Authorities, Assessment, Compliance and Recovery

A small factory in Turbhe deducts provident fund from its workers’ wages but does not deposit the money, and years later an officer comes with a notice. Who is that officer, what can he demand to see, how is the amount worked out, how long does he have to do it, and what happens if the owner still does not pay? Chapter XI of the Code on Social Security, 2020 is the enforcement chapter. It is where the benefits promised in the other chapters turn into inspections, orders and recovery certificates.

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Chapter XI (ss.122–132) gives the Code its machinery: Inspector-cum-Facilitators who advise and inspect, employer duties on records and wages, Authorised Officers who assess dues for the Provident Fund and ESIC chapters, then interest, damages and recovery through a Recovery Officer.

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