Trade unions to knock the door of Election Commission for Provident Fund

New Delhi: Trade unions will approach the Election Commission against the government decision to reject the proposal to club allowances with basic pay for PF deductions. In a letter last week, the labour ministry has asked the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) not to go ahead with clubbing wages with basic pay. The EPFO will soon issue a notification in this regard.

“We will definitely prot-est against this anti-worker move. We will soon write about this to the Election Commission as well as the Labour Ministry,” All-India Trade Union Congress D.L. Sachdev said. “The government cannot do this as model code of conduct is in force. Splitting of wages has been a problem for a long time. Employers split wages into allowances to reduce their PF liability,” Mr Sachdev, who is also an EPFO trustee, said.