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The Employees provident fund and miscellaneous act 1952, has made it clear a relationship does not exist between employer employees, who are on industrial or on the job training as an integral component of a recognized course of an Educational/Technical institute which is recognized by the Central/State Government or any other authority constituted by the Central/State Government. Hence, the payment of the stipend, if any, provided by the industry to such Student/ Trainees do not attract the provisions of the Employee Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. However, for the students getting placed in the companies and appointed as employees of establishment, Employee Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 will be applicable on such employees even during on-the-job training/induction/other training taken after becoming an employee. Find the attached…

Delhi High Court has extended the Aadhar linking with the Universal Account Number (UAN) for EPFO (Employees Provident Fund Organization) subscribers till November 30th, 2021.  It said “In so far as those persons for whom the Aadhaar number seeding is yet to take place are concerned, the date for completing the seeding and verification shall stand extended till November 30, 2021. In the meantime, employers shall be permitted to deposit the provident funds in respect of employees for whom seeding has not taken place and no coercive measures shall be taken against them for non-seeding of Aadhaar numbers with UANs,”  Any Employer/Employee who is facing issues in regards to linking the Aadhaar can contact the Grievance Redressal officer at :  Mr. Harsh Kaushik, Deputy Director (Information Service) Email ID: ecr.help@epfindia.gov.in.