The Rajasthan Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026
Rule 75. Responsibility of Payment of wages under section 55
Official text
(1) The contractor shall fix the wage periods in respect of which wages shall be payable and no wage period shall exceed one month.
(2) The wages of every person employed as contract labour in an establishment or by a contractor shall be paid before the expiry of seventh day after the last day of the wage period in respect of which the wages are payable.
(3) The wages shall be disbursed through bank transfer or electronic mode only.
(4) The Wages of contract labours shall be paid without any deductions of any kind, except those specified by the Central Government by general or special order in this behalf or permissible under the Code on Wages 2019 (Central Act No. 29 of 2019), by the contractors to the contract labour.
(5) A notice showing wage period and date and time of disbursement of wages of contract labour shall be displayed at the place of work and a copy sent by the contractor to the principal employer electronically or in person under acknowledgement.
(6) Every contractor (including the contractors employing less than 50 contract labour) shall send half-yearly return in Form-23 so as to reach the concerned licensing authority, not later than 30 days from the close of the half year, electronically, that is to say January to June, July to December.
(7) In case contractor fails to make payment of wages to the contract labour within 7 days of completion of wage period, then the principal employer shall take necessary action and make payment of wages in full or the unpaid balance dues, as the case may be, to the concerned contract labour employed by the contractor within 15 days and recover the amount so paid from the contractor either by deduction from any amount payable to the contractor under any contract or as debt payable by the contractor or from the Security deposit lying with the Principal Employer.
(8) Every principal employer of an establishment shall submit annual return in Part II of Form-22 so as to reach the authority and Labour Commissioner, so as to reach him not later than 1st February following the end of each Calendar year electronically, except in cases of contract which undertakes to produce given result.