Govt to provide medical coverage, other benefits under Employees State Insurance schemeOnce notifications for ESI coverage are issued by the respective states/ UTs, the casual and contractual workers working with municipal bod...
10 Jun, 2021, 04.54 PM IST
ESIC to run all new hospitals by itself for better delivery of medical services“In view of demand from both workers and employees and with the objective to provide better medical services to beneficiaries, ESI Corporat...
08 Dec, 2020, 08.32 PM IST
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation kick-starts work on social security scheme for organised workersThe organisation, under the labour ministry, has written to states to speed up creation of requisite medical infrastructure in 161 district...
31 Oct, 2020, 11.11 AM IST
Virus outbreak: Government gives more time for ESI contributionThe government has given employees and employers more time to submit their monthly insurance contribution by relaxing provisions of the Emp...
17 Mar, 2020, 07.00 AM IST
Confinement expenses hiked for pregnant women who can't avail maternity services of ESIC dispensaries“Keeping in view the rise in the cost of living index resulting increase in expenditure related to confinement, existing amount of confinem...
14 Feb, 2020, 06.02 PM IST
ESIC partners with PMJAY to provide medical facilities to beneficiaries“ESIC has recently taken initiative viz. partnership with PMJAY – Ayushman Bharat to provide medical care to ESIC beneficiaries in 102 desi...
13 Nov, 2019, 07.29 PM IST
Government proposes to enhance wage ceiling for dependent parentsThe draft notification comes following a decision of the ESIC board in February this year in this regard.
27 Jun, 2019, 02.18 PM IST
Trade unions condemn government's move to reduce ESI contributionThe government reduced the contribution under the Employees' State Insurance Act from from 6.5% to 4% which it cleaned will benefit 3.6 cro...
14 Jun, 2019, 05.32 PM IST
Government reduces ESI contribution rate to 4 per centThe government has reduced contributions of employers and employee towards ESIC to 4% from existing 6.5%.
14 Jun, 2019, 09.32 AM IST
Contribution to Employees’ State Insurance scheme rate reduced: Employees, employers to benefitThe employer’s contribution has been reduced from 4.75 percent to 4 percent of wages, and employee contribution from 1.75 percent to 1 perc...
27 Feb, 2019, 12.36 PM IST
Government plans to pay companies’ share of ESI for new recruitsESIC provides for medical care and cash benefits in the contingencies of sickness, maternity, disablement and death due to employment injur...
12 Jun, 2018, 09.23 AM IST
Trade unions reject proposal to discuss Employees' State Insurance (Amendment) Bill"I urge trade unions to come up with specific objections to the proposed amendment and we will tread with caution," labour minister Dattatr...
13 Aug, 2015, 02.17 PM IST
Construction labourers to get medical benefits under Employee State Insurance schemeThe decision is seen as a big step by the BJP government to extend social security coverage to a large chunk of unorganized workers.
10 Aug, 2015, 11.52 AM IST
Government proposes to increase wage ceiling for Employees' State Insurance CorporationLabour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said that the ESIC has taken a number of decisions to improve the medical services to be provided under ...
22 Dec, 2014, 01.32 PM IST
Death due to heart attack at job place is employment injury: HCDeath due to heart failure at work place amounts to employment injury, the Bombay High Court has held.
10 Sep, 2013, 10.11 AM IST
- Unorganised sector workers to get ESIC medicare facilities
Millions of workers in the unorganised sector would be able to take advantage of the ESIC medicare facilities with the government on Friday...
19 Mar, 2010, 06.21 PM IST
ESI exemption to benefit over 6 lakhTHE DECISION of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation to grant exemption to workers earning less than Rs 40 a day from the payment of ...
14 Nov, 2001, 01.59 AM IST