EPFO launches Employees’ Enrolment Campaign 2025, allowing employers to add workers excluded from EPF between 2017 and 2025 without employee contribution for missed years.
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has launched a new enrolment campaign to include salaried employees who were excluded from EPF benefits by their employers between July 2017 and October 2025.
The Employees’ Enrolment Campaign 2025, which began on November 1, 2025 and runs until April 30, 2026, gives employers a one-time opportunity to voluntarily enrol eligible employees and regularise their past compliance. The initiative applies to all establishments, regardless of their current EPF coverage status.
Under the scheme, employees will not be required to contribute for the missed years, provided their share was not previously deducted. However, employers must deposit their share of contributions for the declared period, along with applicable interest, administrative charges, and a lump-sum penalty of ₹100.
“Employers are liable to deposit only the employer’s share, along with interest under Section 7Q, administrative charges, and penal damages amounting to ₹100,” the EPFO said in a statement.
According to the Employees’ Provident Funds (Amendment) Scheme, 2025, employers must:
- Deposit contributions for declared employees from their respective date of joining.
- Pay only the employer’s share if the employee’s share was never deducted.
- Pay interest for the past period under Section 7Q of the Act, along with administrative charges.
- Ensure that the employees’ share is waived if it was not previously deducted.
Employers are required to generate e-Face Authentication-based UANs for each declared employee using the UMANG app, and remit contributions via Electronic Challan-cum-Return (ECR) during the campaign. All declarations must be submitted online through the EPFO portal, linking the ECR to a Temporary Return Reference Number (TRRN).
The EPFO clarified that no suo motu action will be taken against employers for employees who exited before the declaration, provided all eligible employees have been declared and no dues remain unpaid for any past or current staff whose contributions were deducted.
Published: 02 Nov 2025, 10:55 am IST
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