Registers and records · OSH Code
Registers under the OSH Rules
- All the time
- Employer
What to do
Keep an employee register in Form XIII, an attendance register-cum-muster roll in Form XIV, and a register of wages, overtime and deductions in Form XV rule 72(1) s. 33(a).
Who it applies to
Every employer of an establishment rule 72(1). Under the OSH Code an establishment is a place in which ten or more workers are employed s. 2(1)(v).
In the checklist: OSH Code establishment.
When
Keep them complete and up to date, and preserve them in original for five calendar years from the date of the last entry rule 72(1), (4).
How
Registers kept under the Code on Wages rules are deemed to be maintained under these Rules rule 72(3).
Electronically or otherwise, with entries in English or Hindi and in the local language rule 72(1).
Keep them at an office or the nearest convenient building within the precincts of the workplace, or at a place within a radius of three kilometres rule 72(4).
Manual registers are entered legibly in ink, signed by the employer, and preserved in original for five years after the last entry rule 72(7).
Produce the records and registers on demand before the Inspector-cum-Facilitator rule 72(1).
Forms
- Form XIII of the OSH (Central) Rules · official PDF, p. 281
- Form XIV of the OSH (Central) Rules · official PDF, p. 283
- Form XV of the OSH (Central) Rules · official PDF, p. 284
Forms lose their layout when extracted; use the official PDF to fill them in.