Contents of the OSH Rules (Gujarat)

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

Rule 45. Employment of Women in establishment under Section 43

Chapter VII — Inspector-cum-facilitators and Other AuthorityMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020No. GHR/2025/76/FAC/142021/68396/M3, 6 Jun 2025

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1. The following conditions shall be met for employment of women during night or before 6.00 a.m. and beyond 7.00 p.m. in any day, namely: -

(a) the consent of women employ shall be taken:

(b) No women shall be employed against the maternity benefit provisions laid down under the Social Security Code, 2020(36 of 2020);

(c) adequate transportation facilities shall be provided to women employee to pick-up and drop such employee at her residence;

(d) the workplace including passage towards conveniences or facilities concerning toilet, washrooms, drinking water, entry and exit of women employee should be well-lit:

(e) the toilet, washroom and drinking facilities should be near the workplace where such women employee are employed; and

(f) Provide safe, secure and healthy working condition such that no women employee is disadvantaged in connection with her employment.

(g) The provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and rules thereunder, as applicable to the factories, shall be complied with. BL Part-I CONTRACT LABOUR Conditions of License under sub-section (3) of section 47.- (1) The contractor shall ensure that: 46.

(a) The hours of work shall conform under section 25 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020);

(b) The wages shall be paid in accordance with the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2020):

(c) It shall be the responsibility of the principal employer to provide the facilities or amenities such as toilet, washroom, drinking water, and bathing facilities if required, changing room, first aid box, Canteen and Crèche to the contract worker of the contractor is working at the premises of the principal employer;

(d) All other facilities and entitlements shall be provided by the contractor;

(e) Ii case the contractor fails to make payment of minimum wages to the contract worker, the Commissioner of Labour/Director of Labour or his representative, who shall cause such payment to be made to the contract workers who have not been paid out of the security deposit maintained under rule 51 including in vocation of the bank guarantee; and

(t) He shall intimate within fifteen days of the receipt of a contract work order about the details the contract work order and in the manner as under rule 53.

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, pp. 58–60 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 58 · official download · all sources

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