Introduction The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is a statutory body responsible for administering India’s flagship social insurance program. It is established under the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 which empowers it to make rules with respect to the scheme under Section-95 of the Act. Rule-50 of the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules provides for the wage threshold for coverage of an employee under the Act, and consequently the scheme. It was previously amended in…
In an earlier blog post titled Unemployment Benefits under ESI: RGSKY and ABVKY we had discussed the eligibility criteria as well as the manner in which unemployment benefits can be claimed under the two ESIC schemes. In this post we shall examine the changes brought in by the ESIC through its Press Release No. E-13/12/9/2020-P.R. dated 20th August 2020. The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation during its 182nd meeting decided to take steps to provide workers…