According to Code 50 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, what action can be taken if a contractor fails to give intimation about receiving a work order from an establishment?

Solution

Ans. b, As per Code 50. (1) When a contractor receives work order from an establishment either to supply contract labour in the establishment or to execute the contract through contract labour in the establishment he shall, within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, intimate to the authority referred to in section 119. (2) Where the contractor fails to give intimation under sub-section (1), the designated authority may, after giving the holder of the licence an opportunity of showing cause, suspend or cancel the licence in such manner as may be prescribed by the appropriate Government.