Chapter VIII - Registers and returns

Section-by-section provision map

Section 33: Maintenance of registers, records and filing of returns

Current statutory text

33. Maintenance of registers, records and filing of returns.—An employer of an establishment


shall—





          (a) maintain register in prescribed form, electronically or otherwise, containing such particulars


      of workers as may be prescribed by the appropriate Government including,—





                (i) work performed by them;





                 (ii) number of hours of work constituting normal working hours in a day;





                 (iii) day of rest allowed in every period of seven days;





               (iv) wage paid and receipts given therefor;





              (v) leave, leave wages, overtime work, attendance and dangerous occurrences; and





               (vi) employment of adolescent;





          (b) display notices at the work place of the workers in such manner and form as may be


      prescribed by the appropriate Government;





          (c) issue wage slips to the workers, in electronic forms or otherwise; and





          (d) file such return electronically or otherwise to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator in such manner


     and during such periods as may be prescribed by the appropriate Government.





                               CHAPTER IX





                        INSPECTOR-CUM-FACILITATORS AND OTHER AUTHORITY

Finin2min clause-by-clause decode

1. This page does not replace the statutory text. It separates the operative legal transaction into controls so that each subsection, proviso, exception and delegated instrument can be checked against the official India Code source before use.
2. Identify the covered establishment, worker category, appropriate Government and event date.
3. Identify the prescribed form, data owner, filing frequency and competent recipient.
4. Convert each statutory condition and proviso into an assigned action with a clear deadline.
5. Maintain one controlled source of truth across HRIS, attendance, payroll, contractor and safety systems.
6. Map the enabling Rule, form, Schedule, authority and any sector-specific notification.
7. Use maker-checker validation and reconcile totals before filing or display.
8. Preserve the decision memo, worker communication, register, portal acknowledgement and payment or inspection evidence.
9. Preserve acknowledgements, corrections and version history for the required retention period.
10. Record exceptions, non-compliance consequences, remedy, appeal forum and limitation period.

Applicable Central Rules immediately below the provision

Consequence, remedy and limitation

Mapped Rules: Rule 72, Rule 73, Rule 74, Rule 75, Rule 76 | Official source: section 33.

Rules, forms, registers, portals and due dates

Forms and registers must be confirmed from the appended 2026 Central Rules and the live portal applicable to the appropriate Government. A form is not treated as current merely because an earlier law used the same number.

Notifications and effective-date history

Old-law/new-Code concordance

Practical calculations and control file

Binding and highly relevant case-law principles

State-law variation alerts

• Confirm whether the Central or State Government is the appropriate Government.
• Central Rules do not automatically displace valid State Rules, rates, registers, authorities or portal procedures.
• Minimum-wage rates, holidays, working-hours permissions, licences and local welfare obligations require State-specific verification.
• Record Gazette number, effective date and supersession status in the location compliance register.

Finin2min Q&A

Source and review trail

Use the current official instrument, portal or regulator publication before acting. Page-specific references are listed below.

Official starting point

www.labour.gov.in

Page source links

• section 33