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The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026

Rule 184. Grievance redressal mechanism for contract labour

Chapter XIV — MiscellaneousMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026

Official text

(1) The contract labour may submit grievance relating to health, working conditions and wages, at the level of principal employer, who shall look into the matter and redress grievance.

(2) A committee shall be constituted by the principal employer in whose establishment contract labour is employed and the committee shall comprise of a chairman, who shall be the authorised representative of the principal employer and shall have representative of principal employer and contractor.

(3) The committee shall hear and dispose of the grievance of the contract labour within a period of thirty days.

(4) In event the grievance is not redressed within thirty days, the principal employer shall forward the grievance to the concerned Inspector-cum-Facilitator electronically.

(5) The Inspector-cum-Facilitator, upon receipt of the grievance forwarded under sub-rule (4), shall inquire into the matter and take appropriate action for its disposal, and shall ensure that the grievance is resolved within a period not exceeding sixty days from the date of its receipt.

Source: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026, G.S.R. 345(E) — Gazette of India, p. 234 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 234 · official download · all sources

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