Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 is a code to consolidate and amend the laws in India regulating the Occupational safety and health and working conditions of the persons employed in an establishment. 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. The bill received the presidential assent on 28 September 2020, enforced on 21st of november 2025.
Background
The bill was formulated according to the Report and Recommendations of the Second National Commission on Labour.It amalgamated The Factories Act, 1948, The Plantations Labour Act, 1951, The Mines Act, 1952, The Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees Act, 1955, The Working Journalists Act, 1958, The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961, The Beedi and Cigar Workers Act, 1966, The Contract Labour Act, 1970, The Sales Promotion Employees Act, 1976, The Inter-State Migrant workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979, The Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers Act, 1981, The Dock Workers Act, 1986 and The Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996.