The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Jammu and Kashmir) Rules, 2026
Rule 23. The form and register and particulars of workers under clause (a) of section 33
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(1) Every employer shall maintain register of workers, wages, overtime, fine, deduction for damage or loss in Form-VIll electronically or otherwise and shall be kept available at an office or the nearest convenient building within the precincts of the establishment.
(2) (i) in case of manual registers and other records, be legibly entered in ink in English and Hindi/Urdu or the language understood by a majority of the persons employed;
(ii) be preserved in original for a period of one calendar year after the date of the last report or entry:
Provided that when the original record is lost or destroyed before the expiry ofone yearperiod, true copies thereof, ifavailable, shall be preserved for the prescribed period.
(4) The record as prescribed under sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (2) shall be produced,electronically orby registered post, on demand before the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator or an Inspector-cumFacilitator or any person authorized in that behalf by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.