The Code on Social Security, 2020 section 5: The registers and records to be mai…

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5. The registers and records to be maintained in respect of employees; the form or design of any identity card, token or disc for the purpose of identifying any employee or his nominee or member of his family entitled to receive the insurance amount. 5. The salient features of the Code on Social Security, 2020, inter alia, are— (i) to amend and consolidate the laws relating to social security with the goal to extend social security to all employees and workers either in the organised or unorganised or any other sectors; (ii) to provide for an establishment to be covered under Chapter III relating to Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) and under Chapter IV relating to Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on voluntary basis even if the number of employees in that establishment is less than the threshold. It further seeks to make those Chapters inapplicable to such establishments on fulfilment of certain conditions; (iii) to define various expressions used in the Bill such as, "career centre", "aggregator", "gig worker", "platform worker", "wage ceiling", etc. Further, the definition of "employee" has been comprehensively elaborated to cover maximum number of employees and workers; (iv) to provide for registration, electronically or otherwise, of every establishment to which the Bill applies, within such time and in such manner as the Central Government may by rules determine. It further provides for an option for cancellation of registration by any establishment whose business activities are in the process of closure, subject to the conditions as may be prescribed by the Central Government; (v) constitution of various social security organisations for the administration of the Bill, namely, PART II LIST OF INJURIES DEEMED TO RESULT IN PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABLEMENT (a) the Central Board of Trustees of the Employees' Provident Fund (Central Board), (b) the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (Corporation), (c) the National Social Security Board for Unorganised Workers (National Social Security Board), (d) the State Unorganised Workers' Social Security Board and (e) the State Building Workers Welfare Boards; (vi) to provide that the medical education institutions and training institutes of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation may be run by the Corporation itself or on the request of the Corporation, by the Central Government, any State Government, any Public Sector Undertaking of the Central Government or the State Government or any other body notified by the Central Government; (vii) to empower the Central Government to frame schemes for unorganised workers, gig workers and platform workers and the members of their families for providing benefits relating to Employees' State Insurance Corporation; (viii) provisions for maternity benefits such as prohibition from work during certain periods, provision of nursing breaks, crèche facility, claim for maternity benefits, etc.; (ix) to empower the Central Government, by notification, to assign additional work, including administration of any other enactment or scheme relating to social security, to any of the social security organisations and the expenses towards such additional work shall be borne by the Central Government; |Serial|Description of Injury|Description of Injury|Percentage of| |---|---|---|---| |No.|||loss of earning capacity| |(1)||(2)|(3)| |1.|Amputation through shoulder joint||90| |2.|Amputation below shoulder|with stump less than [20.32|80| ||Cms.] from tip of acromion||| |3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.|Amputation form [20.32 Cms.] from tip of acromion to less than [11.43 Cms.] below tip of olecranon Loss of a hand or of the thumb and four fingers of one hand or amputation from [11.43 Cms.] below tip of olecranon Loss of thumb Loss of thumb and its metacarpal bone Loss of four fingers of one hand Loss of three fingers of one hand||70 60 30 40 50 30| |9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.|Loss of two fingers of one hand Loss of terminal phalanx of thumb Guillotine amputation of tip of thumb without loss of bone Amputation cases-lower limbs Amputation of both feet resulting in end bearing stumps Amputation through both feet proximal to the metatarso- phalangeal joint Loss of all toes of both feet through the metatarso-phalangeal joint Loss of all toes of both feet proximal to the proximal inter- phalangeal joint Loss of all toes of both feet distal to the proximal inter- phalangeal joint||20 20 10 90 80 40 30 20| |17. 18.|Amputation at hip Amputation below hip with stump not exceeding [12.70 Cms.] in length measured from tip of great trenchanter||90 80| |19.|Amputation below hip with|stump exceeding [12.70 Cms.]|70| ||in length measured from tip|of great trenchanter but not|| ||beyond middle thigh||| |20.|Amputation below middle thigh to [8.89 Cms.] below knee||60| |21.|Amputation below knee with stump exceeding [8.89 Cms.]||50| |22.|but not exceeding [12.70 Cms.] Amputation below knee with stump exceeding [12.70 Cms.]||50| (x) to empower the Central Government to frame schemes for the purposes of providing social security benefits to self-employed workers or any other class of persons; (xi) to empower the Central Government to specify by notification, rates of employees' contributions to the Employees' Provident Fund Scheme and the period for which such rates shall apply for any class of employee; (xii) to provide for appeal against an order passed by any authority in regard to determination and assessment of dues and levy of damages relating to Employees' Provident Fund by an employer only after depositing with Social Security Organisation concerned, twenty-five per cent. of the amount due from him as determined by the authority against whose order the appeal has been preferred; (xiii) to provide that in the case of an employee employed on fixed term employment or a deceased employee, the employer shall pay gratuity on pro rata basis and not on the basis of continuous service of five years; (xiv) to make provision for payment of cess by employer in case of building and other construction work, payable under Chapter VIII on the basis of his self-assessment; (xv) to provide for registration of every unorganised worker, gig worker or platform worker on the basis of self-declaration electronically or otherwise, along with such documents including Aadhaar number, in such form and in such manner, containing such information as may be prescribed by the Central Government; |23.|Amputation of one foot resulting in end bearing|Amputation of one foot resulting in end bearing|50| |---|---|---|---| |24.|Amputation through one foot proximal to the metatarso-||50| ||phalangeal joint||| |25.|Loss of all toes of one foot through the metatarso-||20| |26. 27. 28.|phalangeal joint Other injuries Loss of one eye, without complications, the other being normal Loss of vision of one eye, without complications or disfigurement of eye-ball, the other being normal Loss of partial vision of one eye Loss of—||40 30 10| ||A-Fingers of right or left hand Index finger||| |29.|Whole||14| |30.|Two phalanges||11| |31.|One phalanx||9| |32.|Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone||5| |||Middle finger|| |33.|Whole||12| |34.|Two phalanges||9| |35.|One phalanx||7| |36.|Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone||4| ||Ring or little finger||| |37.|Whole||7| |38.|Two phalanges||6| |39.|One phalanx||5| |40.|Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone||2| ||B-Toes of right or left foot||| |||Great toe|| |41.|Through metatarso-phalangeal joint||14| |42.|Part, with some loss of bone||3| |||Any other toe|| |43.|Through metatarso-phalangeal joint||3| |44.|Part, with some loss of bone||1| ||Two toes of one foot, excluding great||toe| |45.|Through metatarso-phalangeal joint||5| |46.|Part, with some loss of bone||2| ||Three toes of|one foot, excluding great toe|| |47.|Through metatarso-phalangeal joint||6| |48.|Part, with some loss of bone||3| ||Four toes of one foot, excluding great||toe| |49.|Through metatarso-phalangeal joint||9| |50.|Part, with some loss of bone||3| (xvi) to empower the Central Government by order, to defer or reduce employer's contribution, or employee's contribution, or both, payable under Chapter III or Chapter IV, as the case may be, for a period up to three months at a time, in respect of establishment to which Chapter III or Chapter IV, as the case may be, applies, for whole of India or part thereof in the event of pandemic, endemic or national disaster; (xvii) to provide for establishment and maintenance of separate accounts under social security fund, for the welfare of unorganised workers, gig workers and platform workers; and a separate account for the amount received from the composition of offences under the Bill or under any other central labour laws. |PART A|PART A| |---|---| |Serial No. Matters on which the Provident Fund Scheme may make provisions (1) (2)|| |1.|The employees or class of employees who shall join the Fund, and the conditions| ||under which employees may be exempted from joining the Fund or from making| ||any contribution.| |2.|The time and manner in which contributions shall be made to the Fund by employers| ||and by, or on behalf of, employees, (whether employed by him directly or by or| ||through a contractor), the contributions which an employee may, if he so desires,| ||make under section 16, and the manner in which such contributions may be| ||recovered.| |3.|The manner in which employees' contributions may be recovered by contractors| ||from employees employed by or through such contractors.| |4.|The payment by the employer of such sums of money as may be necessary to meet| ||the cost of administering the Fund and the rate at which and the manner in which| ||the payment shall be made.| |5.|The constitution of any committee for assisting any board of trustees.| |6.|The opening of regional and other offices of any board of trustees.| |7.|The manner in which accounts shall be kept, the investment of moneys belonging| ||to the Fund in accordance with any directions issued or conditions specified by| ||the Central Government, the preparation of the budget, the audit of accounts and| ||the submission of reports to the Central Government, or to any specified State| ||Government.| |8.|The conditions under which withdrawals from the Fund may be permitted and any| ||deduction or forfeiture may be made and the maximum amount of such deduction| ||or forfeiture.| |9.|The fixation by the Central Government in consultation with the boards of trustees| ||concerned of the rate of interest payable to members.| |10.|The form in which an employee shall furnish particulars about himself and his| ||family whenever required.| |11.|The nomination of a person to receive the amount standing to the credit of a| ||member after his death and the cancellation or variation of such nomination.| |12.|The registers and records to be maintained with respect to employees and the| ||returns to be furnished by employers or contractors.| |13.|The form or design of any identity card, token or disc for the purpose of identifying| ||any employee, and for the issue, custody and replacement thereof.| |14.|The fees to be levied for any of the purposes specified in this Schedule.| |15.|The contraventions or defaults which shall be punishable under section 135.| |16.|The further powers, if any, which may be exercised by Inspector-cum-Facilitators.| |17.|The manner in which accumulations in any existing provident fund shall be| ||transferred to the Fund and the mode of valuation of any assets which may be| ||transferred by the employers in this behalf.| |18.|The conditions under which a member may be permitted to pay premia on life| ||insurance, from the Fund.| |19.|Any other matter which is to be provided for in the Scheme or which may be| ||necessary or proper for the purpose of implementing the Scheme.| ||PART B| ||MATTERS THAT MAY BE PROVIDED FOR IN THE PENSION SCHEME| |1.|The employees or class of employees to whom the Pension Scheme shall apply.| |2.|The portion of employers' contribution to the Provident Fund which shall be credited| ||to the Pension Fund and the manner in which it is credited.| |3.|The regulation of the manner in which and the period of service for which, no| ||contribution is received.| |4.|The manner in which employees' interest will be protected against default in payment| of contribution by the employer.

Source: India Code