The Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoLE) on January 29, 2026, issued the Employees’ Enrolment Scheme 2025.
The scheme provides a special window for employers to voluntarily enroll eligible employees who were left out from Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) coverage between July 01, 2017 and October 31, 2025, and to regularize their past compliance under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
The salient features are as follows:
• The scheme is operational for 6 months, from November 01, 2025 to April 30, 2026.
• Employee’s share of contributions is waived in respect of such declared employees, if such share has not been deducted from Salary.
• Employer is to remit employer’s share, interest on arrears, administrative charges and lumpsum of ₹100 penal damages per establishment.
• The establishments facing inquiry under section 7A of the EPF & MP Act, 1952/ Para 26B of the EPF Scheme, 1952/ Para 8 of the EPS Scheme, 1995, are also eligible to avail benefit of the scheme, by limiting the Penal Damages to Rs. 100 per establishment. However, under such circumstances, the employer is required to pay all other dues including the employer’s share, the employees’ share, the administrative charges and interest on arrears.
[Release ID: 2220311]
