To provide relief to employers under the current unprecedented circumstances, the Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) relaxed the deadline for payment of contribution and other administrative charges by the employer to EPFO by one month.
The deadline for payment of PF contributions and other charges for March has been extended by a month till 15 May. The relaxation has only been given to those employers who have paid March salaries to their employees.
While it may look like some measure of relief for the employers who may be cash starved due to the ongoing lockdown implemented to restrict the spread of the covid-19, experts believe that the relaxation is late. “The notification came in the evening of 15 April which is the last