Employees face penalties up to ten thousand rupees for breaching workplace safety duties; employers liable only if prevention was inadequate. Section 106 makes an employee liable to a penalty up to ten thousand rupees for contravening duties under the occupational safety and health framework, subject to Code exceptions. It expressly provides that an employer is not guilty of the same contravention unless it is proved the employer failed to take all reasonable measures to prevent it.
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Employees face penalties up to ten thousand rupees for breaching workplace safety duties; employers liable only if prevention was inadequate.
Section 106 makes an employee liable to a penalty up to ten thousand rupees for contravening duties under the occupational safety and health framework, subject to Code exceptions. It expressly provides that an employer is not guilty of the same contravention unless it is proved the employer failed to take all reasonable measures to prevent it.
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