SEEPZ-SEZ directs mandatory and timely compliance with applicable provisions of Labor Code 2019

The Office of the Development Commissioner, SEEPZ-SEZ, has issued a circular to all Units operating under SEEPZ-SEZ regarding strict and timely compliance with the applicable provisions of Labor Codes. The Units must also ensure that their contractors, contract labor agencies, and outsourcing agencies engaged by them comply with the statutory requirements under the labor codes. Also, an Action Taken Report (“ATR”) indicating the action taken against each of the below mentioned points, must be submitted within 14th October 2026.

Key measures under Labor Code to be accorded priority are as follows:

1. Appointment letters must be issued to all employees including contract labor, in accordance with the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020.
2. Wages must be paid within prescribed statutory timelines under Code on Wages, 2019 without unauthorized deduction.
3. Wages must be issued to all employees, during or before payment of wages, incorporating the prescribed particulars.
4. Principal employers must ensure statutory welfare facilities to contract labor including safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, first aid arrangement, creche facilities, and other prescribed amenities.
5. Units may constitute a grievance redressal mechanism for contract labor, for addressing grievances related to health, working conditions and wages. Also, industrial establishments employing 20 or more workers, must constitute a Grievance Redressal Committee, consisting of equal representation from employer and workers. Entities must resolve grievances within 30 days of receipt.
6. Employees who have completed 40 years of age, must be provided with free annual checkups.
7. All establishments covered under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 or Code on Social Security, 2020, must mandatorily register electronically on the Shram Suvidha Portal, by furnishing the prescribed details and uploading necessary documents.
8. All Units must ensure that the requirements, where it is applicable, must be complied by the contractors and outsourcing agencies engaged by them. The Units must maintain appropriate records/documents as evidence of compliance..