Retirement Fund body Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has asked establishments to create Facebook and Twitter accounts so that employees can raise their grievances on social media. The EPFO said this on its official Twitter handle @socialepfo.

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“Dear Employer, kindly create Facebook and Twitter accounts and encourage employees to raise grievances on Facebook & Twitter accounts of establishments and please reply promptly to such queries and resolve their grievances” the tweet said.

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EPFiGMS -  This is EPFO's in-house grievance redressal platform. The organisation claims to have solved 92 per cent of the grievances within 20 days of the complaints. Around 4 per cent is resolved in between 20 and 30 days and less than 60 days.
 
EPFO has over 6 crore subscribers, 12 lakh employers and 65 lakh, pensioners. EPFO has a robust mechanism for addressing account holders' grievances. The organisation works under the aegis of Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India with 21 Zonal offices, 138 regional offices and 117 district offices.

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Apart from EPFiGMS, there are various other modes of registering and resolving grievances viz. CPGRAMS, Call Center, Social Media, Emails, Nidhi Apke Nikat and Facilitation Centres.