Employer responsibility for COVID deceased employee family

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Hi Community,

In case of employees passes away due to COVID.

1. Employer is not liable to pay any compensation to close relatives. Correct?**

2. In what ways can a Employer/HR be of help to the employees close one with sorting out details of claims and compensation?

Any detailed steps or article would be very helpful.

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Hi,

  1. Correct.

  2. Ways would be:

  • Gratuity settlement including life cover

  • Leave Encashment

  • Accumulated bonus, if any

  • If covered under PF then EDLI benefit, PF accumulation withdrawal, Family Pension etc.

  • Mediclaim reimbursement

  • Suggesting about Personal level benefits like Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana(PMSBY), Atal
    Pension Yojana (APY), Life Insurance etc.

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Agree with @Deepti

Along with this EDLI has also increased the max limit to 7 lakhs.

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An employee passed away due to COVID-19, so we want to continue to pay the salary to his family. Can anyone let me know what is the way to handle this legally from the company side.

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