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NEEM trainees are not excluded from the definition of employee - EPFO
In an important development, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) issued a circular dated 24 February 2022 clarifying that the trainees engaged by an establishment under the All India Council for Technical Education [National Employability Enhancement Mission (NEEM)] Regulations, 2017 (NEEM Regulations) will not be deemed exempted from the definition of ‘employee’ under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (EPF Act).