Retirement fund body EPFO has asked its field offices to seek feedback on its recently launched facility for workers from big employers such as TCS, Infosys, PWC, Bosch and HCL going on foreign assignments.

The facility allows organised sector employees going abroad for offshore work to apply online for a Certificate of Coverage, which attests that they are covered under social security schemes, and to get it in three working days.

By producing the certificate, employees can get exemption from contributing to social security schemes in countries with which India has signed agreements -- Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Luxembourg, France, South Korea, Netherlands and Hungary.