New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- When you leave a job, your employer is expected to record your date of exit on the EPFO portal. If the date is missing or incorrectly marked, it can lead to disruptions in transferring your old PF account to a new employer and may also raise questions during background verification by the new company.

The good news is that eligible members do not always have to depend on their former employer to make the correction. The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) offers an online facility that allows individuals to update their date of exit through the UAN-linked member account.

Before you update the date of exit, make sure you meet the eligibility requirements. EPFO allows members to update the date only after t...