Contents of the OSH Rules (Lakshadweep)

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Lakshadweep) Rules, 2025

Rule 73. Manner of payment of wages from security deposit

Chapter IX — Special Provisions for Contract Labour and Inter-state MigrantsPart I — Contract LabourMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020F. No. 08/04/2024-LE&T, 27 Apr 2026

Official text

Subject to the provisions of the section 55 of the code, in case the contractor does not pay the wages to the contract labour employed by him,

(i) the Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall prepare the details of payment to be made and send the same to the designated authority to release the payments from the security deposited by the respective contractor;

(ii) the designated authority shall transfer the amount to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator;

(iii) the Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall disburse the amount among contract labour and furnish details to the designated authority;

(iv) the balance amount after deduction the designated authority shall make entries in register to be maintained in Form- 29.

Source: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Lakshadweep) Rules, 2025, F. No. 08/04/2024-LE&T — Lakshadweep Gazette Extraordinary Vol. LXII, No. 07, p. 37 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 37 · official download · all sources