Code on Social Security-2020 is a boon for employees covered under ESCI scheme: Official
The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is highlighting the benefits of the Code on Social Security-2020 for contract workers and employees. Officials recently demonstrated the scheme's impact by providing pension benefits to the family of a deceased worker at Apitoria Pharma Limited.
Why it matters
This highlights the practical application of labor law reforms aimed at providing financial safety nets for vulnerable workers and their families.
Employees State Insurance Corporation’s Assistant Director Rohit Kumar Sahu on Wednesday said that Code on Social Security-2020 implemented by the Centre has been a boon for employees and contract workers as well as their family members with the implementation of social security measures such as pension, medical facilities and others.
In a meeting organised in Apitoria Pharma Limited (Formerly known as Aurobindo Pharma Limited), he handed over pension certificate to family members of a contract worker Matsa Lakshmunaidu, who died of heart attack earlier this year on March 6.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that his family is now eligible for ₹14,672 with the effective implementation of the Code on Social Security-2020 which was introduced with amalgamation of a few previous Labour Acts.
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