**Executive Summary**
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has launched the Employees' Enrolment Scheme (EES)-2025, a one-time initiative to expand EPF coverage and regularize past non-compliance. The scheme provides a special compliance window starting from November 2025 and lasting for six months. EPFO will communicate with identified defaulting employers to encourage them to avail themselves of the EES 2025 to regularise their defaults.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Purpose and Scope:**
* EES-2025 aims to expand EPF coverage and regularize past instances of non-compliance in a simplified and employer-friendly manner.
* **Compliance Window:**
* Provides a six-month special compliance window starting from November 2025.
* **Eligibility:**
* Enables employers to voluntarily enrol eligible employees who were left out of EPF coverage from 1 July 2017 to 31 October 2025.
* Allows establishments not previously covered under the EPF Act to apply for coverage.
* Establishments facing assessment inquiry are also eligible.
* Benefits under Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana are also eligible.
* **Financial Provisions:**
* In cases where employees' contributions were not deducted earlier, the employer only needs to deposit their share of contributions.
* This deposit includes interest under Section 7Q, applicable administrative charges, and penal damages limited to a lump sum of ₹100.
* The above deposit is treated as full compliance under all three schemes under EPFO.
* **Communication:**
* EPFO will communicate with defaulting employers via SMS and email, encouraging them to avail the EES 2025 relaxation.
**Impact Analysis**
**Employers (including State and Local Government Authorities):**
* **Impact:** Can regularize past non-compliance in a simplified manner and expand EPF coverage.
* **Action Required:** Take advantage of the EES-2025 during the six-month window to enrol eligible employees and deposit the required contributions and charges to regularize defaults.
**Employees:**
* **Impact:** Employees will be able to get covered for EPF coverage.
* **Action Required:** None mentioned in the document.
Key Entities Referenced
Employees' Enrolment Scheme (EES)-2025: A one-time facilitation initiative aimed at expanding EPF coverage and regularizing past instances of non-compliance.
Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO): The organization that launched and is responsible for the Employees' Enrolment Scheme (EES)-2025.
EPF Act: The underlying legislation that the EES-2025 relates to, allowing establishments to apply for coverage and subsequently declare and enroll employees.
Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana: Another scheme under which establishments are eligible under the terms and conditions of EES-2025
Ministry of Labour & Employment
EPFO urges Employers including State and Local
Government Authorities to avail of the Employee
Enrolment Scheme-2025
प्रव तथ: 18 DEC 2025 12:48PM by PIB Delhi
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has launched the Employees’ Enrolment Scheme
(EES)–2025, a special one-time facilitation initiative aimed at expanding EPF coverage and regularizing
past instances of non-compliance in a simplified and employer-friendly manner.
A nationwide awareness campaign has been initiated to inform employers about the benefits and
provisions of the scheme. Simultaneously, the matter has been taken up with various Government
authorities to ensure the enrolment of contractual and casual employees under the EPF framework.
The EEC–2025 provides a special compliance window of six months starting from November 2025
enabling employers to voluntarily enrol eligible employees who were left out of EPF coverage during the
period from 1 July 2017 to 31 October 2025, and to regularize past non-compliance. Establishments not
covered so far under the EPF Act may apply for coverage under this Campaign and subsequently declare
and enrol such eligible employees.
Under EES–2025, in cases where employees’ contributions were not deducted earlier, the employer shall
be required to deposit only the employer’s share of contributions, along with interest under Section 7Q,
applicable administrative charges, and penal damages limited to a lump sum of ₹100, which shall be
treated as full compliance under all three schemes under EPFO.
Establishments facing assessment inquiry are also eligible under the Scheme. Similarly, benefits under
Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana are also eligible subject to terms and conditions under the
scheme.
The EPFO has urged all employers to take advantage of this one-time, time-bound opportunity and
contribute towards the national vision of “Social Security for All”. For this purpose, EPFO will
communicate with identified defaulting employers through SMS and email, encouraging them to avail
themselves of the EES 2025 one-time relaxation to regularise their defaults.
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Rini Choudhury
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