Compliance requirements under the Act in accordance with the Rules

1. Prohibition of employment of children in any occupations and processes in Haryana (Section 3)

No child shall be employed or permitted to work in any occupation or process. Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply where the child helps his family or family enterprise (other than hazardous occupations or processes set forth in the Schedule) after school hours or during vacations, or works as an artist in an audio-visual entertainment industry, including advertisement, films, television serials, or other entertainment or sports activities (except the circus), subject to prescribed safety measures and conditions, provided that such work does not affect the child’s school education.

2. Prohibition of employment of adolescents in certain hazardous occupations and processes in Haryana (Section 3A)

No adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in any of the hazardous occupations or processes set forth in the Schedule.

3. Form A: Register of Adolescent employed or permitted to work in Haryana (Section 11, Rule 3)

Every occupier of an establishment shall maintain a register in respect of adolescents employed or permitted to work in Form A. The register shall be maintained yearly and retained by the employer for three years after the date of the last entry. There shall be maintained by every occupier a register available for inspection by an Inspector at all times during working hours, showing the name and date of birth of every adolescent employed, hours and periods of work and intervals of rest, nature of work, and other prescribed particulars.

4. Form B: Certificate of age in Haryana (Section 18(2)(d), Rule 4)

All young persons in specified occupations must produce a certificate of age from the appropriate medical authority in Form B when required by an Inspector. The certificate shall be issued in Form B, and charges payable to the medical authority shall be borne by the employer of the child whose age is under question.

5. Hours and period of work for adolescent in Haryana (Section 7, 18(2)(c), Rule 5)

The period of work should be five hours inclusive of rest on any day (thirty hours a week), such that it should not exceed three hours at a time with a one-hour interval of rest. No adolescent shall be permitted to work between 7 p.m. and 8 a.m., no overtime is allowed, and an adolescent should not work in more than one establishment on any given day. The total number of working hours for child labour shall not exceed five hours a day or thirty hours a week, and no adolescent shall be employed continuously for more than three hours without at least one hour for meals or rest.

6. Requirements for health of adolescent employed or permitted to work in an establishment in Haryana(Section 13(2), Rule 6)

Premises of establishments where adolescents are employed shall be kept clean and free from dirt and refuse, well-lit during working hours, properly ventilated for adequate air and light, whitewashed/varnished annually with the date displayed, and provided with potable drinking water, latrines/urinals, washing areas, and spittoons.

7. Safety of Adolescents in an establishment in Haryana (Section 13(2), Rule 7)

Every dangerous machinery part must be securely fenced with strong safeguards kept in place while in motion, in accordance with the Factories Act, 1948. In establishments using electric power, suitable emergency devices must be provided. Employees must not work near moving machinery with loose clothing; employers must provide tight-fitting clothes and suitable goggles to protect against injury from fragments or excessive light. No child shall be allowed to work on dangerous machines such as power presses, milling machines, circular saws, guillotines, oil expellers, or cotton openers. All floors, steps, stairs, and passages shall be of sound construction and properly maintained. Maximum weight to be lifted: 16 kg (male) and 13 kg (female).

8. Precautions in case of fire in an establishment in Haryana (Section 13(2), Rule 8)

Every establishment shall have adequate means of escape in case of fire. Doors must not be locked or fastened so they can be easily opened from inside while people are present. Buckets of water, sand, or chemical extinguishers must be provided in suitable numbers and locations, depending on the nature of work and premises size. No building, stairway, ramp, or machinery shall be maintained in a way that risks bodily injury to workers.

9. Provision of First aid kit in an establishment in Haryana (Section 13(2), Rule 9)

The occupier must provide in every establishment one first aid kit for every 25 adolescents employed. Each kit shall be readily available and contain dressing materials, antiseptic liquid or ointment, aspirin or paracetamol tablets (250–500 mg), oral rehydration salts, and other appropriate medical supplies.

10. Weekly holidays to adolescent in Haryana (Section 8)

Every adolescent employed in an establishment shall be allowed one whole day     holiday each week. The day must be specified by the occupier in a notice permanently displayed in a conspicuous place in the establishment and shall not be altered more than once in three months.

11. Notice to inspector on employment of adolescent in Haryana (Section 9)

Every occupier shall, within 30 days from the employment of an adolescent, send a written notice to the Inspector within whose local limits the establishment is situated, containing prescribed particulars.

12. Display of notice containing abstract of sections 3A and 14 in Haryana
    (Section 12)

Every railway administration, port authority, and occupier must display in a conspicuous and accessible place a notice in both local and English languages containing an abstract of Sections 3A and 14 at every station, port, or workplace.