Archive · 2 Oct 2026
EPFO Campaign Lets Employers Enrol Previously Excluded Workers
A new EPFO campaign helps some workers get the provident fund coverage they should have received earlier.
It applies to eligible workers who were left out between April 1, 2009, and March 31, 2026.
Employers can add these workers until October 31, 2026.
Workers do not have to pay their old employee contributions if those amounts were never taken from their salaries.
Employers must pay their own past contributions and the interest due on them.
They must also pay administrative charges and ₹100 in damages.
A worker must be alive and still working for the employer when the declaration is made.
Registration uses a digital UAN and online contribution filings.
The Employees’ Enrolment Campaign 2026 covers eligible workers left outside PF coverage from April 1, 2009, to March 31, 2026.
Employers can voluntarily enrol eligible employees until October 31, 2026, subject to prescribed conditions.
Employees’ past PF share is waived if it was not deducted from their wages at the time.
Employers must pay their PF share from the declared joining date, applicable interest, administrative charges, and ₹100 in damages.
Employees must still be alive and employed when declared; employers must complete registration and payments digitally.
- Who
- Eligible salaried workers previously left outside EPF coverage, their employers, and the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).
- What
- The Employees’ Enrolment Campaign 2026 allows employers to regularise eligible workers’ past PF coverage.
- When
- The coverage period is April 1, 2009, to March 31, 2026; declarations are open until October 31, 2026.
- Where
- Registrations and payments must be completed through the designated online portal, including the UMANG application and ECR platform.
- Why
- To bring eligible workers into PF, pension, and insurance coverage while simplifying employers’ regularisation of past omissions.
- Campaign
- Employees’ Enrolment Campaign 2026
- Eligibility period
- April 1, 2009, to March 31, 2026
- Application deadline
- October 31, 2026
- Employee contribution
- Waived when it was not deducted from wages at the time
- Employer liability
- Past employer PF share, applicable interest, administrative charges, and ₹100 lump-sum damages
- Worker condition
- The employee must be alive and still employed when the employer declares them
- Registration process
- Face-authentication-based UAN generation through UMANG, followed by remittance through the ECR platform