The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Lakshadweep) Rules, 2025
Rule 38. Notice of periods of work
Official text
(1) There shall be displayed and correctly maintained in every establishment, a notice of periods of work for adults, showing clearly for every day the periods during which workers may be required to work in Form-13.
(2) The periods shown in the notice required by sub-rule (1) shall be fixed beforehand and copy shall be submitted to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.
(3) Where all the workers in an establishment are required to work during the same periods, the employer of the establishment shall fix those periods for such workers generally.
(4) Where all the workers in an establishment are not required to work during the same periods, the employer of the establishment shall classify them into groups according to the nature of their work indicating the number of workers in each group.
(5) For each group which is not required to work on a system of shifts, the employer of the establishment shall fix the periods during which the group may be required to work.
(6) Where any group is required to work on a system of shifts and the relays are not to be subject to predetermined periodical changes of shifts, the employer of an establishment shall fix the periods during which each relay of the group may be required to work.
(7) Where any group is to work on a system of shifts and the relays are to be subject to predetermined periodical changes of shifts, the employer of an establishment shall draw up a scheme of shifts where under the periods during which any relay of the group may be required to work and the relay which will be working at any time of the day shall be known for any day.
(8) In the case of an establishment beginning work after the commencement of the Code, a copy of the notice referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be sent electronically to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator appointed for such class of establishment before the day on which work is to begin in an establishment.
(9) Any proposed change in the system of work in any establishment which will necessitate a change in the notice referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be notified electronically to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator appointed for such class of establishment before the change is made, and except with the previous sanction of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator appointed for such class of establishment, no such change shall be made until one week has elapsed since the last change