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Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 · VII

Section 31: Notice of periods of work

Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 30 August 2026

Section 31 — Sets the statutory notice requirement for notice of periods of work, including the relevant trigger, recipient and timing conditions. Key operative text: (1) There shall be displayed and correctly maintained in every establishment a notice of periods of work, showing clearly for every day the periods during which workers may be required to work in accordance with the provisions…

Full official textSource checked: 20 August 20261 direct Central Rule link(s)

Current-law status

All provisions were brought into force from 21 November 2025 under S.O. 5321(E), subject to the Central/State appropriate-Government split and provision-specific appointments/notifications.

Primary sources

Provision / India Code ↗ · Official Act PDF ↗ · 2026 Central Rules ↗

Finin2min analysis — what the section actually does

Operative clauses

(1) There shall be displayed and correctly maintained in every establishment a notice of periods of work, showing clearly for every day the periods during which workers may be required to work in accordance with the provisions of this Code.
(2) The form of notice required by sub-section (1), the manner of display of such notice and the manner in which such notice shall be sent to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall be such as may be prescribed by the appropriate Government.
(3) Any proposed change in the system of work in any establishment which will necessitate a change in the notice referred to in sub-section (1) shall be intimated to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator before the change is made, and except with the previous sanction of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator, no such change shall be made until one week has elapsed since that last change.

Provisos, explanations & qualifications

No proviso/explanation was separately extracted from this section text.

Thresholds and timelines in the text

Notice of periods of work.—(1) There shall be displayed and correctly maintained in every establishment a notice of periods of work, showing clearly for every day the periods during which workers may be required to work in accordance with the provisions of this Code.
(3) Any proposed change in the system of work in any establishment which will necessitate a change in the notice referred to in sub-section (1) shall be intimated to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator before the change is made, and except with the previous sanction of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator, no such change shall be made until one week has elapsed since…

Actors expressly appearing in the text

Worker, Appropriate Government, Inspector-cum-Facilitator

Full statutory text — Section 31

Official English text transcribed from the current India Code consolidation; page headers/line breaks are normalised for web reading. The Gazette/India Code PDF remains authoritative for typography, amendment footnotes and schedules.

31. Notice of periods of work.—(1) There shall be displayed and correctly maintained in every
establishment a notice of periods of work, showing clearly for every day the periods during which
workers may be required to work in accordance with the provisions of this Code.

   (2) The form of notice required by sub-section (1), the manner of display of such notice and the
manner in which such notice shall be sent to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall be such as may be
prescribed by the appropriate Government.
    (3) Any proposed change in the system of work in any establishment which will necessitate a change
in the notice referred to in sub-section (1) shall be intimated to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator before the
change is made, and except with the previous sanction of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator, no such change
shall be made until one week has elapsed since that last change.

How to apply this provision

Primary statutory test — (1) There shall be displayed and correctly maintained in every establishment a notice of periods of work, showing clearly for every day the periods during which workers may be required to work in accordance with the provisions of this Code.
Additional operative limb — (2) The form of notice required by sub-section (1), the manner of display of such notice and the manner in which such notice shall be sent to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall be such as may be prescribed by the appropriate Government.
Numerical or timing control — Notice of periods of work.—(1) There shall be displayed and correctly maintained in every establishment a notice of periods of work, showing clearly for every day the periods during which workers may be required to work in accordance with the provisions of this Code.
Central Rule mapping — 71. Read the mapped provision together with this text rather than treating the concordance as a substitute for it.
Prescribed-form link recorded in the corpus — XII. Confirm the current notified form/version before filing.
Evidence file — retain facts and records proving the role/status of: Worker, Appropriate Government, Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

Why this is section-specific: the operative-clause, exception, threshold and cross-reference panels above are extracted from Section 31 itself rather than a generic “trigger/control/evidence” template.

Rules, forms and cross-references

Direct 2026 Central Rule mapping

Rule 71

Forms mapped

XII

Other sections cited in this text

None expressly mapped in the current concordance.

Related Labour Hub resources

State overlays Forms Labour litigation

A direct concordance is not exhaustive. Central/State jurisdiction, schemes, authority appointments, saved instruments and later notifications may change the practical route without changing the section wording.

Worked example

For an establishment affected by notice of periods of work, 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: “Notice of periods of work.—(1) There shall be displayed and correctly maintained in every establishment a notice of periods of work, showing clearly for every day the periods during which workers may be required to work in accordance with the provisions of this Code.” Read the mapped Central Rule(s) 71. Use the current notified XII where the process requires it.

Illustration only; it is not statutory text or a substitute for applying the actual facts, jurisdiction, current rule/scheme and official instrument.

Q&A — Section 31

What does Section 31 of the OSHWC Code cover?

What is the main legal requirement or power in Section 31?

The first operative clause identified from the official text is: “(1) There shall be displayed and correctly maintained in every establishment a notice of periods of work, showing clearly for every day the periods during which workers may be required to work in accordance with the provisions of this Code.” Read it with the remaining subsections and any proviso below.

Does Section 31 contain a proviso or explanation?

No standalone proviso or explanation was extracted from this section text. Check the full text below for clause-level qualifications.

What time limit, percentage or amount appears in Section 31?

The provision contains this numerical/time expression: “Notice of periods of work.—(1) There shall be displayed and correctly maintained in every establishment a notice of periods of work, showing clearly for every day the periods during which workers may be required to work in accordance with the provisions of this Code.” Apply it only in the clause and context in which it appears.

Which 2026 Central Rules are linked to Section 31?

The current concordance maps Section 31 to Central Rule(s) 71.

Is a prescribed form mapped to Section 31?

The current corpus records: XII. Confirm the current notified version before filing or service.

Is Section 31 currently operative?

All provisions were brought into force from 21 November 2025 under S.O. 5321(E), subject to the Central/State appropriate-Government split and provision-specific appointments/notifications.

Source & verification trail

Act: Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 — official India Code PDF ↗

Central Rules: Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 — G.S.R. 345(E), 8 May 2026 ↗

Official library: Ministry of Labour & Employment — Labour Codes ↗

Source check: 20 August 2026. Individual professional interpretation should be re-reviewed when the section, rules, notification, scheme, State overlay or controlling judgment changes.

Reliance note: This page is an educational legal-reference layer. Verify the current official text, the applicable Central/State rules, notifications, schemes and judicial decisions before acting on a live matter.