Employees' Enrolment Scheme 2025 launched to bring left-out workers under EPFO
The Ministry of Labour and Employment announced the Employees' Enrolment Scheme 2025 on 13 October 2025, letting employers enrol workers who joined between 1 July 2017 and 31 October 2025 but were left out of EPF, with a nominal Rs 100 penalty; it runs from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026.
Summary
The Ministry of Labour and Employment announced the Employees' Enrolment Scheme 2025 (EES 2025) on 13 October 2025 to bring more workers under organised social security through EPFO. Operational from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, it lets employers voluntarily declare and enrol eligible employees who joined between 1 July 2017 and 31 October 2025 but were never enrolled in EPF. The employee's share of past PF contributions is waived if it was not deducted from wages; the employer pays only its own share and a nominal lump-sum penal damage of Rs 100. EPFO will take no suo motu action for employees who have already left. Employers registering under EES 2025 can also avail benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana. A similar scheme in 2017 covered workers left out from 2009 to 2016.
Key facts
- Scheme
- Employees' Enrolment Scheme 2025 (EES 2025)
- Window
- 1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
- Covers
- Employees who joined 1 Jul 2017 – 31 Oct 2025, not enrolled in EPF
- Relief
- Employee share waived if not deducted; Rs 100 penal damage
- Link
- Eligible for PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana
- Earlier
- Similar 2017 scheme for 2009–2016
Practice MCQs 2 questions
During which period will the Employees' Enrolment Scheme 2025 of EPFO remain operational?
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Correct answer: A — 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026
PIB: the scheme shall be operational from November 1, 2025, to April 30, 2026.
Under the Employees' Enrolment Scheme 2025, what penal damage must an employer pay?
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Correct answer: D — A lump sum of Rs 100 only
PIB: employers availing the scheme shall be liable to pay a nominal Penal Damage of Rs 100 only as a lump sum.