“NAVIGATING THE NEW ERA OF LABOUR SAFETY IN INDIA’S OSHWC CODE, 2020″
AUTHOR – AKSHATA THAKUR & GULISTA ANSARI, STUDENTS AT AMITY UNIVERSITY MUMBAI
BEST CITATION – AKSHATA THAKUR & GULISTA ANSARI, “NAVIGATING THE NEW ERA OF LABOUR SAFETY IN INDIA’S OSHWC CODE, 2020″, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (1) OF 2025, PG. 156-165, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.
Abstract:
The OSHWC Code, 2020 is an authoritative act regarding safety and health of the people at work places and workers shall. In other words, it aims at advancement of Indian safety and standards, policies, measures which relates to the health and working conditions at the workplace. This paper explores the code’s socio legal impact within the context of issues pertaining to gendered labour relations in the employer-employee lifestyle including stakeholder enforcements, ubiquitous domination, and indifference towards equitable distribution of the provisions restated within the context of imminent amalgamation of thirteen & other related factors.
The OSHWC, Code outlines general duties of employers outlined in section 11 of the code that includes meeting the obligations[1] of health and safety management systems, work environment, and employment opportunities for women and other vulnerable workers.
The coded provisions of this law did revolutionary impact yet there remains imbalance between sidelined states’ understanding of the law and prevailing level of implementation resources available estimating whether it hinders its multidimensional effect.
Details associated with the study include codification[2] history, interpretation and balance of both Sections Would be presented in Part II of the paper decoding the struggles faced by the community because of imbalance between India’s rapid transformation period and requirements from global organizations pertaining to Labour practices within the country.
Keywords: Geographical Disparities, Multidimensional Impact, OSHWC Code of 2020, Work environment demographics, Gendered Employment.
[1] Ramesh Singh v. Larsen & Toubro (2023)
[2] https://dgfasli.gov.in/public/Admin/Cms/AllPdf/OSH_Gazette.pß