The ESI Act 1948 enacted on 19th April
1948 provide for certain benefits to the
employees in case of sickness, maternity
and employment injury and to make
provisions for certain other matters in
relation thereto.
The ESI Act 1948 in the first instance,
applies to
Factories using power in the
manufacturing process and employing
10 or more persons
Non-power using factories or
establishments employing 20 or more
persons for wages.
The provision of the Act are being
implemented areawise by stages.The Act
contains an enabling provision under
which the Appropriate Government is
empowered to extend the provision of the
Act to other classes of establishments--
Industrial
Commercial
Agricultural or
otherwise
Under these provisions State Governments have extended the provisions of the ESI Act to the following classes of establishments.
Shops
Hotels & Restaurants
Cinemas, including preview theaters
Road Motor Transport Undertakings
Newspaper establishments
The ESI Act is applicable to over two
lakh industrial units, across the length
and breadth of the country.
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