Rule 73: Display on notice board
Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last Reviewed 12 September 2026
Rule 73 — Sets the statutory notice requirement for display on notice board, including the relevant trigger, recipient and timing conditions. Key operative text: Every employer shall display or caused to be display at conspicuous places of the workplace of the establishment under their control, notices owing the name and address of the establishment, hours of work, wage period, date of…
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OSHWC Code Rule 73: Display on notice board. Full 2026 notified text, Code links, timelines, forms, examples, Q&A and official Gazette source.
How to use this page
Rule 73: Display on notice board should be read with the operative Code/Scheme/Rules and the establishment or employee facts to which it applies. Coverage, wage base, service history, State overlay and commencement date can change the outcome.
Practical checklist
- Confirm coverage of the establishment and employee/member before applying the provision.
- Check the latest Gazette, corrigendum and portal/circular instructions for the relevant date.
- Retain wage/service/member data, nominations, approvals, challans/returns and acknowledgements.
- Where a State rule or establishment-specific exemption applies, document that overlay separately.
Worked use case
Example: the same employee event can produce a different compliance result if the establishment is exempt, the service period is different, or the operative rule changed after the relevant date. Record those facts before calculating the benefit or obligation.
Official sources
- Open the notified Rules ↗
- Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 — India Code ↗
Related Finin2min guidance
Reviewed for currentness: 12 September 2026. Educational/professional reference; the controlling law, notification, order or official filing instruction prevails.
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.
Finin2min analysis — operative rule mechanics
Operative clauses
- Every employer shall display or caused to be display at conspicuous places of the workplace of the establishment under their control, notices owing the name and address of the establishment, hours of work, wage period, date of payment of such wages, details of accident and dangerous occurrence in the establishment for the last five years, name and address of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator having jurisdiction to…
Provisos / explanations
- No proviso/explanation was separately extracted from this rule.
Thresholds & timelines
- Display on notice board.- Every employer shall display or caused to be display at conspicuous places of the workplace of the establishment under their control, notices owing the name and address of the establishment, hours of work, wage period, date of payment of such wages, details of accident and dangerous occurrence in the establishment for the last…
Mapped Code sections
Full notified text — Rule 73
73. Display on notice board.- Every employer shall display or caused to be display at conspicuous places of the workplace of the establishment under their control, notices owing the name and address of the establishment, hours of work, wage period, date of payment of such wages, details of accident and dangerous occurrence in the establishment for the last five years, name and address of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator having jurisdiction to such establishment and date of payment of unpaid wages to such workers in English or Hindi and in the local language.
Application and evidence
- Primary statutory test — Every employer shall display or caused to be display at conspicuous places of the workplace of the establishment under their control, notices owing the name and address of the establishment, hours of work, wage period, date of payment of such wages, details of accident and dangerous occurrence in the establishment for the last five years, name and address of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator having jurisdiction to…
- Numerical or timing control — Display on notice board.- Every employer shall display or caused to be display at conspicuous places of the workplace of the establishment under their control, notices owing the name and address of the establishment, hours of work, wage period, date of payment of such wages, details of accident and dangerous occurrence in the establishment for the last…
- Code Section mapping — 33. Read the mapped provision together with this text rather than treating the concordance as a substitute for it.
- Evidence file — retain facts and records proving the role/status of: Employer, 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 display on notice board, 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: “Display on notice board.- Every employer shall display or caused to be display at conspicuous places of the workplace of the establishment under their control, notices owing the name and address of the establishment, hours of work, wage period, date of payment of such wages, det” Reconcile the mapped Code Section(s) 33.
Illustrative only. Use the exact notified rule, prescribed form and competent authority.
Q&A — Rule 73
What is Rule 73 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026?
Rule 73 — Sets the statutory notice requirement for display on notice board, including the relevant trigger, recipient and timing conditions. Key operative text: Every employer shall display or caused to be display at conspicuous places of the workplace of the establishment under their control, notices owing the name and address of the establishment, hours of work, wage period, date of…
What does Rule 73 require or permit?
A principal operative clause extracted from the notified rule is: “Every employer shall display or caused to be display at conspicuous places of the workplace of the establishment under their control, notices owing the name and address of the establishment, hours of work, wage period, date of payment of such wages, details of accident and dangerous occurrence in the establishment for the last five years, name and address of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator having jurisdiction to…” Read it with all sub-rules and provisos below.
Does Rule 73 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 73?
The rule contains this numerical/time expression: “Display on notice board.- Every employer shall display or caused to be display at conspicuous places of the workplace of the establishment under their control, notices owing the name and address of the establishment, hours of work, wage period, date of payment of such wages, details of accident and dangerous occurrence in the establishment for the last…” Apply it only in its notified context.
Which Code sections are linked to Rule 73?
The current concordance maps Rule 73 to Section(s) 33.
When did Rule 73 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
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 — official Gazette PDF ↗
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 — India Code ↗
Official sources checked: 12 September 2026.