This chapter provides overviews of employee state insurance (ESI), ESI reports, and delivered ESI deductions and discusses how to enroll payees in an ESI program.
ESI is a Social Security plan that is designed to provide subsidized or free medical assistance to employees and their dependents during the course of their employment, or if an employee becomes unable to work due to specific circumstances. With Global Payroll for India, you can register payees under an ESI program and process the appropriate deductions during the normal payroll cycle.
With Global Payroll for India you can:
Ensure that all of the payees are registered per the ESI Act and capture beneficiary information.
Ensure that the deductions for contributions from payees are deducted from their pay each month.
Note. Enrolling payees in ESI is a manual process. The human resources department should ensure that the appropriate payees are enrolled in the ESI program.
Note. The PeopleSoft system delivers several queries that enable you to retrieve ESI information.
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As part of the ESI process, you need to generate and submit certain reports, such as:
A remittance statement report that includes details on mandatory ESI contributions that were deducted for the contribution period by both the employer and the employee.
A new ESI registration report that identifies new payees who need to be issued identification numbers so that they can take advantage of the ESI benefits.
A terminated employee report that identifies payees who have terminated employment and who are not eligible for ESI contributions due to the Act.
A new report that gives details of each employee, including the insurance details and contribution made on a monthly basis.
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This section discusses:
Delivered ESI deductions.
Process lists and sections.
Viewing delivered elements.
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Defining Earning and Deduction Elements
PeopleSoft delivers the following deductions to process ESI:
Name/Description |
Unit |
Rate |
Base |
% |
Amount |
ESI Employee State Insurance (gc) |
NA |
NA |
ESI GROSS WAGES |
ESI VR PYE PCT |
NA |
ESI ER Employee State Insurance Employer Contribution (gc) |
NA |
NA |
ESI GROSS WAGES |
ESI VR ER PCT |
NA |
In this table, the first column combines the name and description of the delivered deductions. A (gc) in the row indicates that the deduction has an associated generation control element. A (po) indicates a post-processing formula, and (pr) indicates a preprocessing formula. The other four columns indicate the deductions calculation rule (Amount, Base × %, and so on).
These deductions may need to be modified to meet particular business requirements:
ESI
The ESI deduction has a calculation rule of base multiplied by percentage and is used to calculate the employee's contribution to ESI; the base is the accumulator ESI GROSS WAGES and the percentage is determined by the numeric variable ESI VR PYE PCT. The generation control element ESI GC ENROLL determines when the system processes this deduction. The deduction is made during the contribution period. If any employee crosses the limit (od Rs.7,500/-) during the contribution period, he continues to pay for the whole period.
ESI ER
The ESI ER deduction has a calculation rule of base multiplied by percentage and is used to calculate the employer's contribution to ESI; the base is the accumulator ESI GROSS WAGES and the percentage is determined by the numeric variable ESI VR ER PCT. The generation control element ESI GC ENROLL determines when the system processes this deduction.
The ESI and ESI ER deductions are members of the ESI SE ALL process section.
The ESI SE ALL section is included in the IN PL PAY and IN PL PAY BON process lists.
PeopleSoft delivers a query that you can run to view the names of all delivered elements designed for India. Instructions for running the query are provided in PeopleSoft Enterprise Global Payroll PeopleBook.
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This section provides an overview of ESI program enrollment and discusses how to enroll payees in an ESI program.
To enroll a payee in an ESI program:
Make sure that the ESI registration information is entered on the ESI Registration page.
Enroll the payee by using the Define ESI Data IND(employee state insurance enrollment) page.
Access the Define ESI Data IND page (Global Payroll & Absence Mgmt, Payee Data, Social Security/Insurance, Define ESI Data IND, Define ESI Data IND).
Effective Date |
The ESI effective date must be on or after the payee hire or rehire date. If the ESI effective date is before the hire date for the payee, the system issues an error message. |
Registration Number |
Enter the payee's ESI registration number when it is assigned by the authorities. |
Name of Hospital/Dispensary |
Enter the name of the medical facility providing the payee's ESI medical care. |
Registered |
This field is automatically populated when you run the NEW ESI ENROLLMENT report. When this field is selected, it indicates that an application for ESI registration has been submitted for the payee. |
Beneficiaries
Dependent/Beneficiary ID |
Select the ID for the appropriate dependent or beneficiary. When you select an ID, the name and relationship appear. |
Note. To terminate a payee from ESI, add a row and change the status to Inactive.