Rule 42. Conditions of License under sub-section (3) of Section 47

(1) The contractor shall ensure that:

(a) The hours of work shall conform to the rules made under Section 25 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (Act.No.37 of 2020).

(b) The wages shall be paid in accordance with the Code on Wages, 2019 (Act No. 29 of 2020).

(2) The contractor shall inform within fifteen days of the receipt of a work order, about the details of the contract and in the manner specified under rule 55.

(3) (a) If a contract worker of the contractor is working at the premises of the principal employer, then it shall be the responsibility of the principal employer to provide the facilities or amenities such as a toilet, washroom, drinking water, bathing facilities if required, changing room, first aid box, canteen and crèche.

(b) All other facilities and entitlements other than those specified in clause (a) shall be provided by the contractor

(4) In case the contractor fails to make payment of minimum wages to the contract labour, the principal employer shall be liable to make payment of the minimum wages to the concerned contract labour employed by the contractor and recover the amount so paid from the contractor either by deduction from any amount payable to the contractor under any contract or as a debt payable by the contractor as specified at Section 55(3) of the OSH Code.

(5) The contract labour shall also approach the authority notified under sub-section (1) of Section 45 of the Code on Wages, 2019, who shall cause such payment to be made to the contract worker.