CODE ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH & WORKING CONDITIONS CODE, 2020

Sept. 23, 2020

Lok Sabha passed the Code on Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020.

Salient Features:

Free health check-up once a year by the employer for workers which are more than a certain age.
Legal right for getting Appointment Letter given to workers for the first time.
Cine Workers have been designated as Audio Visual Worker, so that more and more workers get covered under the OSH code. Earlier, this security was being given to artists working in films only.

Source : Times of India

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