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Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 (OSH Code)

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (OSH),2020 is one of the four codes, introduced to replace the the existing labour laws in India. The OSH,2020 has recieved president's assent in September 2020, but is yet to be implemented in the country.

The OSH,2020 , after implementation, will subsume 13 existing labour laws namely:

1. The Factories Act, 1948
2. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
3. The Mines Act, 1952
4. The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986
5. The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act,1996
6. The Plantations Labour Act, 1951
7. The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979
8. The Working Journalist and other News Paper Employees (Conditions of Service and Miscellaneous Provi- sion) Act, 1955
9. The Working Journalist (Fixation of rates of wages) Act, 1958
10. The Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers Act, 1981
11. The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
12. The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976
13. The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966

After the implementation, the principal employer will have to maintain/submit the following reports under the code

Form No	Name	Rule	By / To	Submission
Form I	Application of Registration	Rule 3	Submitted by Employer	Shramsuvhidha Portal
Form II	Certificate of Registration	Rule 3(1)	Issued to employer
Form I	Application of Registration	Rule 3	Submitted by Employer	Shramsuvhidha Portal
Form III	Register of Establishment	Rule 3(8)	Maintained by Registering Officer
Form IV	Notice of Commencement/ Cesation of Establishment	Rule 3(5) and Rule-5	Submitted by Employer	The Registering Officer
Form V	Performa for Medical Examination	Rule 6	Submitted by the qualified medical practitioner to the concerned employer and employee.
Form VI	Notice of Accident or Dangerous Occurrence	Rule 8	Submitted by Employer	to the Inspector-cum facilitator and Chief Inspector-cum Facilitator and District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Officer, the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station; and the family members /kin of the injured or deceased person.
Form VII	Notice of Period of Work	Rule 57	Maintained by Employer	Displayed at conspicuous places on a notice board or electronic board
Form VIII	Register of Workers Employed in an Establishment, Wages, Overtime, Fine, Deduction for Damage or Loss	Rule 58	Maintained by Employer	shall be kept available at an office or the nearest convenient building within the precincts of the establishment;
Form IX	Annual Return	Rule 60	Submitted by Employer	To the Inspector-cum-facilitator having jurisdiction
Form X	Register of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences	Rule 61	Maintained by Employer
Form XI	Register of Leaves with Wages	Rule 62	Maintained by Employer
Form XII	Improvement Notice and Prohibition Order	Rule 64	Issued to employer
Form XIII	Application of License	Rule 71 and Rule 72	Submitted by Contractor	Shramsuvhidha Portal
Form XIV	Performa of License	Rule 73	Issued to Contractor
Form XV	Experience Certificate of Contract Labour	Rule 83	Issued by contractor on demand
Form XVI	Agreement between Producer and Audio-visual worker	Rule 88	Shall be registered with the competent authority a