EPFO Interest Rate Hike: The Employees Provident Fund is a mandated contribution for salaried employees. An employer is also obligated to make a matching contribution to the EPF account. On a monthly basis, an employee contributes 12% of his earnings to his EPF account. The employee's whole contribution is placed into the EPF account. In the case of the employer, just 3.67 percent is deposited into the EPF account. The remaining 8.33% goes to the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS).