New Delhi, 22 August (H.S.): The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has urged establishments to take advantage of the Employee Enrolment Campaign 2026 to extend social security coverage to workers who have remained outside the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) framework. The initiative is aimed at facilitating voluntary compliance by employers and ensuring eligible workers receive provident fund, pension and insurance benefits.

According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Labour and Employment on Saturday, the Employee Enrolment Campaign 2026 (EEC 2026) came into effect on June 29, 2026. It provides a special opportunity to enrol eligible employees who remained outside EPF coverage between April 1, 2009, and March 31, 2026.

The ministry said the campaign will remain open until October 31 and is intended to facilitate voluntary compliance by employers while bringing eligible workers under the provident fund, pension and insurance benefit framework.

Under the initiative, eligible employers can declare and enrol employees who remained outside EPF coverage during the specified period, provided they are alive on the date of declaration and are currently employed by the establishment.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment said employers will be required to complete the enrolment and payment process through the prescribed online mechanism. The campaign seeks to provide a structured mechanism for establishments to bring eligible employees within the statutory social security framework, thereby benefiting both employers and workers.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar