Punjab Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2019

From: 2019-01-25 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to provide for occupational safety and health at workplace. It is necessary to make and consolidate the law for the occupational safety and health of the persons at workplace and to protect them against risks arising out of the occupational hazards; to promote safe and healthy working environment catering to the physiological and psychological needs of the employees at workplace and to provide for matters connected therewith or ancillary thereto. Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: 1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab Occupational Safety and Health Act 2019. (2) It extends to whole of the Punjab. (3) It shall come into force at once. (4) The Government may, by order, exempt specified workplaces from the operation of the Act, either wholly or partially, and for such period as may be specified. 2. Definitions.– In this Act: (a) “Act” means the Punjab Occupational Safety and Health Act 2019; (b) “accident” means an incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally and thereby causes damage or harm; (c) Committee” means a Committee constituted under the Act; (d) “contractor” means any person or a body, whether incorporated or not, who contracts with a principal to carry out the whole or part of any work undertaken by the principal in the course of or for the purpose of the principal’s trade or business and includes sub-contractor; (e) “Council” means the Punjab Council of Occupational Safety and Health constituted under the Act; (f) “Chief Inspector” means the Chief Inspector appointed [2][under the Factories Act, 1934 (XXV of 1934)]; (g) “employee” means any person employed or engaged, whether directly or indirectly for wages or any other form of any other consideration or a volunteer to do any skilled or unskilled, professional, technical, clerical, manual or other work, in connection with the affairs of an establishment under any contract of service or apprenticeship, whether written or oral, express or implied and includes such a person when laid off or terminated; retrenched; dismissed and or removed from employment under this Act and includes…