Health, Safety and Welfare Committee

Health, Safety and Welfare Committee

Shall like to elucidate provisions on the Health, Safety and Welfare Committee, in case if an establishment is having more than one hundred workers employed, shall need to constitute a Health, Safety and Welfare Committee, consisting of equal number of employer and worker’s representatives, u/s 19(1) & (2)  & u/r 21(1) of The Maharashtra Shops And Establishments (Regulation Of Employment And Conditions Of Service) Act, 2017 & Rule 2018 

The representative of the employer and workers on the Health, Safety and Welfare Committee shall include - 

(i) Senior official who by his position in the organisation can contribute effectively to the function of the said Committee and he shall be the Chairman. 

(ii) Representatives of Head of all the Departments or In-charge of Sections of the establishment, e.g. sales, purchase, material, personnel, marketing, finance etc., if any. 

(iii) Maximum ten workers representative nominated by the workers of the establishment as members of the said Committee. 

(iv)The said Committee shall have sufficient number of representatives of women workers, wherever women workers are employed. 

The duties, functions and responsibilities of the said Committee are as follows :- 

(i) To survey the premises and to examine whether there are any accident prone spots in the premises or defects or hazardous objects or hazards in the premises. 

(ii) To follow and pursue to get such spots, defects, objects or hazards rectified. 

(iii) To conduct health care or wellness camps once in a year in the organisation or establishment. 

(iv) To create awareness about any contagious disease or epidemics or any natural calamities or any calamities due to accident, fire, etc. 

(v) To conduct recreation, cultural, sports activities annually. 

(vi) To conduct social and educational awareness programmes like Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan, Tree Plantation, Family Welfare, Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao, etc. 

(vii) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the said Committee to organize the above event with due care and diligence.  

Thus, shall request you to please adhere these compliance related safety, as we need to intimate to the Facilitator, while processing our 'Annual Return' under The Maharashtra Shops And Establishments (Regulation Of Employment And Conditions Of Service) Act, 2017

Please Note 

In case where an employer held guilty of contravention of any of the provisions which has resulted in an accident causing serious bodily injury or death of a worker, he shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine which shall not be less than two lakh rupees and which may be extended to five lakh rupees, or with both.

Maharashtra Shops And Establishments (Regularisation of Employment & Condition of Employment) Act, 2017 & Rules 2018
Health, Safety & Welfare Committee	Section	Rules
Mandatory for Establishment having 100 or more workers	Section 19(1) & (2)	Rule 21(1)
Constitute - Chairman, HOD from all department	Section 19(1) & (2)	Rule 21(2)(ii)&(ii)
Presence of Women in Committee	Section 19(1) & (2)	Rule 21(iii)
Survey Report	Section 19(1) & (2)	Rule 21(3)(i)
To conduct health care or wellness camp once in a year	Section 19(1) & (2)	Rule 21(3)(iii)
To create awareness about any contagious disease or epidemics or any natural calamities or any calamities due to accidents. fire, etc.	Section 19(1) & (2)	Rule 21(3)(iv)
To create recreation, cultural, sports activities annually	Section 19(1) & (2)	Rule 21(3)(v)
To conduct social & educational awareness programs like Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan, Tree Plantation, Family welfare, Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao, etc	Section 19(1) & (2)	Rule 21(3)(vi)

 

Do write back to us in case any further elucidation is required. Shall be pleased to add value ahead.

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