The Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026
Form EIR (Employment Information Return)
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YearlyReturn to be submitted to the Career Centre (Regional) for the Yearended…………….
The following information is required to be submitted under the Code on Social Security,
2020 (Chapter XIII – Employment Information and Monitoring).
Name and address of the employerwith Pin code
Email ID of the Employer
Mobile No. / Contact No. of the Employer
Name of Establishment
Type of Entity
(Factory, shop, commercial office, mine, plantation, etc.)
Type of Ownership
(Firm/Association/Individual/Partnership/Company, etc.)
Whether – Head Office
If yes, specify
Branch Office
If yes, specify
(a)
(b)
(c)
Type of Establishment {Public Sector (Central) / Public Sector (State) / Private Sector}
Nature of business/principal activity
Labour Identification Number – (LIN Number)
Establishment Registration No. under the Code
1. (a) EMPLOYMENT
Total number of manpower of establishment including working proprietors/partners/contingent paid
and contractual workers, out-sourced workers excluding part-time workers and apprentices. (The
figures should include every person whose wage or salary is paid).
Category On the last working day of the On the last working day of the
previous Year Year under report
Highly Skilled Semi- Highly Skilled Semi-
Skilled Skilled Skilled
Skilled
Men
Women
Other (Transgender)
TOTAL :
PWD(persons with disabilities)
out of above total
2. Number of vacancies* occurred and reported to career centre during the year and the
number of vacancies filled during the year
Occurred Reported Filled Source (career centre/ NCS Portal/ Govt. Recruiting Agencies/
Private Placement Organisations/ others)
career career
centre centre
(Regional) (Central)
1 2 3 4 5
*As per the provisions of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (Chapter XIII) and rules made
thereunder.
3. MANPOWER SHORTAGES:
Vacancies/posts remained unfilled because of shortage of suitable applicants.
Name of the occupation or designation Number of unfilled vacancies/posts
of the post
Skill/ qualifications (educational / Essential Desirable
technical/ experience)
prescribed
1 2 3 4
(Please list any other occupations also for which this establishment had any difficulty in obtaining
suitable applicants recently.)
4. Estimated Manpower Requirement by Occupational Classification during the next financial
year (Please give below the number of employees in each occupation separately).
Occupation Number of employees
Please give as far as possible approximate number of vacancies in each occupation you
are likely to fill during the next financial year due to retirement/ expansion or re-
organisation.
Description Men Women Others Total PWD
(trans-gender)
(persons with disabilities) out of total
1 2 3 4 5 6
*
Total :
* In the column(description) -Use exact terms such as Engineer (Mechanical),Assistant
Director(Metallurgist);Research Officer (Economist);Supervisor (Tailoring),Inspector(Sanitary),
Superintendent (Office) , Manager(Sales), Manager(Accounts), Executive(Marketing), Data Entry
Operator............................so on.
Signature, Name and Designation of Authorised Signatory
of establishment/ employer with seal and date
To
The Career Centre,
……………………………..
Note:- 1. This return is to be rendered to the Career Centre (Regional) within 30 days after the end of
the financial yearconcerned by establishments/employers vide their obligation under the Code on
Social Security, 2020( Chapter XIII-Employment Information and Monitoring).
2. The main purpose in obtaining the information from employers is to know (i) the
vacancies/employment opportunities available; (ii) type of personnel who are in short supply; and (iii)
future job opportunities for providing vocational guidance to the jobseekers and connecting them with
the employers. This is helpful in ascertaining the skill needs also. Employers too will be able to call
on the Career Centres for getting suitable candidates as per their requirements.