Contents of the OSH Rules (Uttar Pradesh)

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

Rule 94. Manner of payment of wages to contract workers from security deposit, if contractor fails to pay under sub-section (4) of section 55

Chapter IX — Special Provisions for Contract Labour Inter-state Migrant Workers, Audio- Visual Workers and Beedi and Cigar WorkersPart I — Contract LabourMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020Notification No. 962/XXXVI-03-2026-1903305, 27 Aug 2026

Official text

(1) If the contractor or principal employer does not pay the wages to the contract labour employed by him, designated authority shall conduct or cause to conduct an inquiry and after giving an opportunity to be heard, to the contractor, shall pass an order to make payment, if any, of such wages from the amount deposited by the contractor as security deposit.

(2) The contractor shall re-furnish the security deposit within a period of fifteen days or else, his licence shall be liable to be suspended or cancelled.

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. 322 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 322 · 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.