First Aid and Hygiene Standards for Workplaces
First Aid and Hygiene Standards for Workplaces
(b) For the work place in which the number of contract labour exceed 50—
Each first-aid box shall contain the following equipments :—
(4) Nothing except the prescribed contents shall be kept in the first-aid
box.
(5) The First-Aid box shall be kept in charge of a responsible person who
shall always be readily available during the working hours of the work place.
(6) A person in charge of the First-Aid box shall be person trained in Fist-
Aid treatment, in the work places where the number of the Contract labour
employed is 150 or more.
(7) In work places where the number of contract labour employed is 500 or
more, and hospital facilities are not available within easy distance from the work,
First-Aid posts shall be established and run by a trained compounder. The
Compounder shall be on duty and shall be available at all hours when the workers
are at work.
(8) Where work place are situated in places which are not towns or cities,
suitable motor transport shall be kept readily available to carry injured person or
persons suddenly taken ill to the nearest hospital.
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4. Drinking Water :
(a) In every work place, there shall be provided and maintained at suitable
places, easily accessible to labour, a sufficient supply of cold water fit for drinking.
5. Washing Facilities :
(i) In every work place adequate and suitable facilities for washing shall be
provided and maintained for the use of contract labour employed therein.
(ii) Separate and adequate screening facilities shall be provided for the use
of male and female workers.
(iii) Such facilities shall be conveniently accessible and shall be kept in clean
and hygienic condition.
[i] Latrines shall be provided in every work place on the following scale,
namely:
[a] Where females are employed, there shall be at least one latrine for
every 25 females.
[b] Where males are employed, there shall be at least one latrine for every
25 males.
Provided that where the number of males or females exceeds 100 it shall be
sufficient if there is one latrine for 25 males or females as the case may be, upto
the first 100 and one for every 50 thereafter.
[ii] Every latrine shall be under cover and so partitioned off as to secure
privacy, and shall have proper door and fastenings.
[iv] (a) Where workers of both sexes are employed, there shall be display
outside each block of latrine and urinal, a notice in the language understood by the
majority of the workers. "For men only" or "For Women only" as the case may be
[b] The notice shall also bear the figure of a man or of a woman, as the
case may be.
[v] There shall be at least one urinal for male workers upto 50 and one for
female workers upto fifty employed at a time, Provided that where the number of
male or female workmen, as the case may be exceeds 500, it shall be sufficient if
there is one urinal for every 50 males or females upto the first 500 and one for
every 100 or part thereof, thereafter.
[vi] (a) The latrines and Urinals shall be adequately lighted and shall be
maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times.
(b) Latrines and urinals other than those connected with a flush sewerage
system shall comply with the requirements of the Public Health Authorities.
[ix] The contractor shall, at his own expense, carry out all instructions
issued to him by the Engineer-in-Charge to effect proper disposal of night soil and
other conservancy work in respect of the contractors workmen or employees on
the site. The contractor shall be responsible for payment of any charges, which
may be levied by Municipal or Cantonment Authority for execution of such work on
his behalf.
At every place there shall be provided, free of cost, four suitable sheds, two
for males and the other two for females for rest separately for the use of men and
women labour. The height of each shelter shall not be less than 3 meters (10 feet)
from the floor level to the lowest part of the roof. These shall be kept clean and
the space provided shall be on the basis of 0.6 sq. m. (6 [Link].) per head.
8. Creches :
(ii) The rooms shall be provided with suitable and sufficient openings for light
and ventilation There shall be adequate provisions of sweepers to keep the
place clean.
(iii) The contractor shall supply adequate number of toys and games in the play
room and sufficient number of cots and bedding in the bed room.
(iv) The contractor shall provide one Aaya attendant to look after the children in
the crech when the number of women workers does not exceed 50 and two
when the number of women workers exceed 50.
(v) The use of rooms earmarked as creches shall be restricted to children, their
attendants and mothers of the children.
9. Canteens :
(i) In every work place where the work regarding the employment of contract
labour is likely to continue for six months and wherein contract labour numbering one
hundred or more are ordinarily employed an adequate canteen shall be provided by the
contractor for the use of such contract labour.
(ii) The canteen shall be maintained by the contractor in an efficient manner.
(iii) The canteen shall consist of at least a dining hall, kitchen, store, room,
pantry and washing places separately for workers and utensil.
(iv) The canteen shall be sufficiently lighted at all times when any person has
access to it.
(v) The floor shall be made of smooth and impervious material and inside walls
shall be lime-washed or colour washed at least once in each year.
Provided that the inside walls of the kitchen shall be lime-washed every four
months.
(vi) The premises of the canteen shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary
condition.
(vii) Waste water shall be carried away in suitable covered drains and shall not
be allowed to accumulate so as to cause a nuisance.
(viii) Suitable arrangements shall be made for the collection and disposal of
garbage.
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(ix) The dinning hall shall accommodate at a time 30 per cent of the contract
labour working at a time.
(x) The floor area of the dinning hall, excluding the area occupied by the
service counter and any furniture except tables and chairs shall not be less then one
square meter (10 [Link].) per diner to be accommodated as prescribed in sub-rule 9.
(xi) [a] A Portion of the dining hall, and service counter shall be partitioned
off and reserved for women workers in proportion to their number
[b] Washing place for women shall be separate and screen to secure privacy.
(xii) Sufficient tables, stools, chairs or benches shall be available for the
number of diners to be accommodated as prescribed in the sub-rule 9.
(xiii) a [1] There shall be provided and maintained sufficient utensils,
crockery, furniture and any other equipment necessary for the efficient running of the
canteen.
[2] The furniture , utensils and other equipment shall be maintained in a clean
and hygienic condition.
(b) [1] Suitable clean clothes for the employees serving in the canteen shall be
provided and maintained.
[2] A service counter, if provided, shall have top of smooth and impervious
material.
[3] Suitable facilities including an adequate supply of hot water shall be
provided for the cleaning of utensils and equipment.
(xiv) The food stuffs and other items to be served in the canteen shall be in
conformity with the normal habits of the contract labour.
(xv) The charges for food stuffs, beverages and any other items served in the
canteen shall be based on 'No profit', 'No loss' and shall be conspicuously displayed in
the canteen.
(xvi) In arriving at the price of food stuffs, and other articles served in the
canteen, the following items shall not be taken into consideration as expenditure,
namely :--
[a] The rent of land and building.
[b] The depreciation and maintenance charges for the building and equipment
provided for the canteen.
[c] The cost of purchase, repairs and replacement of equipments including
furniture, crockery cutlery and utensil.
[d] The water charges and other charges incurred for lighting and ventilation.
(e) The interest and amounts spent on the provision and maintenance and
equipment provided for the canteen.
(xvii) The accounts pertaining to the canteen shall be audited once every 12
months by registered accountants and auditors.
10. Anti-Malarial Precautions :
The contractor shall at his own expense, conform to all anti-malarial
instructions given to him by the Engineer-in-Charge including the filling up of any
borrow pits which may have been dug by him.
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11. The above rules shall be incorporated in the contracts and in notices
inviting tenders and shall form an integral part of the contracts.
12. Amendments
Government may, from time to time, add to or amend these rules and issue
such directions, it may consider necessary for the purpose of removing any
difficulty, which may arise in the administration thereof.
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1. Short Title:
2. Definitions :
(c) Who is an out worker, that is to say, a person to whom any article
or materials are given out by or on behalf of the principal employer
to be made up cleaned, washed, altered, ornamental finished
repaired adopted or otherwise processed for sale for the purposes of
the trade or business of the principal employer and the process is to
be carried out either in the home of the out worker or in some other
premises, not being premises under the Control and management of
the principal employer. No person below the age of 14 years shall be
employed to act as a workman.
(ii) "Fair Wages" means wages whether for time or piece work fixed
and notified under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act form
time to time.
(iv) "Wages" shall have the same meaning as defined in the payment
of Wages Act.
3. (i) Normally working hours of an adult employee should not exceed 9 hours a day.
The working day shall be so arranged that inclusive of interval for rest, if any, it
shall not spread over more than 12 hours on any day.
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(ii) When an adult worker is made to work for more than 9 hours on any
day or for the more than 48 hours in any week he shall be paid overtime for the
extra hours put in by him at double the ordinary rate of wages.
(iii) (a) Every worker shall be given a weekly holiday normally on a Sunday,
in accordance with the provisions of the Minimum wages (Central)
Rules 1960 as amended from time to time, irrespective of whether
such worker is governed by the minimum Wage Act or not.
5. Payment of Wages:
(i) The contractor shall fixed wage periods in respect of which wages
shall be payable.
(ii) No wage period shall exceed one month.
(v) All payments of wages shall be made on a working day at the work
premises and during the working time and on a date notified in advance and in
case the work is completed before the expiry of the wage period, final payment
shall be made within 48 hours of the last working day.
(vi) Wages due to every worker shall be paid to him direct or to other
person authorised by him in this behalf.
(viii) Wages shall be paid without any deductions of any kind except those
specified by the Central Government by general or special order in this behalf of
permissible under the Payment of Wages Act 1956.
(ix) A notice showing the wages period and the place and time of
disbursement of wages shall be displayed at the place of work and a copy sent by
the contractor to the Engineer-in-Charge under acknowledgement.
(xi) The contractor shall obtain from the Asstt. Engineer or any other
authorised representative of the Engineer-in-Charge as the case may be, a
certificate under his signature at the end of the entries in the "Register of wages" or
the "Wage-cum-Muster Roll" as the case may be in the following form :
"Certified that the amount shown in column No. has been paid to the workman
concerned in my presence on.................at....................................................."
6. Fines and deductions which maybe made from wages :
(i) The wages of a worker shall be paid to him without any deductions of any
kind except the following:
(a) Fines,
(b) Deductions for absence from duty i.e., from the place or the
places where by the terms of his employment he is required
to work. The amount of deduction shall be in proportion to
the period for which he was absent.
(ii) No fines should be imposed on any worker save in respect of such acts
and omission on his part as have been approved of by the Chief Labour
Commissioner.
Note—An approved list of Acts and omissions for which fines can be imposed
is enclosed at Appendix-I.
(iv) Total amount of fine which may be imposed in any one wage period on
a worker shall not exceed an amount equal to three paisa in a rupee of the total
wages, payable to him in respect of that wage period.
(vi) Every fine shall be deemed to have been imposed on the day of the act
or omission in respect of which it was imposed.
7. Labour Records :
(ii) The contractor shall maintain a "Muster Roll" Register in respect of all
workmen employed by him on the work under contract in form XVI of the CL (R &
A) Rules 1971 (Appendix V).
The contractor shall allow inspection of all the prescribed labour records to
any of his worker or to his agent at a convenient time and place after due notice is
received or to the Labour Officer or any other person, authorised by the Central
Warehousing Corporation on his behalf.
The contractor shall submit periodical returns as may be specified from time
to time.
18. Amendments:
The Central Government may, from time to time, add to or amend the
regulations and on any question as to the application, interpretation of effect of
those regulations. The decision of the Chief Engineer in that behalf shall be final.
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APPENDIX - I
Appendix 'III'
LABOUR BOARD
Name of the
work....................................................................................................................
.....
Name of the
Contractor............................................................................................................
.....…..
Address of
contractor............................................................................................................
..............
Weekly holiday.............………………………………………………………………………….......
Working hours………………………………………………………………………….....................
Rest interval.......................…………………………………………………………………………..
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APPENDIX ‘IV’
FORM XIII
[See rule 75]
Register of Workman Employed by Contractor
Permanent
home
Nature of Address of Date of Signature Date of
Reasons
Name & Father’s/ employm the commenc or thumb terminati
Sl. Age & Local for Remark
Surname of Husband’s ent/ workman ement of impressio on of
No. Sex address terminat s
workman name designati (Village and employme n of the employm
ion
on Tehsil, nt workman ent
Taluk and
District)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Appendix ‘V’
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FORM XVI
[(See Rule 78 (2) (a)]
MUSTER ROLL
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6
Appendix ‘VI’
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FORM XVII
[See Rule 78 (2) (a)]
REGISTER OF WAGE
Other
cash Signat
Initials
payme Deduc ure/
Sl. No. Design of
Daily nt tion if Thum
in the ation No. of Dearn Net contra
Sl. Unit of rate of (natur any b
Name of registe /natur days Basic ess Overti amou ctor or
N work wages e of Total (indica impres
workman r of e of worke wages allowa me nt his
o. done / piece payme te s-sion
workm work d nce paid repres
rate nt to nature of
an done. ent-
be ) workm
tative
indicat an.
ed)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
Morning Rate
Evening Amount
Initial
Signature
The Wages Card is valid for one month from the date of issue.
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Appendix “VII”
(Reverse)
FORM XIX
[See Rule 78(2) (b)]
WAGE SLIP
6. Deduction, if any
___________________________________________________________________________
____________________________
Initial of the Contractor or
His representative
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Appendix ‘VIII’
FORM XIV
[See Rule 76]
EMPLOYMENT CARD
7. Remarks :_____________________________________________________
_____________
_________
Signature of Contractor
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Appendix ‘IX’
FORM XV
[See Rule 77]
SERVICE CERTIFICATE
1 2 3 4 5 6
Signature