Govt. Launches Employees' Enrolment Campaign 2025: Organized Social Security For Workers via EPFO
The scheme shall be applicable provided such employees are alive and employed on the date of the declaration and were not enrolled in the EPF scheme earlier.
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The Ministry of Labour and Employment has announced the launch of the Employees’ Enrolment Campaign, 2025 (EEC 2025) - a nationwide drive to expand social security coverage for workers by encouraging employers to declare and enroll eligible employees under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
The campaign, which shall be facilitated through the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is similar to a campaign held in 2017 that focused on left-out eligible from 2009–2016.
The present campaign shall be operational from November 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026 and aims to regularize past records while reducing the financial and legal burden on employers.
Under EEC 2025, employers already registered and newly-registered with EPFO may voluntarily enroll existing employees who joined the establishment between July 1, 2017, and October 31, 2025, provided such employees are alive and employed on the date of the declaration and were not enrolled in the EPF scheme earlier.
Waiver of PF Contributions
The campaign waives the employee’s share of provident fund contributions for the past period from July 1, 2017 to October 31, 2025 where such contributions were not deducted from the wages of the employee.
Due to the waiver, the employer shall only be required to pay the employer’s share towards provident fund for the concerned period. Employers availing the scheme will also be liable to pay a nominal lump-sum penal damage of ₹100 for non-compliance.
All establishments are eligible to participate irrespective of whether they are subject to inquiries under section 7A of the Act, paragraph 26B of the Scheme or paragraph 8 of the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995.
The EPFO will not initiate suo-motu compliance action against employers who avail the benefits of EEC 2025 in respect of employees who have already left the establishment as on the date of declaration. Employers who register or declare additional employees under EEC 2025 will also become eligible for benefits under the Pradhan Mantri-Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana, subject to terms and conditions.
Declarations must be made through the online facility provided by EPFO, with employers linking employee details to the Electronic Challan-cum-Return (Temporary Return Reference Number) which is used for contribution payments and payment of the prescribed ₹100 lump-sum Penal Damages.
The latest initiative has been presented by the Ministry as a measure to boost enrolment under social security cover and to facilitate ease of doing business, enabling employers to regularize records with minimal financial and legal burden.
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