The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on July 25, 2023, published the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2023
These Rules shall be deemed to have come into force on January 01, 2021, and shall remain in force for a period of six months till June 30, 2021
The following has been stated namely: -
• in rule 55 which states “Sickness benefit” in sub-rule (1), after the third proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -
“Provided also that a person, appointed before the 1st April 2020, shall be qualified to claim sickness benefit for the period 1st January 2021 to the 30th June 2021, if the contributions in respect of such person were payable for not less than thirty-nine days during the contribution period 1 st April 2020 to the 30th September 2020, or for not less than seventy-eight days during the contribution period 1st October 2019 to the 31st March 2020, and the daily rate of sickness benefit for that person shall be as provided in sub-rule (2) calculated on basis of standard benefit rate applicable during the contribution period 1st April 2020 to the 30th September 2020 or during the contribution period 1st October 2019 to the 31st March 2020, as the case may be.”
• in rule 56 which states “Maternity benefit” in sub-rule (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -
“Provided that an insured woman shall be eligible to claim maternity benefit for a confinement occurring or expected to occur during the benefit period 1st January 2021 to the 30th June 2021, if the contributions to such woman were payable for not less than thirty-five days in the immediately preceding two consecutive contribution periods, namely, the 1st October 2019 to the 31st March 2020 and the 1st April 2020 to the 30th September 2020.”
[Notification No. G.S.R. 536(E)]
