The Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code, 2020 | |
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Parliament of India | |
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Citation | Act No. 37 of 2020 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2020 |
Territorial extent | India |
Considered by | Parliament of India |
Enacted by | Lok Sabha |
Enacted | September 22, 2020 |
Enacted by | Rajya Sabha |
Enacted | September 23, 2020 |
Assented to | September 28, 2020 |
Signed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Legislative history | |
First chamber: Lok Sabha | |
Bill citation | No. 122 of 2020 |
Introduced by | Santosh Gangwar Minister of State (IC) Labour and Employment |
Introduced | September 19, 2020 |
First reading | September 22, 2020 |
Second reading | September 23, 2020 |
Committee report | Report of Second National Commission on Labour |
Repeals | |
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Status: Not yet in force |
The Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code, 2020 is a code to consolidate and amend the laws regulating the Occupational safety and health and working conditions of the persons employed in an establishment.[1][2] The Act replaces 13 old central labour laws.
The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on 22 September 2020, and the Rajya Sabha on 23 September 2020.[3] The bill received the presidential assent on 28 September 2020, but the date of coming into force is yet to be notified in the official gazette.