Chapter
VI — Welfare provisions
Rule 51 — Keeping of cloth not worn during working hour
Rule-by-rule operational analysis with Code, Form, evidence, authority and State-jurisdiction controls.
Rule identity
Part/sector
Common rules
Control family
Working-time and leave 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 51 into an implementation sequence and highlights the records needed to demonstrate compliance.
- Requirement 1. Classify the employee and sector before applying daily, weekly, spread-over, rest and night-work rules.
- Requirement 2. Configure rosters so ordinary hours, intervals, weekly rest and compensatory holidays are visible before deployment.
- Requirement 3. Authorise and calculate overtime under the Code on Wages and preserve the approval/payment trail.
- Requirement 4. Prevent overlapping shifts and prohibited double employment through declarations and attendance analytics.
- Requirement 5. Reconcile leave accrual, carry-forward, encashment and separation settlement to the statutory register.
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
- roster and period-of-work notice
- attendance/muster record
- overtime approval and payment
- weekly/compensatory holiday record
- leave register
- night-work consent and safety controls
Failure consequence and cure
Roster or payroll data that do not reconcile can establish both working-time and wage contraventions.
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 “Keeping of cloth not worn during working hour” 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 51. Articles and hubs should link here without reproducing the full rule analysis.