Workplace health and safety requires employers to provide hygiene, ventilation, potable water, sanitation, lighting and waste treatment measures. The employer shall be responsible to maintain health, safety and working conditions in the establishment as prescribed by the Central Government, which may prescribe measures including cleanliness and hygiene; ventilation, temperature and humidity control; air free from dust and noxious substances; standards for humidification and cooling; potable drinking water; prevention of overcrowding and sufficient space; adequate lighting; separate and hygienic latrine and urinal facilities for male, female and transgender employees; and arrangements for waste and effluent treatment.
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Workplace health and safety requires employers to provide hygiene, ventilation, potable water, sanitation, lighting and waste treatment measures.
The employer shall be responsible to maintain health, safety and working conditions in the establishment as prescribed by the Central Government, which may prescribe measures including cleanliness and hygiene; ventilation, temperature and humidity control; air free from dust and noxious substances; standards for humidification and cooling; potable drinking water; prevention of overcrowding and sufficient space; adequate lighting; separate and hygienic latrine and urinal facilities for male, female and transgender employees; and arrangements for waste and effluent treatment.
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