Definition of Factory under the OSHWC Code, 2020

Introduction The Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions, 2020 subsumes thirteen major central labour enactments. The Factories Act, 1948 is one of the thirteen laws being codified and is currently applicable to factories depending on thresholds set in the corresponding State rule.  Factories are generally divided into those operating with the aid of power and those operating without the aid of power, and it is on that basis that the threshold of number…

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