Non Contributory Period (NCP) in PF means the number of days for which the employee is absent to the job in a particular month, and no PF will be calculated for those NCP days.
Whenever an employee becomes absent from his/her job and doesn’t have any leaves to use then that absent day will be marked as an LOP and no salary will be paid for that day.
So the salary (basic) of the employee decreases then the PF contribution will also decrease.
What is the Use of Showing Non Contributory Period (NCP) Days in PF
Whenever the employer is filing PF monthly returns then they have to mention the NCP days of each employee in the EPF ECR file.
So that the EPFO will know for how many days the employer is paying PF contribution for that particular employee, it brings transparency in filing the EPF returns.
If an employee doesn’t have any LOPs then NCP days will be mentioned as “Zero” in EPF ECR format.
Here is an example of NCP days in PF ECR excel file.
How Do You Calculate NCP Days
If an employee is absent and doesn’t have any leaves to apply then the employer will mark that day as LOP.
Example:
- In Apr 2021, an employee is absent for 2 days, and he doesn’t have any leaves to apply.
- So the employer marked those 2 absent days as LOPs.
- So the Non Contributory Period (NCP) for that employee in the month of April 2021 is 2 days.
- And for these 2 days salary will be deducted from his salary, so PF contribution of employee and employer will also reduce.
(Note: If an employee has leaves then those leave days will not be considered as NCP, because he will get a salary for those days.)
Actually there is no need to calculate NCPs separately, the no of LOPs of employees will be present in monthly salary statements.
FAQs
Can NCP days be Zero
Yes, if an employee doesn’t have an absence in a particular month then the NCP days will be taken as Zero in PF ECR excel file.
What is claim rejected due “NCP days for the period 15/XX/20X to 05/XX/20XX not received”
There are 2 possible reasons for getting this message after PF claim rejection. They are
- When you have many LOPs and your employer doesn’t update those LOPs as NCP days while filing PF returns.
- The second reason is when EPF members try to apply for full pension withdrawal after 10 years of their service. After 10 years EPF members will become eligible to get a monthly pension after 58 yrs of their age.
How to correct wrong NCP days in PF
If an employer files EPF returns with wrong NCP days, then they have to write a request letter to their EPF regional office to correct NCP days.
What is “Error NCP days invalid value found on line Numbers”
NCP days should be taken as greater than or equal to Zero in PF ECR file format. Any negative values and values other than numbers will lead to the above error.
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I have an employment gap of 2 months what will be my NCP days as i left the organization on 21st Dec 2023 and my new joining date is 10th March. 2024.
You should not need to worry about your NCP days, your PF will be paid until your last working date. After that your employer stops making EPF payments or make the EPF contribution Zero.
You can update your date of exit on UAN portal and transfer EPF amount to new company that you joined.
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Hi,
Can a half day lop be entered in NCP days? If yes, how can we enter half day as lop? I f no, why? Help me fill 6.5 days lop for an employee in NCP days!
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IF THE EMPLOYER PAYS THE NOTICE PERIOD SALARY TO EMPLOYEE AND TERMINATES THE RELATIONSHIP ON THE IMMEDIATE DATE WITH THE EMPLOYEE.
DOES THE PF CONTRIBUTION BECOMES COMPULSORY BY EMPLOYER, IN THAT CASE?
Hi,
If an employee’s salary is greater than 15,000/- wages and even after LOP days, it is coming to more than 15,000/- is it required to show NCP days?
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Yes, you have to show NCP days but the PF will be calculated on 15000 basic bcz even after NCP days basic is 15000 or more so PF will be 1800
Absolutely “No”, because EPS (pension) is already being paid on the PF contribution limit i.e 15000/-.
Hi,
If the Gap between one company to another company is 3 days.
In this case, How many (NON CONTRIBUTORY PERIOD) NCP days i have to mention.
Thanks in advance.
got the answer??
In my 8 years service, i do not remember if there is NCP days. How will i check
In the month of august, 31 days. An employee works in 20 days,4 days leave and 7 days holiday(5 sunday+2 days onam ).employee is a piece rate worker (no fixed salaray).Then how many ncp days came in ecr? .Pls heip.
If there was no Loss of Pays then there will be no NCP days.
If there is a gap between the company around a year do we need to mention as ncp days ?
Not required.
if a employee works 13 days for month, then how many ncp days came in ecr?
Your Loss of Pays (LOPs) will be considered as NCP days.
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How to write request letter to pf office to corection ncp days
How to correction my wrong NCP days in pf ecr
Your employer needs to write a request letter to your PF office, so pls contact your employer.
But before that register a complaint on the EPF grievance portal, they may give a better solution.