What is Employee’s State Insurance (ESI) Registration?
ESI Registration
Employee’s State Insurance (ESI) is a scheme designed to provide the socio-economic protection to employees working in a company. ESI scheme runs under an independent authority, Employee State Insurance Corporation which falls under the jurisdiction and management of Ministry of Labour and Employment. This insurance scheme covers an employee and his family in cases such as medical treatments, maternity related treatments, and various other medical related benefits. The ESI scheme extends to the financial assistance and medical care to the employees along with family members insured under ESI Act. ESIC is a self-financing scheme as the employer and the employee need to make contribution to insure an employee and his family under the scheme. The employer needs to register online for ESI Scheme once the employer falls under the obligations of taking this registration.
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Benefits of Employee’s State Insurance Scheme
Medical Assistance
The employee and his/her family insured under ESIC can avail medical assistance and treatment when required through the Model Hospitals run by ESIC (Except in Delhi) without linking to employee’s wages and contributions.
Maternity Benefit
Maternity benefit is designed for Pregnant women who is covered under ESI, the benefits are payable up to 26 weeks. The period of benefit can be extended to more 30 days on medical instruction. To avail the benefit of this scheme, employees are required to contribute their wages/salaries for 70 days in the preceding 2 contribution periods.
Sickness Aid
In case an employee cannot attend his/her job due to illness reasons (maximum up to 91 days per year), will get an aid of 70% of his monthly salary from ESI.
Assistance to Dependants
In case of sudden death of an employee during the employment tenure, the dependents of the deceased employee will receive 90% of his/her monthly salary.
Cremation Expenses
In case of death of an employee during his employment tenure, the family of the deceased will receive an additional amount of Rs. 10000 towards funeral expenses.
Confinement Expenses
In case of confinement of an insured women or wife of an employee with ESI, occurring in a place with no medical facilities under the ESI scheme can avail confinement expense from ESIC.
Additional Benefits
In addition to the above, these are few other benefits which may be called as Need-Based Benefits:Physical Rehabilitation; Vocational Rehabilitation; Extended Sickness Benefits; Enhanced Sickness; Benefits; Old Age Medical Care
Documents Required for ESI Registration
Registration Certificate
Registration Certificate obtained under Factories Act/Shop and Establishment Act
Certificate of Registration
In case of a Company/LLP
Partnership Deed
In case of a Partnership Firm
MOA and AOA
In case of a company
LLP Agreement
In case of an LLP
Attendance Register
Attendance Register copy of the employees
PAN Card
PAN card of the business
Property Tax Bill
Scanned copy of property tax bill (in case of own property)
Rent Agreement
In case of rented property with utility bill
Licenses
Scanned copies of licenses the company has such as GST Registration
Bank Cheque
Scanned Copy of a cancelled cheque from the bank account of the company
Digital Signature
DSC of the Proprietor/Partner/Director of Company (which ever applicable)
List of Directors
List of Directors in case of a company
List of Shareholders
List of Shareholders of the company (as of the date)
Address Proof
Address proof of the proprietor/partners/directors (which ever applicable by entity type)
Mobile Number
Mobile number and e-mail id of proprietor/partners/directors (which ever applicable by entity type)
List of Employees
List of employees working in the company along with details of each employee
Who needed to take ESIC Registration?
Basic norm: Having more than 10 employees
- Non – Seasonal factories having more than 10 employees.
- Shops
- Hotels
- Restaurants
- Cinemas including preview theatres
- Road-motor transport undertakings
- Establishments engaged in insurance business
- Port Trust
- News paper establishments
- Non Banking Financial Companies
- Warehousing establishments
- Airport authorities
- Private Medical Institutions
- Private Educational Institutions
- On contract and casual employees of Municipal Corporation/Municipal bodies employing 10 or more persons in certain States/UT’s.
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The Process of ESI Registration
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Day 1 – 3
Collection of Information · Collection of required documents
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Day 3 – 4
Verification of information and documents provided · Discussion on ESI registration
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Day 5 – 10
Preparation and submission of ESI Registration online · Government Processing Time · ESI Registration Certificate · *Subjected to Government Processing Time
Frequently Asked Questions
This scheme is specially designed by the government to provide full medical and financial assistance to the employee who is registered under the ESI Act. This scheme helps the employee to get compensation of the loss of his/her wage during his/her absence from work due to sickness, health issue, maternity, or employment inquiry. The benefits listed in the scheme extend to insured person’s family members also.
The scheme is primarily designed out of contribution made by employer & employee every month at a fixed percentage of the salary paid. Under this scheme, State Government also contributes 1/8th Share of the total cost of the Medical Assistance.
No, the scheme will remain enforced till he continues to be part of the same organization irrespective of the fact that he/ she is earning more salary than 21000/- per month.
The universal rule to be qualified for ESI (Employees’ State Insurance) registration is to have 10 or more employees/workers. However, in few states and regions, ESI is applicable only if there are more than 20 employees.
There are few documents which an entity registered under ESIC Scheme needs to maintain regularly for filing ESI returns. They are as under:Attendance registerForm 6Register of wagesRegister of any accidents on the premisesInspection bookMonthly challans and returns submitted for ESI
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