Employees Provident Fund Division

By contributing to the Employees’ Provident Fund, a whopping 1/5 of your total earnings every month and the high interest added to it will be used to secure your retirement.

So you,

• Whether employed as permanent, apprentice, temporary or casual
• Whether paid on a piece-rate, commission, contract or piece-of-work basis
• Whether you get paid monthly, semi-monthly, weekly or daily
• Even if he is an employee who resumes work after receiving S.A.A. benefit money once
• Even if he is a foreigner employed in this country
• Even if he is an employee of organizations run for charity and social service activities with more than 10 employees
• Whether working at any level from laborer ranks to management ranks

Register as a member of the fund. For that,

• Fill in forms A,B,H, get certified by your employer and hand over to the nearest labor office. This should be done within a fortnight of joining the service.
• Check whether the registration forms have been submitted to the Labor Department by the employee within a fortnight of joining the service, and whether the Labor Department has registered it.
• Be careful if your employees send your contributions to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on time. It is your employee right.
• Take the B sheet and keep it safe when leaving the workplace. It will make you comfortable while availing the benefits.
• If the ABH form has not been registered at the time of your claim, the service certificate obtained by the institution or the completed ABH form can be forwarded to the payment section by the district labor office where the institution belongs with a note that the details of the RN have been entered.
• ABH sheet is not registered at the time of your benefits, complete letter of damages in addition to main documents at the time of inactivity of the institution, along with any proof (letter of appointment, service certificates, salary slips etc.) to prove that you have worked in the institution. Submit to Payment Section.
• You can cancel the nominations made to your fund balance and make a re-nomination by filling up Forms I, J respectively and submitting them to the nearest labor office attested by the employees.
• If you are leaving the workplace, inform the nearest labor office by completing Form E within a fortnight of the end of employment.
• If you want to add your personal accounts, fill Form G and submit it to the nearest labor office.
• If you have contributed to the fund for more than 10 years, your S.A.A. If the balance is above Rs.300,000/- and you are an employee who is currently contributing to the fund, you can avail pre-retirement benefits of 30% of your fund balance for housing or medical reasons. This benefit can be availed for the second time after 10 years of first availment.
• You can get a home loan from the following banks by pledging employee provident funds. Further information can be obtained from the nearest labor office.
• State Mortgage and Investment Bank
• Housing Development Finance Corporation
• Bank of Ceylon
• National Savings Bank
• People’s Bank

• Yours truly. To get the balance of the account online, fill the Registration Form (New) and send it to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
• Apart from this, your balance can also be known through the KIOSKS machines spread in the district labor offices across the country.
• For that and to get your benefit money efficiently and to reduce wrong payments, give your fingerprints and re-register in the fund under the National Identification Number.
• You can complete Form K under the following reasons and get full benefits of the fund.
• 50 years of age for female / 55 years of age for male and retired from service
• If a woman quits service within 3 months prior to marriage or within 5 years of marriage
• If you are permanently incapacitated for work, get Form M certified by a Government Medical Officer
• If going abroad for permanent residence
• If appointed to a pensionable position in the Government, Provincial Public Service and Local Government Institutions
• In the event of conversion of the business entity in which you worked into a public corporation / authority / board or the public corporation / authority / board into a business entity or in the event of closing down of the public corporation / authority / board or retrenchment of redundant employees
• If the member dies, his heirs will be able to complete form L and get the benefits.
• To recover unpaid balances below Rs.10,000/-, you can complete the part payment form through the Central Bank if your bank details are not available.

Be a fair employer that secures your employee’s future. For that,

• As soon as one employee joins the service under you, S.A.A. Register complete form D to pay
• Credit your employees’ contributions to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka using Form C on or before the 3rd working day of the month following the relevant month.
• If crediting of contributions is missed on the due date, you will have to pay surcharge as follows.
• A surcharge of 5% of the subscription amount if the delay is up to 10 days
• A surcharge of 15% of the subscription amount if the delay is from 10 days to one month
• A surcharge of 20% of the subscription amount if the delay is from 1 month to 3 months
• A surcharge of 30% of the subscription amount if the delay is 3 months to 6 months
• A surcharge of 40% of the subscription amount if the delay is 6 months to 12 months
• If the delay is more than 12 months, a surcharge of 50% of the subscription amount is also payable.
• If you wish to pay your employee a contribution rate higher than the approved minimum contribution rate, fill up Form O and submit it to the nearest labor office.
• In case of transfer of contributions from an approved Provident Fund or Contributory Pension Scheme to the Employees’ Provident Fund fill Form N and submit it to the Collection Section at Head Office.
• To recover the contribution if you have mistakenly overpaid it – Fill up Form Q and submit it to the Collection Section at Head Office. (A request made in Form Q should be submitted within one year from the date of payment of the relevant contribution.)
• If a member has left your company, complete form  F and inform the nearest labor office within one month.
• Complete the e-Media Registration Form and send it to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to register for electronic subscription payment . Employers with more than 50 employees are required to credit contributions before using electronic media.

• Island wide SE.A.A. This section supervises the payment of benefits, accepts and examines the applications and documents related to requesting the full benefits of the Employees’ Provident Fund, and sends decision letters to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to pay the relevant benefits to the member.
• This section is located on the north floor of the ground floor.
• Contactable Officers

Deputy Labor Commissioner – 0112369214

Assistant Labor Commissioner – 0112368490 | 0112369213 | 0112368904 | 0112369191

Inquiries – 0112368911

• SE.A.A. Forms A, B, H for membership registration and withdrawal of membership fee (K) forms are hereby provided.
• This section is located in front of the elevator system on the ground floor.
• Contactable Officers

        Inquiries – 0112368916

• Island wide SE.A.A. 30% pre-retirement benefit payment supervision, 10 years S.A.A. To whom contributions are directed, SE.A.A. This section accepts and examines the applications and documents related to the pre-benefit request of the active members whose account balance is more than 03 lakhs, and sends decision letters to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka for payment to the relevant benefit member for the following reasons.

1.      For Homework:

1.1. Construction of a house on land owned by the member.

1.2. Buying land to build a house.

1.3. Buying a house property.

1.4. Settlement of a house property mortgaged to an approved bank.

1.5. Settlement of the remaining amount of a home loan taken from an approved bank.

2.      For medical treatment:

2.1. Non-bypass heart surgery.

2.2. Bypass surgery.

2.3. Treatment of cancer including surgery.

2.4. Kidney transplant or surgery.

2.5. Cesarean section.

2.6. Stay in hospital for not less than 14 days due to accident.

• This section is located on the 5th floor, North Square.
• Officers concerned

Deputy Labor Commissioner – 0112369214

Assistant Labor Commissioner – 0112368251

Inquiries – 0112501249 | 0112368252

• Employees Provident Fund 30% pre-retirement benefit payments have been decentralized to the following Zonal/ District Labor Offices in addition to the Head Office.

Office	Inquiries
Kurunegala District Commissioner’s Office, Kurunegala.	037 – 2 223 590
North Central Zone Labor Office, Anuradhapura.	025 – 2 050 290
Sabaragamuwa Zone Labor Office, Ratnapura.	045 – 2 225 755
South Zone Labor Office, Galle.	091 – 2 232 901
Uva Zone Labor Office, Badulla.	055 – 2 224 355
Western Zone II Labor Office, Kalutara.	034 – 2 224 854
North Zone Labor Office, Jaffna.	021 – 2 226 333
Eastern Zone Labor Office, Trincomalee.	026 – 2 227 395
Central Zone Labor Office, Maha Kandy	081 – 2 200 422
Western Zone III Labor Office, Gampaha.	033 – 2 234 252

• The work related to the project of electronic re-registration of Employees’ Provident Fund members is carried out in this section.
• This section is located on the 5th floor, North Square.
• Contactable Officers

Deputy Labor Commissioner – 0112368915

Inquiries – 0112369370 | 0112368913

• This section is responsible for purchasing, storing and issuing stationery and equipment required for the Employees’ Provident Fund, and maintaining stocks.
• This section is located on the south floor of the 6th floor.
• Contactable Officers

Assistant Labor Commissioner – 0112368912

Inquiries – 0112368920

• The main task of this division is to monitor the registration of institutions under the Islandwide Employees’ Provident Fund and the registration of institutions located in the Colombo district and various revisions in the information of registered institutions are also done by this division.
• This section is located on the 8th floor, North Square.
• Contactable Officers

Assistant Labor Commissioner – 0112369190

Inquiries – 0112369376

• Monitoring of collections of Employees’ Provident Fund, Monitoring of accounting of funds recovered by cases to member’s accounts, Refund of erroneous overpayments to the fund, Issuance of Employee Provident Fund payment confirmation letters for obtaining annual clearance certificate for private security service agencies, Employees’ Provident Fund This section will facilitate the payment of contributions at a higher percentage than the rate specified in the Fund Act.
• This section is located on the 8th floor, North Square.
• Contactable Officers

Deputy Labor Commissioner – 0112368062

Assistant Labor Commissioner – 0112368918

Inquiries – 0112369376

• Monitoring of approved Provident Funds and Contributory Pension Schemes and transfer of any of those funds/pension money to the Employees’ Provident Fund, if necessary, is done by this section.
• This section is located on the 8th floor, North Square.
• Contactable Officers

Assistant Labor Commissioner – 0112369190

Inquiries – 0112369376

• Island wide SE.A.A. This section supervises the payment of benefits to the heirs of the deceased members, accepts and examines the applications and documents related to the employee provident fund benefit requests made by the heirs of the deceased members, and sends decision letters to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to pay the relevant benefits to the heirs.
• This section is located on the south floor of the 8th floor.
• Contactable Officers

Assistant Labor Commissioner – 0112368912

Inquiries – 0112368908

• In addition to the head office, the following zonal labor offices have decentralized the payment of benefits to the deceased members of the Employees’ Provident Fund.

Office	Inquiries
Vayo Zone Labor Office, Kuliapitiya.	037 – 2 281 930
North Central Zone Labor Office, Anuradhapura.	025 – 2 050 290
Sabaragamuwa Zone Labor Office, Ratnapura.	045 – 2 225 755
South Zone Labor Office, Galle.	091 – 2 232 901
Uva Zone Labor Office, Badulla.	055 – 2 224 355
Western Zone II Labor Office, Kalutara.	034 – 2 224 854
North Zone Labor Office, Jaffna.	021 – 2 226 333
Eastern Zone Labor Office, Trincomalee.	026 – 2 227 395
Central Zone Labor Office, Maha Kandy	081 – 2 200 422
Western Zone III Labor Office, Gampaha.	033 – 2 234 252

• To confirm that a member has become completely unable to work forever Refer to the relevant medical boards to verify the authenticity of Form M certified by a government medical officer and conduct medical boards, activate loan accounts, refer appeals for second loans to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka , SE.A.A. The mail and administrative work of the division is done by this division.
• This section is located on the south floor of the 8th floor.
• Contactable Officers

Assistant Labor Commissioner – 0112368909

Inquiries – 0112368916

• Forms A, B, H received from the labor offices all over the island were checked and SE.A.A. Member information registration, revision, fingerprint checking during benefit payment and giving information related to member registration is done in this section.
• This section is located on the south floor of the 9th floor.
• Contactable Officers

Assistant Labor Commissioner – 0112369374

Inquiries – 0112369216