Section 1. The employees or class of employees who shall be covered by the Insurance Scheme

PART C MATTERS THAT MAY BE PROVIDED FOR IN THE EMPLOYEES' DEPOSIT-LINKED INSURANCE SCHEME 1. The employees or class of employees who shall be covered by the Insurance Scheme. THE FIRST SCHEDULE [ See sections 1(4), (8) and 152 (1)] ||||APPLICABILITY|APPLICABILITY| |---|---|---|---|---| |Chapter|No.|Chapter Heading||Applicability| |(1)||(2)||(3)| |III||Employees'|Provident|Every establishment in which twenty or more| |||Fund||employees are employed.| |IV||Employees'|State|Every establishment in which ten or more| |||Insurance Corporation||persons are employed other than a seasonal| |||||factory:| |||||Provided that Chapter IV shall also be| |||||applicable to an establishment, which carries on| |||||such hazardous or life threatening occupation as| |||||notified by the Central Government, in which| |||||even a single employee is employed:| |||||Provided further that an employer of a| |||||plantation, may opt the application of Chapter| |||||IV in respect of the plantation by giving| |||||willingness to the corporation, where the| |||||benefits available to the employees under that| |||||Chapter are better than what the employer is| |||||providing to them:| |||||Provided also that the contribution from the| |||||employers and employees of an establishment| |||||shall be payable under section 29 on and from| |||||the date on which any benefits under Chapter IV| |||||relating to the Employees State Insurance| |||||Corporation are provided by the Corporation to| |||||the employees of the establishment and such| |||||date shall be notified by the Central| |||||Government.| |V||Gratuity||(a) every factory, mine, oilfield, plantation, port| |||||and railway company; and| |||||(b) every shop or establishment in which ten or| |||||more employees are employed, or were| |||||employed, on any day of the preceding twelve| |||||months; and such shops or establishments as| |||||may be notified by the appropriate Government| |||||from time to time.| 1. Pneumoconioses caused by sclerogenic mineral dust (silicoses, anthraoosilicosis, asbestosis) and silico-tuberculosis provided that silicosis is an essential factor in causing the resultant incapacity or death |(1)|(2)|(3)| |---|---|---| |VI|Maternity Benefit|(a) to every establishment being a factory, mine| |||or plantation including any such establishment| |||belonging to Government; and| |||(b) to every shop or establishment in which ten| |||or more employees are employed, or were| |||employed, on any day of the preceding twelve| |||months; and such other shops or establishments| |||notified by the appropriate Government.| |VII|Employee's Compensation|Subject to the provisions of the Second| |||Schedule, it applies to the employers and| |||employees to whom Chapter IV does not apply.| |VIII|Social Security and Cess|Every establishment which falls under the| ||in respect of Building and|building and other construction work.| ||Other Construction|| ||Workers|| |IX|Social Security for|Unorganised sector, unorganised workers', gig| ||Unorganised Workers'|worker, platform worker.| |XIII|Employment Information|Career centres, vacancies, persons seeking| ||andMonitoring|services ofcareercentres and employers.| (8) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4), an establishment to which any Chapter applies at the first instance shall continue to be applied thereafter even if the number of employees therein at any subsequent time falls below the threshold specified in the First Schedule in respect of that Chapter.