Rule 100: Experience Certificate
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Rule 100 — Governs experience certificate and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: Every concerned contractor shall issue on demand, experience certificate in FORM-XXIII to the contract labour giving details of the period, work performed, experience gained in various fields performed by such contract labour.
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OSHWC Code Rule 100: Experience Certificate. Full 2026 notified text, Code links, timelines, forms, examples, Q&A and official Gazette source.
How to use this page
Confirm establishment coverage, employee/member status, wage or service facts and the operative Central/State rule before applying the benefit or compliance step.
Practical checklist
- Identify the applicable Code, Scheme and Rules for the relevant date.
- Check State overlays, exemptions and establishment category where relevant.
- Retain wage/service/member data, nominations, returns, challans and acknowledgements.
- Use the final Gazette/corrigendum rather than an earlier draft where both exist.
Official sources
- Open the notified Rules ↗
- Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 — India Code ↗
Related Finin2min guidance
Reviewed: 12 September 2026. The applicable statute, rule, 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 concerned contractor shall issue on demand, experience certificate in FORM-XXIII to the contract labour giving details of the period, work performed, experience gained in various fields performed by such contract labour.
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.
Full notified text — Rule 100
100. Experience Certificate.- Every concerned contractor shall issue on demand, experience certificate in FORM-XXIII to the contract labour giving details of the period, work performed, experience gained in various fields performed by such contract labour.
Application and evidence
- Primary statutory test — Every concerned contractor shall issue on demand, experience certificate in FORM-XXIII to the contract labour giving details of the period, work performed, experience gained in various fields performed by such contract labour.
- Code Section mapping — 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 119. Read the mapped provision together with this text rather than treating the concordance as a substitute for it.
- Prescribed-form link recorded on this page — XXIII. Confirm the current notified form/version before filing.
Cross-references & prescribed forms
Worked example
For an establishment affected by experience certificate, 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: “Every concerned contractor shall issue on demand, experience certificate in FORM-XXIII to the contract labour giving details of the period, work performed, experience gained in various fields performed by such contract labour.” Reconcile the mapped Code Section(s) 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 119. Use the current notified XXIII where the process requires it.
Illustrative only. Use the exact notified rule, prescribed form and competent authority.
Q&A — Rule 100
What is Rule 100 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026?
Rule 100 — Governs experience certificate and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: Every concerned contractor shall issue on demand, experience certificate in FORM-XXIII to the contract labour giving details of the period, work performed, experience gained in various fields performed by such contract labour.
What does Rule 100 require or permit?
A principal operative clause extracted from the notified rule is: “Every concerned contractor shall issue on demand, experience certificate in FORM-XXIII to the contract labour giving details of the period, work performed, experience gained in various fields performed by such contract labour.” Read it with all sub-rules and provisos below.
Does Rule 100 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 100?
No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.
Which Code sections are linked to Rule 100?
The current concordance maps Rule 100 to Section(s) 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 119.
Which form is connected with Rule 100?
The current corpus records: XXIII. Confirm the current notified version before use.
When did Rule 100 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.