New Delhi, July 13 -- If you have recently switched jobs, don't expect your provident fund (PF) balance to move to your new employer's account immediately. Under EPFO's new transfer mechanism, the process is triggered only after your new employer deposits the first EPF contribution.

".Whenever an employee joins a new job and the first month's PF contribution is received then a transfer auto trigger is generated. Soon after, the member's past PF amount gets automatically transferred into his new account," EPFO said in the FAQs section on its website.

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) further said that the automatic transfer goes through unless the member actively stops it.

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