Some Important Employment and Labour Law Notifications During Covid 19 Lockdown - Consolidated B

Some important Employment and labour law notifications
during Covid 19 lockdown

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Consolidated Notifications, decisions as follows, for your reference –
Maharashtra Govt. announces Lockdown - The Government of Maharashtra has issued

a notification announcing the lockdown of the entire state to stop spread of covid 19.
(NO. DMU/2020/CR.92/DisM-1 dated – 23rd March 2020)
Mandatory to pay full wages with allowances as per Govt. of Maharashtra notification
dated शासन वनणणय, क्रमााााक: साकीणण 2020/ प्र. क्र. 45/काम-9.
Central Govt. Advisory - Ministry of Labour and Employment issued an advisory dated 30.03.2020
through CHIEF LABOUR COMMISSIONER (Central ) to all the Regional heads that all
employees/workers may be deemed to be on duty in case their place of employment is made non-
operational due to outbreak of COVID-19.
No Termination / reducing wages:- Government has also advised to all private and public enterprises
not to terminate their employees including the casual and contract workers from the jobs and also not
to reduce or deduct their wages for the period if employees take quarantine Leave.
(D.O.no. M -11011/08/2020 – media dt. 20.03.2020)
Making Arrangements for stranded / migrant workers - Government has also been advised to all
state governments/Union Territories to ensure adequate arrangements of temporary shelter and
provision of food etc. for the poor and needy, including migrant workers stranded due to lock down
measures in their respective areas.
(D.O. No: CLC (C)/Covid- 19/lnstructions/LS- I)
@Adv.Jatin Adhav *subject to jurisdiction of Courts at Pune. -For Private & free of cost circulation only.
Apprentice Stipend -
Government of India, Ministry of Skill EPF Advance withdrawal for members -
Development and Entrepreneurship has mandated
As per the notification any establishment or
all establishments to pay full stipend as applicable
factory located in an area declared as affected by
to the apprentices engaged in their respective
outbreak of any epidemic or pandemic, a non-
establishments under both designated and
refundable advance to EPF members under the
optional trade during this COVID-19 lock down
scheme from the provident fund account not
time period. Further, reimbursement of stipend to
exceeding the basic wages and dearness
establishments under National Apprenticeship
allowances of the particular member for three
Promotion Scheme (NAPS) shall be paid by the
months or upto seventy five percent of the
Government for the lock down period as per the
amount standing to his credit in the fund,
NAPS guidelines. - (OFFICE MEMORANDUM dt.
whichever is lesser.(Notification dt.27/03/2020)
30.03.2020 issued by Ministry of Skill Development
and Entrepreneurship).
Utilization of funds from Cess fund for welfare of BOC

workers - To support unorganized construction Payment Of ESI Contribution date For
workers who sustain their livelihood on daily wages, February and March 2020 - ESIC vide
an advisory has been issued today by Shri Santosh
Kumar Gangwar, Union Minister of State, I/C, Labour notification no p-11/14/Misc/1/2019-
and Employment. In the advisory, under Section 60 of Rev has extended the ESI contribution
the Building and Other Construction Workers Act all for the month of February 2020 and
State Governments/ Union Territory's have been
advised to transfer funds in the account of March 2020 to 15th April 2020 and 15th
construction workers through DBT mode from the May 2020 respectively in view of COVID
cess fund collected by the Labour Welfare Boards lockdown.
under the BOCW cess Act.
Filing of unified annual returns date extended - In view of the lockdown due to Corona Virus, the
last date of filing of Annual Returns for the year 2019 under 8(eight) Acts and 10 Central Rules has
been extended up to 30th April 2020.(notification - F.No.14(112)/2013/Coord-IT Cell dt.
20.03.2020).
Online system for permission to operate industrial establishments for essential services - With
reference to Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India (GOI) Order No. 40- 3/2020
dated 24-03-2020, industrial establishments manufacturing essential commodities and production
units requiring continuous process are allowed to operate during the national lockdown. To
facilitate such establishments in providing a no-contact permission letter to operate their units,
MIDC has developed an online system for issuing these permission letters across all the 36
districts of Maharashtra.
 EPF Pension in advance - Central  Mandatory submission of
Provident Fund Commissioner has Mobile Number and Bank
directed to process pension payments Account details For New
in all offices of EPFO across India in
employee registration under
advance so that no inconvenience is
caused to pensioners on account of ESIC portal.
nationwide lock down for containing
Covid 19 virus outbreak.
 EPFO Circular On Alternative Documents as Proof of Date Of Birth – EPF vide circular
no.WSU/37(1)2019/DOB in supersession of earlier circulars dated 12th December
2006 and 12th December 2017 has accepted certain documents as a valid proof of
date of birth, As per the notification, the following are the list of documents:
 Birth Certificate issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths,
 Any School/education-related Certificate,
 Certificate based on the service records of the Central/ State Government
Organizations,
 Passport,
 In the absence of proof of date of birth as above, Medical Certificate issued by Civil
Surgeon after examining the member medically and supported with an affidavit on oath
by the member duly authenticated by a Competent Court.
 Aadhar/e-Aadhar: The change in date of birth shall be accepted as per Aadhar /e-
Aadhar up to a maximum range of plus or minus three years of the date of birth
recorded earlier with EPFO.
Consolidated by :-
Advocate - Jatin S. Adhav, Pune, Maharashtra.
Email - [email protected] or Mobile +91 9762382477.
Employment, Labour Law Practitioner and Consultant.

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