Features and Benefits of ESI registration ESI creates a corpus fund for employees and covers the employee from medical, sickness etc. These are the benefits and features of ESI: Medical Benefit: ESI covers the medical aid of employee and his/her dependents and includes medicine, ambulance services and super specialty consultations. Maternity Benefit: ESI also helps the insured women employee at the time pregnancy. Pregnant women are entitled to maternity benefits that are payable upto twenty six weeks. To qualify for maternity benefits, employer, employers are required to contribute their wages for 70 days in the preceding two contributions periods. Unemployment benefit: The ESI also provides the unemployment allowances upto 50% of wages for upto 1 year and medical aid for self and family. Funeral Expenses: Apart from medical benefits, the family of the deceased employee is entitled to an additional amount of Rs.10,000 towards funeral expenses.