Section 38

Safety Committee and safety officers

The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996

  • Act 27 of 1996
  • Ministry of Labour and Employment
About this Act

An Act to regulate the employment and conditions of service of building and other construction workers and to provide for their safety, health and welfare measures and for other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

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    (1) In every establishment wherein five hundred or more building workers are ordinarily employed, the employer shall constitute a Safety Committee consisting of such number of representatives of the employer and the building workers as may be prescribed by the State Government:
     Provided that the number of persons representing the workers, shall, in no case, be less than the persons representing the employer.
     (2) In every establishment referred to in sub-section (1), the employer shall also appoint a safety officer who shall possess such qualifications and perform such duties as may be prescribed.

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