State Rules

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

The official copy is a scan. This text was read by machine and only tidied by program, not checked page by page, so it will contain mistakes, including in numbers: the official PDF is the copy to rely on. The Forms are not reproduced here; read them in the PDF. Rule numbers the machine missed (36, 72, 77) stay inside the rule before them here.

Made under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020.

Notification text (preamble)

Government of Jammu and Kashmir

Labour and Employment Department

Civil Secretariat Srinagar.

Notification, Srinagar, the 12 August, 2026.

S.o_224 Whereas, the draft of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Jammu and Kashmir) Rules, 2026, proposed to be made in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 133 and sub-section (1) of section 135 of the Occupational Safety, HealthandWorking Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020), was published, as required by the said provisions, vide Notification

S.O. No. 121 of 2026, dated 23rd April, 2026, in the Official Gazette, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby within a period of forty-five days from the date on which copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public; And whereas, the said draft notification was made available to the public on 24h April, 2026; And whereas, noobjectionand suggestion was received by this Department within the stipulate period of forty-five days; Now, therefore,in exercise of powers conferred by sections 133 and 135 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020) read with section 24 of General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) and in supersession of the following rules, namely

1. The Jammu and Kashmir Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Services) Rules, 2006.

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3. The Jammu and Kashmir Factories Rules, 1972; The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Jammu and Kashmir Rules, 1972;

4. The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Jammu and Kashmir Rules, 1984,

5. The Jammu and Kashmir Motor Transport Workers. Rules 1972, except in respect of things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir hereby makes the following rules, namely: -

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Contents

  1. Chapter I — Preliminary

  2. Chapter II — Registration

  3. Chapter III — Duties of Employer and Employee

  4. Chapter IV — Occupational Safety and Health

  5. Chapter V — Hours of Work and Annual Leave with Wages

  6. Chapter VI — Maintenance of Registers, Records and Returns

  7. Chapter VII — Inspector-cum-Facilitator and other Authority

  8. Chapter VIII — Special Provisions relating to Employment of Women

  9. Chapter IX — Special Provision for Contract Labour, Inter-State Migrant Worker

  10. Chapter X — Offences and Penalties

  11. Chapter XI — Social Security Fund

  12. Chapter XII — Miscellaneous