Contents of the OSH Rules (Gujarat)

The Gujarat Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2025

Rule 26. Factories exempted for overlapping of shift under section 29

Chapter V — Hours of Work and Annual Leave with WagesMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020No. GHR/2025/76/FAC/142021/68396/M3, 6 Jun 2025

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The Printing press attached to the newspaper offices shall be exempted from the provisions of section 29 of the Code, subject to the following conditions, namely: - In such printing press-

(i) The workers of each relay shall bear a badge of distinct colour which will identify the worker of one relay from that of the other:

(ii) The colour of the badge to be worn by the workers of each relay shall be specified in the notice of periods of work required to be displaydd and correctly maintained and in the copies of the notice to be sent to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator;

(iii)a flag or light having the same colour as that of the badge to be worn by the workers of any relay actually at work shall be displayed during the time of actual working of one or more relays in the department concerned;

(iv) Each worker eogaged in the work carried on by means of overlapping shifts shall be in possession of an identity card. The idenuty card shall be supplied to the worker by the factory management free of costs and shall bear the photograph of the workers, his full name, signature or thumb impression and visible identification mark and the signature of the Manager.

Source: The Gujarat Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2025, No. GHR/2025/76/FAC/142021/68396/M3 — the official copy of the notification, p. 47 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 47 · official download · all sources

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