The Administrator of Chandigarh vide notification no
No.12/01/106-HII(2)-2020/9296, dated July 08, 2020, has introduced
Transparent Inspection Policy-2020 under ease of doing business and
business reform plan, to regulate the implementation of statutory
provisions under various labour laws in transparent and accountable
manner through wide scale adoption of technology and innovation and to
protect the rights of workers in relation to their safety, health and
welfare as also other conditions of employment in the spirit and manner
as envisaged under the law. According to the policy, the following
factories and establishments have been exempted from physical inspection
under all labour laws
(b) All start-up establishments shall be exempted for a period of two
years from the date of commencement of work/business except the
inspections covered under the Building and other Construction Workers
(Regulation of Employment and Condition of Service) Act, 1996
(c) All the establishments having no employee that is employing family members only to be exempted
(d) Any other establishments which are specifically exempted by Chandigarh Administration from time to time.
The policy also provides the following Inspection criteria
(a) Every major accident hazardous unit shall be inspected once in a year
(b) All the hazardous unit involving fire, explosion, toxic release are to be inspected once in two years
(c) The rest of the units which are non-hazardous are to be inspected once in five years.
Furthermore, the inspection under Shops and establishments is categorized as follows
(a) Shops and establishment employing up to four-person shall be exempted from inspection
(b) Shops and establishment employing five or more person shall be inspected once in a year
(c) Shops and establishments employing hundred or more person shall be
inspected once in every two years. Please read the notification for more
details
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