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Rule 10: Rights of employee

Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 10 September 2026

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OSHWC Code Rule 10: Rights of employee. Full 2026 notified text, Code links, timelines, forms, examples, Q&A and official Gazette source.

Current-law check: The four Labour Codes commenced on 21 November 2025. For 2026 compliance, read the relevant Code with the final Central Rules and the applicable State rules/notifications; legacy Acts remain relevant to historical periods and savings.

Use this page to

  • Identify the establishment/worker coverage
  • Check the Code, Central Rule and State Rule together
  • Map notice, approval or filing responsibility
  • Preserve service, payroll and authority evidence

Practical control

Separate historical entitlement under repealed legislation from current Code compliance. Record the event date, establishment coverage and applicable Central/State instrument.

Reviewed for currentness, usability and source quality on 10 September 2026. Where an official source changes after this date, the official source prevails.

Rule 10 — Governs rights of employee and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: On receipt of information from any employee regarding the existence of an imminent danger to safety and health of employees in the establishment, the employer shall take immediate remedial action and whether employee is…

Full notified rule textG.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026Source checked: 20 August 2026
Rule status

Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 were finally notified under G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026. The Central Rules must be read with the Code and any later amendment/corrigendum.

Official Gazette

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Finin2min analysis — operative rule mechanics

Operative clauses

  • On receipt of information from any employee regarding the existence of an imminent danger to safety and health of employees in the establishment, the employer shall take immediate remedial action and whether employee is satisfied with the remedial measures or not, shall send a report of actions taken, to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator electronically or by speed post.

Provisos / explanations

  • No proviso/explanation was separately extracted from this rule.

Thresholds & timelines

  • No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.

Mapped Code sections

Full notified text — Rule 10

English rule text transcribed from the final official 2026 Gazette PDF; layout is normalised for web reading. The Gazette controls.
10. Rights of employee.- On receipt of information from any employee regarding the existence of an
    imminent danger to safety and health of employees in the establishment, the employer shall take
    immediate remedial action and whether employee is satisfied with the remedial measures or not, shall
    send a report of actions taken, to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator electronically or by speed post.

                                               CHAPTER IV
                               OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

Application and evidence

  1. Primary statutory test — On receipt of information from any employee regarding the existence of an imminent danger to safety and health of employees in the establishment, the employer shall take immediate remedial action and whether employee is satisfied with the remedial measures or not, shall send a report of actions taken, to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator electronically or by speed post.
  2. Code Section mapping — 14. Read the mapped provision together with this text rather than treating the concordance as a substitute for it.
  3. Evidence file — retain facts and records proving the role/status of: Employer, Employee / worker, Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

Cross-references & prescribed forms

Sections cited/mapped

Forms

No form is directly mapped in the current rule register.

Worked example

For an establishment affected by rights of employee, the compliance owner should identify the applicable sector and authority, document the prescribed control/notice/record and retain inspection or training evidence. A text point to test is: “On receipt of information from any employee regarding the existence of an imminent danger to safety and health of employees in the establishment, the employer shall take immediate remedial action and whether employee is satisfied with the remedial measures or not, shall send a re” Reconcile the mapped Code Section(s) 14.

Illustrative only. Use the exact notified rule, prescribed form and competent authority.

Q&A — Rule 10

What is Rule 10 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026?

Rule 10 — Governs rights of employee and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: On receipt of information from any employee regarding the existence of an imminent danger to safety and health of employees in the establishment, the employer shall take immediate remedial action and whether employee is…

What does Rule 10 require or permit?

A principal operative clause extracted from the notified rule is: “On receipt of information from any employee regarding the existence of an imminent danger to safety and health of employees in the establishment, the employer shall take immediate remedial action and whether employee is satisfied with the remedial measures or not, shall send a report of actions taken, to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator electronically or by speed post.” Read it with all sub-rules and provisos below.

Does Rule 10 contain a proviso or explanation?

No standalone proviso or explanation was extracted from this rule text. Check the complete rule below for clause-level conditions.

What deadline, period, percentage or amount appears in Rule 10?

No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.

Which Code sections are linked to Rule 10?

The current concordance maps Rule 10 to Section(s) 14.

When did Rule 10 come into force?

The final Central Rules were notified as G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026; Rule 1 states that the Rules come into force on publication. Check any later amendment or corrigendum before reliance.

Primary sources

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