Occupational safety and health law definitions set who qualifies as worker, employer, establishment, hazards, and enforcement roles. Section 2 provides the foundational definitions for the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, specifying categories of persons ... Summary
Occupational safety and health law definitions set who qualifies as worker, employer, establishment, hazards, and enforcement roles.
Section 2 provides the foundational definitions for the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, specifying categories of persons (including employees, workers, employers, contractors, occupiers and various specialised worker classes), types of establishments and workplaces (factories, mines, plantations, ports, construction work and more), and hazard-related concepts (hazardous process, hazardous substance, serious bodily injury). It sets inclusion/exclusion criteria, numeric thresholds and aggregation rules, prescribes the role of the appropriate Government and enforcement officers, and defines wages composition for Code purposes.
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