New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has introduced several updates this year that could affect how salaried employees access their PF money, transfer accounts after changing jobs and use other EPF-related services.

Some of these updates are already in effect, while others are part of the retirement fund body's broader push towards a more digital and streamlined system. Here are five important EPFO developments from this year that salaried employees must know of.

EPFO plans to extend its auto-settlement process to include final PF withdrawal claims, a top official at the retirement body told PTI earlier.

"We are also going to initiate, as far as feasible, auto-settlement for now...which was (available...