Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has proposed an amnesty for employers who have failed to get workers to sign up for the tax-exempt employee’s provident fund (EPF) scheme that aims to bring more workers under the social security net. According to the ‘Enrolment and Establishment coverage campaign, 2017,’ proposed by EPFO at its apex body meeting in Bengaluru on Monday, employers can get workers signed up now with a nominal penalty of Re1 per year of delay. The penalty otherwise applicable is 5-25% of the shortfall in contribution, depending on the period of delay. The move gives an opportunity to all principal employers such as large state-run and private companies that hire contractors for specific projects to ensure that workers who are indirectly employed also get social security benefits. Any worker who should have joined the scheme between 1 April 2009 and the end of this year, is eligible to join EPF now during a three-month window starting 1 January 2017, sa