EPFO Urges Employers To Enrol Eligible Employees

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has urged establishments to enrol eligible employees who are not yet covered under social security benefits.

The EPFO has launched the Employees' Enrolment Campaign, 2026 (EEC 2026), which provides a special one-time opportunity to enrol eligible employees who remained outside EPF coverage during the period April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2026.

The campaign, which was notified from June 29, 2026, and will remain open up to October 31 this year, aims to facilitate voluntary compliance by employers and extend the benefits of provident fund, pension and insurance to eligible workers.

Eligible employers can declare and enrol employees who were left out of EPF coverage during the prescribed period and are alive and continuing in employment with the establishment on the date of declaration.

The campaign provides specified relaxations to facilitate regularisation of past compliance, including waiver of the employee's share where it was not deducted earlier, subject to the conditions of the campaign.

Employers are required to complete the enrolment and remittance process through the prescribed online mechanism. A Face Authentication-based UAN is to be generated through the UMANG App for each declared employee, and contributions are to be remitted through the Electronic Challan-cum-Return (ECR).

According to the Labour Ministry, the campaign is intended to benefit establishments and workers by providing a structured mechanism for bringing eligible employees within the statutory social security framework.

Employers are encouraged to review their employment and wage records and identify eligible employees who may have remained outside EPF coverage during the prescribed period.

The ministry has urged employers to make use of this one-time opportunity and complete the enrolment of eligible employees before the campaign closes on October 31, 2026.

This move is expected to benefit a large number of employees who are not yet covered under social security benefits.

The EPFO has been taking various initiatives to increase the coverage of social security benefits to more employees.

The success of this campaign will depend on the response from employers and the effectiveness of the online mechanism for enrolment and remittance.

In any case, this is a welcome move from the EPFO, and it is expected to benefit a large number of employees in the country.

The campaign is a significant step towards providing social security benefits to all eligible employees, and it is expected to have a positive impact on the lives of many workers.

Overall, the EPFO's initiative to enrol eligible employees under social security benefits is a commendable effort, and it is expected to benefit a large number of people in the country.