Chapter
VI — Welfare provisions
Rule 49 — Washing facility
Rule-by-rule operational analysis with Code, Form, evidence, authority and State-jurisdiction controls.
Rule identity
Part/sector
Common rules
Control family
Welfare and medical-facility control
Linked Code sections
Section 24
Forms
No direct Annexure VII form identified
Source review
2026-07-17
Rule-level operational analysis
The exact Gazette wording controls. The following map converts Rule 49 into an implementation sequence and highlights the records needed to demonstrate compliance.
- Requirement 1. Determine the applicable worker threshold, sector and gender/age-related requirement.
- Requirement 2. Provide the facility at the required location, capacity, accessibility and operating hours.
- Requirement 3. Appoint trained personnel and maintain supplies, hygiene and emergency readiness.
- Requirement 4. Do not recover prohibited costs from workers; document service contracts and inspections.
- Requirement 5. Record use, complaints, deficiencies and remediation without collecting unnecessary health data.
Sub-rule review protocol
Who acts
Identify the employer, occupier, manager, contractor, worker, medical officer, Inspector-cum-Facilitator or other authority named in each sub-rule.
When
Record the triggering event and calculate every hour/day/month period from documentary evidence.
How
Use the portal, prescribed Form, written notice, examination, committee or technical control stated in the Rule.
Exception/proviso
Do not generalise an exception. Record why its facts and jurisdiction are satisfied.
Decision evidence
Keep the maker, reviewer, competent authority, date, acknowledgement and corrected version.
Later instrument
Check general/special orders, authority notifications, standards and State rules before reliance.
Code and Form concordance
Evidence and audit file
- threshold computation
- facility plan and capacity
- staff competency
- inventory/inspection log
- service and hygiene records
- complaint/remediation log
Failure consequence and cure
Failure to provide mandated welfare facilities may shift responsibility to the principal employer and attract enforcement action.
Where the Rule uses a portal, form or notified authority, a locally created substitute is not automatically equivalent. Cure should preserve the original due date and explain any late correction.
Worked implementation scenario
A covered establishment converts “Washing facility” into a control with a named owner, trigger, deadline, prescribed evidence, reviewer and escalation path. A sample transaction is tested before the policy is treated as operational.
Rule-specific QA questions
Has the exact Gazette text been checked?
Yes for source structure and title; users must still read the complete Rule and sub-rules before applying it to facts.
Is this a State-rule page?
No. It covers the 2026 Central Rules. State-specific implementation belongs in a separately sourced State overlay.
Can another existing Finin2min article own this rule?
No. This URL is the canonical legal repository for Rule 49. Articles and hubs should link here without reproducing the full rule analysis.