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The fixed half-yearly window over which ESI eligibility is determined. An employee covered at the start of a period remains covered for its duration, even if a mid-period revision takes their gross above the threshold.
Not a monthly test. Treating it as one is among the most common and most expensive payroll errors in India.
For ESI, the two contribution periods run from 1 April to 30 September and from 1 October to 31 March, each linked to a following benefit period. Payroll tests ESI coverage at the start of each period and at joining, not every time gross pay changes.
Example: an employee earning ₹20,500 gross is covered when the period starts on 1 April. A revision in July takes gross to ₹23,000. Payroll keeps deducting ESI at 0.75% and paying the employer 3.25% on actual wages until 30 September, then stops from October if gross is still above ₹21,000.
The common mistake is stopping deductions in the month of the increment, which leaves a gap in the employee's record and can affect benefits they are entitled to. The reverse error also occurs: a salary reduction mid-period does not bring a non-covered employee into ESI until the next period, other than for a new joiner.
A fixed half-yearly window over which ESI eligibility is determined.
No. It is determined for the contribution period, not month by month.
An employee covered at the start of the period stays covered for its duration, even if a revision takes gross above the threshold.
It is half-yearly.
Treating eligibility as a monthly test, which is among the most common and most expensive payroll errors in India.
₹21,000 gross a month.
Not within the same contribution period if the employee was covered at its start.
The ESI calculator applies the employee and employer rates to gross.
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