SPLITTING SALARIES FOR LOWER PF TO LAND COS IN TROUBLE

Employers who split workers salaries into a number of heads to bring down Provident Fund (PF) contributions have been warned of legal action by the Employees’  Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). A Government official said that we have told our field offices that they should examine contracts and pay structures to decide whether the pay was being split into several heads as a subterfuge to avoid Provident Fund(PF) contribution.