Contents of the OSH Rules (Uttar Pradesh)

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

Rule 56. Leave Book under section 32 and section 33

Chapter VI — Maintenance of Registers, Records and ReturnsMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020Notification No. 962/XXXVI-03-2026-1903305, 27 Aug 2026

Official text

(1) The employer or manager shall provide each employee with a book in Form-14 hereinafter called the “Leave Book” under the provisions of section 32.

(2) The leave book shall be the property of the worker and the Manager or his agent shall not demand it except to make entries of the dates of leave or interruption in service and shall not keep it for more than one week at a time. Workers shall submit the leave book when required by the manager within three days.

(3) If a worker loses his Leave book, the manager shall provide him with another copy on the payment of rupees ten, subject to the provisions of section 21 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (Act No. 29 of 2019) and shall complete it from his record.

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, p. 309 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 309 · 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.