal factories employing 10 or more persons and working with power. |
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All factories excluding seasonal factories employing 20 or more persons and working without power. |
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Any establishment which the Government may specifically notify as being covered. |
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Shop Employing 20 or more persons. |
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| Note: |
As soon as the above conditions are fulfilled the employer should furnish the details in Form – 01 to ESI office for registration under the ESI Act, 1948 & Obtaining of the employer's Code No. |
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| Eligibility: |
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Any person employed for wages (upto Rs. 7500) a month, excluding remuneration for overtime work in or in connection with the work of a factory or establishment and |
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Any person who is directly employed by the employer in a factory or through his agent on work which is ordinarily part of the work of the factory or incidental to purpose of the factory. |
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| Benefits: |
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Free medical treatment is offered to covered employees at hospital and dispensaries run by the ESI Corporation. |
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About 7/12th of employees normal wage will be payable to him by ESI during sickness. |
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Maternity benefit for 12 weeks of which not more than 6 weeks should be preceding confinement. |
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Injury during/in course of employment resulting in temporary/permanent disablement entitles the covered employee to a regular payment to substitute his lost wages. |
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Death during course of employment entitles specified dependents to a regular payment. |
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| One time payment of Rs. 2,500 to help meet funeral expenses. |
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