Employees of Small Industries-Startups entitled to PF-Social Security benefits: Bandaru Dattatreya
Updated: Jul 25, 2017 11:04:41am
Employees of Small Industries-Startups entitled to PF-Social Security benefits: Bandaru Dattatreya
New Delhi, July 25 (KNN) The employees of small scale industries, IT firms and Startups can claim social security benefits and provident fund under the provisions of labour law, Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya informed the Lok Sabha.
The Minister gave reference of the policies including Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act , the Employees State Insurance Act and Unorganized Workers Social Security Act, under which the workers may avail the benefits of different provisions.
He further mentioned the various schemes by the government including Atal Pension Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana that aims to provide social security to the workers of the unorganized sector. (With PIB Inputs) (KNN/ DA)