Background
The Gujarat Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2025 have been framed by the State of Gujarat under the enabling provisions of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSH Code). These Rules provide the operational, procedural, and administrative framework for implementing the OSH Code within the State.
Together, the OSH Code and the Gujarat Rules ensure that employers operating in Gujarat maintain safe working environments, comply with state administrative processes, and uphold mandated safety and welfare standards.
Applicability
The Gujarat Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2025, when read with the OSH Code, apply to:
Compliance Requirements under the Act in Accordance with the Rules
The Certificate of Registration of Establishment is granted under the OSH Code, 2020, upon an application made by the employer of an establishment within 60 days of the commencement/applicability of the OSH Code .or
Under the OSH Code, 2020, every employer of an establishment to which the Code applies shall, within 60 days from the date of such applicability, make an application electronically to the registering officer for a Certificate of Registration.
Employer/occupier seeking registration for an establishment/factory not already registered shall apply electronically in Form 1 within sixty days from the date of such applicability of this Code, on the portal of Commissioner of Labour by giving details about the establishment/factory, and submitting/uploading documents related to Registration of the establishment / factory, proof of Identity and address of the employer(s) /occupier as specified in the Form. The Form shall be signed digitally or in any other manner as may be required.
Employer shall quote the Registration Number on all documents prepared or completed by him in connection with the OSH Code or the Rules or the Regulations or the Scheme, as the case may be, and in all correspondence with the office concerned.
Certificate of registration shall be non-transferable and a copy of the certificate of registration shall be displayed in the premises of the establishment at the conspicuous place in hard copy or electronically.
Employer in respect of an establishment already registered under any other central labour law for the time being in force shall, update the registration particulars on Portal of the Commissioner of Labour, within six months from the date on which the OSH Code comes into force.
Any change in ownership, management, or registration details must be reported to the registering officer and updated electronically on the portal by the employer within 30 days of change.
Within 30 days of starting or completing any work, the employer must inform the Inspector-cum-Facilitator electronically using Form 4, actual date of commencement/completion of work & cessation of Est. This information will be automatically shared with EPFO and ESIC.
Within 30 days of closure of Establishment., an employer must:
Penalty & Punishment
General Penalty u/s 94: For contravention, the employer or the principal employer of the establishment, as the case may be, shall be liable to penalty which shall not be less than two lakhs rupees but which may extend up to three lakh rupees, and if the contravention is continued after the conviction, then, with further penalty which may extend to two thousand rupees for each day till such contravention continues.
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