Two companies found defaulters
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 9: To safeguard interest of social security of all eligible employees, the Regional PF Commissioner, J&K and Ladakh, Rizwan Uddin, visited visited at USBRL Tunnel Projects T49B at Khari, and conducted a meeting regarding benefits of PF Compliance. More than 250 workers and staff of Construction agencies were present amongst those who are working In USBRL Project at Khari.
It was found that many contractors and sub-contractors were in default, PF Commissioner directed IRCON International, Banihal to check number of employees engaged by each sub- contractors of each establishment (major contractors) and their monthly compliance. Meeting was conducted in AFCONS Conference Hall at Nachlana/ Khari where representatives of the companies i.e M/s IRCON International Limited, M/s AFCONS Infrastructure Limited, M/s KEC International, M/s ABCI Limited, M/s Mas Construction and M/s Beigh Construction were present.
The PF Commissioner instructed M/s Beigh Construction which is in default to pay all their pending dues and directed IRCON International not to release any payment until the contractors clears all his dues. Another Contactor who has deducted PF Contribution from his employees, but has not submitted them was also instructed to deposit all the pending dues immediately or strict action will be taken against him. PF Commissioner also directed M/s KEC International, M/s ABCI Limited and M/s Mas Construction to comply and pay the pending PF dues within two days otherwise strict action will be taken.
The PF Commissioner personally visited the USBRL T49B at Khari contractor site where the project is going on and found that more than 250 employees were present. It was also found that some of the contractors and sub-contractors had stopped their work during the visit of PF Commissioner. He listened to the grievances of the employees working under the contractors and sub contractors in Khari. He also apprised the workers of the Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95) as well as Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme(EDLI) scheme and their benefits. He advised the employers to deposit the PF of the workers so that the workers may get these benefits.
Further he advised all the workers who are not getting the PF benefits to report to the P.F Commissioner so that they may get these benefits. Principal Employers were advised to set right defaults of sub- contractor who has been directed to submit the PF dues of all other members till evening so that benefits can be provided especially to the workers/labourers or strict action will be taken against employer.
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