New Delhi, May 27 -- The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is undergoing reforms. In the latest instance, the state-backed retirement fund manager has instructed its offices not to reject claims of subscribers just because of an overlap in their employment spans between employers. Dates of when a job is given up and the next taken could get mixed up in the records; employees who avail their unused leave at the end of a work stint to join another company, for example, could face this hazard without realizing it.

entry errors of this kind should not make subscribers run from pillar to post to get their retiral dues, especially not after they're past their salaried years. It's welcome, therefore, that the EPFO is trying to fix t...