Dual employment

Dear Client,
Your query lacks information. There is no overarching law that prohibits a person from doing multiple jobs, provided an offer or appointment letter specifically does not restrict an employee from such multiple engagement while engaged with one. Typically, dual employment occurs when an employee joins another establishment without serving the notice period in compliance with the terms of employment or obtaining a relieving letter from the earlier establishment post-resignation. The overlapping in service concerning previous and present establishments and any anomaly or discrepancy in EPF records of any registered member may be grounds for future disputes. When your EPF record shows an anomaly in the joining and exit date in both the previous and present Company, which is contradictory, then until and unless those anomalies are rectified by the concerned employers, PF records will show overlapping or dual employment. Background verification (BGV) check is a process many organizations carry out to verify the information provided by the candidate during hiring. Verification of EPFO records through UAN is critical for conducting employee background checks because it allows employers to confirm that their employees are not using false or stolen identities to gain employment. In case of a negative background verification check, an employer can even reject/terminate the employment of the candidate, following the service rules of the establishment, and that will potentially damage your service career. A joint declaration form is used to correct Provident Fund (PF) member details. It is a combined form that the employee and employer sign and submit to the regional PF commissioner to update the wrong information entered in the employees’ PF accounts. An employee cannot update the service history. Only an employer can rectify the error in the EPFO's employment record. So if an employee finds an error in the database, he should contact their present or previous employers and get it corrected. In the given situation, to resolve the issue of dual employment/overlapping in the P F records of both employers, you need to approach the office of the Regional P F Commissioner who is the competent authority to resolve any anomaly/discrepancy arising out of date of appointment and date of exit of an employee in EPF records. For lack of cooperation from the employers who are duty-bound to correct the records of member employees in EPF records, an individual can file a complaint using the EPF i-Grievance Management System (https://epfigms.gov.in/) or file a complaint offline in the office of the Regional PF Commissioner concerned. If the complaint is not resolved even on receipt of JDF, you can approach the Employees’ Provident Funds Appellate Tribunal (EPFAT) which was constituted under the provisions of the Section 7 D of the EPF and M P Act 1952, Now, as per the Finance Act 2017, the Employees' Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal has been merged with Central Government Industrial Tribunal w.e.f. 26.05.2017. So, if no relief is yielded from the office of the PF Commissioner, you may approach the Central Government Industrial Tribunal for appropriate relief. Further, in this connection, Office Memo No.WSU/Transferclaim/E-52972/2025-26/07 dated 20/05/2025 issued by the Head Office, EPFO may be referred to for guidance which is readily available in the official website of EPFO.