Employees' State Insurance is a self-financing social security and health insurance scheme for Indian workers.

It is the statutory responsibility of the employer under Section 2-A of the Act read with Regulation 10-B, to register the Factory/Establishment under the ESI Scheme within 15 days from the date of its applicability to them.

A registration certificate obtained under ESI registration or Factories Certificate.

Any factory and company having more than 10 employees with some states it is 20 employees who have a maximum salary of Rs. 21,000/-.

The penalty for net registering under ESI is extend to six months or with fine which may extend to Two thousand rupees or with both.

At the time of joining the insurable employment, an employee is required to fill in a Declaration Form (form1) and submit a family photo in duplicate to the employer, which is to be submitted to the ESI Branch Office by his employer.

Employees whose monthly wages are Rs 21,000 or below And The wage limit for coverage under had been increased from Rs 15,000 per month to Rs 21,000.

The ESI scheme is a self-financing scheme. The ESI funds are primarily built out of contribution from employers and employees payable monthly at a fixed percentage of wages paid.

ESI stands for Employee State Insurance managed by the Employee State Insurance Corporation which is an autonomous body created by the law under the Ministry of Labor and Employment, Government of India. This scheme is started for Indian workers.

Yes, of course the exemption is permissible from operation of provisions of the Act subject to the condition that the employees in a covered factory or establishment are otherwise in receipt of benefits substantially similar or superior to those provided under the ESI Act.

The employee's contribution rate is 0.75% of the wages and that of employer's is 3.25% of the wages paid/payable in respect of the employees in every wage period.

The following persons are not to be counted

• a) A proprietor or a partner whether drawing salary or not;
• b) A contractor lending the services of his employee;
• c) An apprentice engaged under the Apprentice Act, 1961;
• d) Persons employed on contract for service, e.g., legal, technical, tax consultants;
• e) Persons employed in branch/sales offices etc. away from the factory premises are not to be counted for the purpose of coverage of the factory. However, they are to be covered as employees under Section 2(9), if their wages do not exceed the ceiling limit prescribed.