My first company created my EPS account despite my basic pay being more than 15K. They continued to contribute Rs.1250/month to EPS. My second and third company too continued the contributions since EPS account was present. Issue starts when my third company one day realizes that they should discontinue EPS contribution since I am not eligible. After 8 months, they stop making EPS contribution. My current organization i.e. fourth company also is contribution Rs.1250/month to EPS.
When I applied for PF transfer request on the EPFO portal, it was rejected stating that my 3rd company did not make EPS contributions for a given period (as I mentioned above). When I reached out to my last company to rectify this issue, they asked me to go to my 1st employer which should not have created EPS account in the first place. After 7 years, it is next to impossible to re-establish contact with first company’s PF team.
Can my Last employer (3rd one) do something at their end to rectify this issue like contributing to EPS account retrospectively for the no-contribution period?
Your last employer (3rd Company) can prepare a revised Form 3A, along with a clarification letter and it needs to be submitted to the corresponding PF office.
In this revised Form 3A, the employer’s PF contribution should be segregated into EPF and EPS for all months during which the EPS contribution was not made.
Employee check her/his portal why the contribution to EPS was not made or why the rejection happened. Discuss with the HR or Payroll officer. After this that issue was not resolve, Submit Fresh Transfer Request to the portal. After verifying the details, you may need to submit a fresh EPF transfer request excluding EPS if there was no contribution. you can file a grievance on the EPFO grievance portal explaining the situation. The officers give the process and solutions.
You can reach out to your regional PF office, and request the help of the officers to provide clear guidelines. Based on their advice you can reach out to your 3rd company to get the documentation resolved and file the fresh request post rectification of the gaps.
If none cooperates, you can file a grievance in the PF portal to expedite the support.