Section 20: Workers to be Enlisted

1) The employers who are in existence at the commencement of this Act and who should be enlisted as per this Act, should enlist, the person employed by them or the person with whom they have employment relations, in the Fund within six months of the date of commencement of this Act and, the employers enlisted after the commencement of this Act, should enlist the workers within three months of the establishment such relations.

2) If any employer does not enlist any worker within the period pursuant to sub-section (1), then the worker concerned may file an application at the Fund.

3) If it is found through the application filed pursuant to sub-section (2) or through any other means that an employer has not enlisted a worker appointed by them or with whom s/he maintains a relationship of employment as required by sub-section (1), the Fund may issue an order to the employer concerned to enlist itself and the worker within a specified deadline.

4) It shall be the duty of the concerned employer to follow the order of the Fund as per sub-section (3).

5) The provision relating to the enlistment of the informal sector workers and self-employed people shall be as specified.

6) The worker or self-employed person enlisted as per this Section shall be provided with a social security number by the Fund as per Section 41.