The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 consolidates thirteen labour enactments. Enforced from 21st November 2025 by S.O. 5321(E), with the Central Rules 2026 notified on 8th May 2026 by G.S.R. 345(E).

OSH Code applicability turns on four separate tests. An establishment is ten or more workers under section 2(1)(v); a factory is twenty with power or forty without under section 2(1)(w) — double the Factories Act thresholds.

Section 3 of the OSH Code requires electronic registration in Form I within sixty days, with the certificate in Form III within seven days or registration is deemed granted. An unregistered employer may not employ any employee.