Type:Preventive Compliance Frequency: Monthly

Action to be taken:
Receive Identity Cards in Form 4 from the ESI Office for all insured employees. Hand over the card to an employee after he completes 3 months of service obtaining his signature/thumb impression.The Identity Card should not be given to an employee who has left employment before 3 months and the card is to be returned to appropriate office as soon as possible. The identity card shall not be transferable.
The employer should render all assistance required by the ESI Corporation in connection with the registration of the establishment and of employees, and specially for photographing employees and affixing the photos on the ID Cards

Audit Requirement:
Have all eligible employees received identity cards from the ESI office ? Has the Identity card been returned to appropriate office in case an employee has left the employment before 3 months ?

Supporting Documents:
Written Confirmation of Compliance.

Related Documents:
Form 4 - Regulation 17, 95-A: Identity Card   View doc  22.5 Kb

Related Triggers:
Hiring a New Employee/Employee Joining The Company

Related Keywords:
Employee Joining The Company
ESI (Employee State Insurance)

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Related Sections:
Employee State Insurance Act, 1948
Chapter:Contributions| 38:All employees to be insured:
Subject to the provisions of the Act, all the employees in factories or establishments to which this Act applies shall be insured in the manner provided by this Act.

Employee State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950
Chapter:Collection of Contributions Etc| 17:Identity Cards:
The appropriate Office shall arrange to have an Identity Card prepared in Form 4 for each person in respect of whom an insurance number is allotted and shall include in such card the particulars of the family entitled to medical benefit under Regulation 95-A and send all such Identity Cards to the employer. Such employer shall, if and when the employee has been in his service for 3 months, obtain the signature or thumb-impression of the employee on the Identity Card and shall after making relevant entries thereon deliver the Identity Card to him. The employer shall obtain a receipt from the employee for the Identity Card. The Identity Card in respect of an employee who has left employment before 3 months shall not be given to him, but shall be returned to the appropriate Office as soon as possible. The Identity Card shall not be transferable.