New Delhi The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) announced a very important decision on Thursday. ESIC has decided to waive the rules to give 50 percent average salary for three months to employees who lost jobs between March 24 to December 31, 2020 this year. This decision has brought great relief to such people, whose jobs have been lost due to the circumstances arising out of Kovid-19. The decision of the ESIC Board will benefit about 40 lakh employees working in the industrial sector. The ESIC has issued a statement saying that the organization has decided to waive the rules regarding eligibility conditions and increase in unemployment benefits under the Atal Insured Welfare Scheme.
The organization executes the Atal Insured Person Welfare Scheme to provide unemployment related benefits to the employees covered under the ESIC Scheme.
In a statement issued by ESIC, it said that the organization has also decided to extend the scheme for one more year till June 30, 2021.
The organization has said that the Kovid-19 epidemic has eased pre-determined conditions for the employees who lost jobs and the amount related to relief has been increased. The increased amount will be paid between March 24, 2020 to December 31, 2020, as per the new terms.
According to ESIC, the scheme will be implemented after January 31, 2020, with actual eligibility conditions from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020. It has said that the relaxation in rules will be reviewed after December 31 on demand and need basis.
The organization has said that eligibility conditions have been relaxed to get this relief amount. Also, it has been decided to increase the relief amount to 50 per cent of the average salary, which was earlier at 25 per cent. This relief amount will be paid for three months.
The ESIC has said that the relief amount could be paid 90 days after the first job, now this deadline has been reduced to 30 days.
How to file a claim
The ESIC has stated that insured employees can directly claim the organization’s branch office. According to the new conditions, instead of sending the claim to the old employer, the relief amount will be paid directly to the insured’s bank account.
