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

Rule 89. Forms, terms and conditions of licence

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

Official text

(1) Every licence granted shall be in FORM-XXII.

(2) Every licence granted or renewed is subject to the following conditions, namely:—

(i) the licence shall be non-transferable;

(ii) the number of contract labour employed by the contractor shall not, on any day, exceed the maximum number specified in the licence;

(iii) the fees paid for the grant or renewal of the licence shall be non-refundable;

(iv) the rates of wages payable to the contract labours by the contractor shall not be less than the rates fixed under the Code on Wages, 2019 and where the rates have been fixed by agreement, settlement or award, shall not be less than the rates so fixed.

Source: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026, G.S.R. 345(E) — Gazette of India, p. 199 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 199 · official download · all sources

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