EPFO extended time till January 31, 2025 for employers to upload wage details
Reportedly retirement fund body EPFO has extended the time till january 31, 2025, for employers to upload wage details, etc regarding 3.1 lakh pending applications for pension on higher wages. An online facility was made available by EPFO for submitting applications for validation of options/joint options for pension on higher wages, a labour ministry statement said. The facility was for eligible pensioners or members in compliance with the supreme court order on november 4, 2022. It was launched on february 26, 2023, and was to remain available only till May 3, 2023.Meanwhile while considering the representations of employees, the time was extended to june 26, 2023, to provide complete four months to eligible pensioners/members for filing applications. A last opportunity of 15 days was further given to remove any difficulty data-faced by them. Given representations received from Employers & Employers’ Associations, wherein requests were made to extend the time for uploading the wage details, employers were given multiple opportunities to submit wage details etc. online till september 30, 2023, again till december 31, 2023 and thereafter till May 31, 2024.Employers are also requested to submit replies/update the information by january 15, 2025, in over 4.66 lakh cases where EPFO has sought additional information/ clarification in respect of applications that have been received and examined by EPFO.