Now EPFO members can change personal details, transfer EPF online without employers intervention

Over 7.6 crore members of status money assemblage EPFO tin present alteration idiosyncratic details similar sanction and day of commencement online without immoderate verification by the leader oregon support by EPFO with the rollout of a caller installation connected Saturday.

Besides, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) members with e-KYC EPF accounts (Aadhaar seeded) tin record their EPF transportation claims online with Aadhaar OTP (one clip passward) straight without immoderate request for involution of the employer.

Union Labour & Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya introduced the 2 caller services connected Saturday.

The curate said astir 27 per cent of grievances filed by members are related to subordinate profile/KYC issues and that would spot a important driblet aft the rollout of the facility.

He besides stated that ample employers having a immense workload of specified requests volition besides benefit.

The curate stated that the EPFO has simplified the process of associated declaration connected the EPFO portal by allowing employees to self-correct astir communal errors successful idiosyncratic details similar name, day of birth, gender, nationality, father/ mother's name, marital status, spouse name, day of joining and day of leaving, without immoderate verification by leader oregon support by EPFO.

This installation volition beryllium disposable for members, whose UAN (universal relationship number) was issued aft October 1, 2017 (when Aadhaar matching was made mandatory).

No supporting papers is required successful specified cases, the curate informed.

If the UAN was issued anterior to October 1, 2017, the leader tin close details without the EPFO's approval.

Requirement of supporting papers has besides been simplified for specified cases.

Only wherever UAN is not linked with Aadhaar, immoderate correction would person to beryllium submitted physically to leader and aft verification forwarded to EPFO for approval, helium explained.

UAN registration is done by leader for the worker astatine the clip of joining. For galore employees, mistakes were committed by employers successful signaling father/spouse name, marital status, nationality and work details during the registration process oregon later.

In bid to close these errors, the worker had to marque a petition online with supporting documents.

The petition would person to beryllium verified by the leader and past forwarded to EPFO for support earlier immoderate alteration could beryllium effected. This process was called Joint Declaration.

Out of the 8 lakh requests that were forwarded to EPFO by employers successful FY 24-25, it was seen that lone 40 per cent were sent wrong 5 days, 47 per cent were sent aft 10 days and the mean clip taken by leader was 28 days.

The simplification would supply alleviation to employees successful 45 per cent of cases done contiguous correction done Aadhaar OTP verification and successful the equilibrium 50 per cent of cases done the leader itself.

If immoderate subordinate who tin self-approve has already filed his petition which is pending with the employer, the subordinate tin delete the already filed petition and self-approve arsenic per simplified process.

This volition payment astir 3.9 lakh cases pending with leader arsenic connected date.

About the simplification of process of claims for transportation of EPF account, the curate said EPF members with afloat compliant e-KYC EPF accounts tin record their Online Transfer Claims with Aadhaar OTP straight with EPFO without immoderate request for involution of employer.

If fig of claims filed (1.3 Crore) during FY 2024-25 is considered much than 94 per cent claims (1.2 crore) volition instantly scope EPFO.

The turnaround clip of EPF transportation assertion processing volition beryllium considerably reduced since it does not necessitate support by the employer.

If immoderate subordinate has already filed his transportation assertion which is pending with employer, the subordinate tin delete the already filed petition and taxable assertion straight with EPFO.

The simplification volition besides greatly trim the subordinate grievances considerably (presently 17% of the full grievances pertain to transfer-related issues) on with the corresponding rejections.

Large employers who person a ample workload of approving specified cases volition person important betterment successful the easiness of doing business.

The interior processes of EPFO are besides being simplified for transportation assertion processing wrong this period which volition further smoothen this process.

At present, immoderate online petition for transportation of PF relationship successful lawsuit of immoderate alteration of occupation has to beryllium verified by the leader earlier submitting to EPFO.

In this process connected an mean 12 to 13 days are taken by employers earlier the assertion reaches EPFO for verifying transfers.

During the past 9 months, astir 20 lakh claims remained pending with employers for much than 15 days.

The curate besides said that galore initiatives are being taken to amended transportation of services by the EPFO aiming bring those astatine par with banking system.