The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
Central Act · Act 37 of 2020143 provisions
The enactment
| Long title | An Act to consolidate and amend the laws regulating the occupational safety, health and working conditions of the persons employed in an establishment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. |
|---|---|
| Type | Act |
| Citation | Act 37 of 2020 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Ministry | Ministry of Labour and Employment |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 143 |
| Subjects | labour, health |
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- Section 1 Short title, commencement and application.
- Section 2 Definitions.
- Section 3 Registration of certain establishments.
- Section 4 Appeal.
- Section 5 Notice by employer of commencement and cessation of operation.
- Section 6 Duties of employer.
- Section 7 Duties and responsibilities of owner, agent and manager in relation to mine.
- Section 8 Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers or suppliers.
- Section 9 Duties of architect, project engineer and designer.
- Section 10 Notice of certain accident.
- Section 11 Notice of certain dangerous occurrences.
- Section 12 Notice of certain diseases.
- Section 13 Duties of employee.
- Section 14 Rights of employee.
- Section 15 Duty not to interfere with or misuse things.
- Section 16 National Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board.
- Section 17 State Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board.
- Section 18 Occupational safety and health standards.
- Section 19 Research related activities.
- Section 20 Safety and occupational health surveys.
- Section 21 Collection of statistics and portal for inter-State migrant workers.
- Section 22 Safety Committee and safety officers.
- Section 23 Responsibility of employer for maintaining health, safety and working conditions.
- Section 24 Welfare facilities in the establishment, etc.
- Section 25 Daily and weekly working hours, leave, etc.
- Section 26 Weekly and compensatory holidays.
- Section 27 Extra wages for overtime.
- Section 28 Night shifts.
- Section 29 Prohibition of overlapping shifts.
- Section 30 Restriction on double employment in factory and mine.
- Section 31 Notice of periods of work.
- Section 32 Annual leave with wages, etc.
- Section 33 Maintenance of registers, records and filing of returns.
- Section 34 Appointment of Inspector-cum-Facilitators.
- Section 35 Powers of Inspector-cum-Facilitators.
- Section 36 Powers and duties of District Magistrate.
- Section 37 Third party audit and certification.
- Section 38 Special powers of Inspector-cum-Facilitator in respect of factory, mines, dock work and building or other construction work.
- Section 39 Secrecy of information by Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator or Inspector-cum-Facilitator, etc.
- Section 40 Facilities to be afforded to Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
- Section 41 Powers of special officer to enter, measure, etc., in relation to mine.
- Section 42 Medical officer.
- Section 43 Employment of women.
- Section 44 Adequate safety of employment of women in dangerous operation.
- Section 45 Applicability of this Part.
- Section 46 Appointment of designated authority.
- Section 47 Licensing of contractors.
- Section 48 Procedure for issue or renewal of licence.
- Section 49 No fees or commission or any cost to workers.
- Section 50 Information regarding work order to be given to the appropriate Government.
- Section 51 Revocation, suspension and amendment of licence.
- Section 52 Appeal.
- Section 53 Liability of principal employer for welfare facilities.
- Section 54 Effect of employing contract labour from a non-licenced contractor.
- Section 55 Responsibility for payment of wages.
- Section 56 Experience certificate.
- Section 57 Prohibition of employment of contract labour.
- Section 58 Power to exempt in special cases.
- Section 59 Applicability of Part II.
- Section 60 Facilities to inter-State migrant workers.
- Section 61 Journey allowance.
- Section 62 Benefits of public distribution system, etc.
- Section 63 Toll free helpline.
- Section 64 Study of inter-State migrant workers.
- Section 65 Past liabilities.
- Section 66 Prohibition of employment of audio-visual worker without agreement.
- Section 67 Managers.
- Section 68 Code not to apply in certain cases.
- Section 69 Exemption from provision regarding employment.
- Section 70 Employment of persons below eighteen years of age.
- Section 71 Exemption to certain persons.
- Section 72 Establishment, maintenance of rescue services and vocational training.
- Section 73 Decision of question whether a mine is covered under this Code.
- Section 74 Licence to industrial premises and person.
- Section 75 Appeals.
- Section 76 Permission to work by employees outside industrial premises.
- Section 77 Part not to apply to self-employed persons in private dwelling houses.
- Section 78 Prohibition of employment of certain persons in certain building or other construction work.
- Section 79 Approval and licensing of factories.
- Section 80 Liability of owner of premises in certain circumstances.
- Section 81 Power to apply Code to certain premises.
- Section 82 Dangerous operations.
- Section 83 Constitution of site appraisal committee.
- Section 84 Compulsory disclosure of information by occupier.
- Section 85 Specific responsibility of the occupier in relation to hazardous processes.
- Section 86 National Board to inquire into certain situations.
- Section 87 Emergency standards.
- Section 88 Permissible limits of exposure of chemicals and toxic substances.
- Section 89 Right of workers to warn about imminent danger.
- Section 90 Appeal against the order of Inspector-cum-Facilitator in case of factory.
- Section 91 Power to make rules to exempt.
- Section 92 Facilities for workers in plantation.
- Section 93 Safety.
- Section 94 General penalty for offences.
- Section 95 Punishment for causing obstruction to Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator or Inspector-cumFacilitator, etc.
- Section 96 Penalty for non-maintenance of register, records and non-filing of returns, etc.
- Section 97 Punishment for contravention of certain provisions.
- Section 98 Punishment for falsification of records, etc.
- Section 99 Penalty for omission to furnish plans, etc.
- Section 100 Punishment for disclosure of information.
- Section 101 Punishment for wrongfully disclosing results of analysis.
- Section 102 Punishment for contravention of provisions of duties relating to hazardous processes.
- Section 103 Punishment for contravention of provisions of duties relating to safety provisions resulting in an accident.
- Section 104 Special provision for contravention of order under section 38.
- Section 105 Failure to appoint manager in mine.
- Section 106 Offences by employees.
- Section 107 Prosecution of owner, agent or manager of mine.
- Section 108 Exemption of owner, agent or manager of mine or occupier of factory from liability in certain cases.
- Section 109 Offences by companies, etc.
- Section 110 Limitation of prosecution and cognizance of offences.
- Section 111 Power of officers of appropriate Government to impose penalty in certain cases.
- Section 112 Jurisdiction of court for entertaining proceedings, etc., for offence.
- Section 113 Power of court to make orders.
- Section 114 Composition of certain offences.
- Section 115 Social security fund.
- Section 116 Delegation of powers.
- Section 117 Onus as to age.
- Section 118 Onus of proving limits of what is practicable, etc.
- Section 119 Common licence for contractor, factories and to industrial premises, etc.
- Section 120 Effect of law and agreements inconsistent with Code.
- Section 121 Power of appropriate Government to direct inquiry in certain cases.
- Section 122 Publication of reports.
- Section 123 Powers of Central Government to give directions.
- Section 124 General restriction on disclosure of information.
- Section 125 Jurisdiction of civil courts barred.
- Section 126 Protection of action taken in good faith.
- Section 127 Power to exempt in special cases.
- Section 128 Power to exempt during public emergency.
- Section 129 Power to exempt public institution.
- Section 130 Persons required to give notice, etc., legally bound to do so.
- Section 131 Power of Central Government to amend Schedule.
- Section 132 Power to remove difficulties.
- Section 133 Power of appropriate Government to make rules.
- Section 134 Power of Central Government to make rules.
- Section 135 Power of State Government to make rules.
- Section 136 Power of Central Government to make regulations in relation to mines and dock work.
- Section 137 Prior publication of rules, etc.
- Section 138 Power to make regulation without previous publication.
- Section 139 Bye-laws.
- Section 140 Powers to regulate general safety and health.
- Section 141 Laying of regulations, rules, byelaws, etc., before Parliament.
- Section 142 Laying of rules made by State Government.
- Section 143 Repeal and Savings.
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