Contents of the OSH Rules (Uttar Pradesh)

The Uttar Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026

Annexure to Form 27

Made under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020Notification No. 962/XXXVI-03-2026-1903305, 27 Aug 2026

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The licence is subject to the following conditions:

1. The licence shall be non-transferable.

2. The number of workmen employed as contract labour/migrant workmen in the establishment

shall not, on any day, exceed the maximum number specified in the licence.

3. Except as provided in the rules, the fees paid for the grant or, as the case may be, for renewal of

the licence shall be non-refundable.

4. The rates of wages payable to the workmen by the contractor shall not be less than the rates

prescribed for the employment under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948) or Code on

Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019), where applicable, and where the rates have been fixed by

agreement, settlement, award, or by the State Government, not less than the rates so fixed.

5. In case where the workmen employed by the contractor perform the same or similar kind of

work as the workmen directly employed by the principal employer of the establishment, the

wage rates, holidays, hours of work and other conditions of service of the workmen of the

contractor shall be the same as applicable to the workmen directly employed by the principal

employer of the establishment on the same or similar kind of work; provided that in the case of

any disagreement with regard to the type of work the same shall be decided by the designated

authority or Inspector-cum-Facilitator whose decision shall be final.

6. In other cases the wage rates, holidays, hours of work and conditions of service of the workmen

of the contractor shall be such as may be specified in this behalf by the designated authority or

Inspector-cum-Facilitator

7. Every contract labour/migrant worker shall be entitled to allowances, benefits, facilities etc, as

prescribed in the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of

2020) and rules made there under.

8. In every establishment where 20 or more women are ordinarily employed as there shall be

provided 2 rooms of reasonable dimension for the use of their children under the age of six

years. One of such rooms would be used as a play room for the children and the other as bed

room for the children. For this purpose the contractor shall supply adequate number of toys and

games in the play room and sufficient number of cots and beddings in the sleeping room. The

standard of construction and maintenance of the creches may be such as may be specified in

this behalf by the designated authority or Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

9. The licensee shall notify any change in the number of workmen or the conditions of work to the

designated authority.

10. A copy of the licence shall be displayed prominently at the premises where the contract work is

being carried on.

11. The contractor shall comply with all the provisions of the Code and these Rules.

12. The licensee shall, within fifteen days of the commencement and completion of each contract

work, submit a return to the Authority designated under section 46 of the Occupational Safety,

Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020) intimating the actual date of the

commencement or, as the case may be, completion of such contract work in Form-28.

Source: The Uttar Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026, Notification No. 962/XXXVI-03-2026-1903305 — Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, 27 August 2026, pp. 508–509 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 508 · official download · all sources

The rules were made in Hindi. The English text is the translation published by order of the Governor under clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution, which makes it the authoritative text in English. Rule headings are printed as marginal notes.