Tamil Nadu Rationalisation of Forms and Reports under Certain Labour Laws Rules, 2020
The Labour and Employment Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, issued G.O. Ms. No. 111, Labour and Employment (H1), dated 14th July 2020, making the Tamil Nadu Rationalisation of Forms and Reports under Certain Labour Laws Rules, 2020 and amending three sets of Tamil Nadu labour rules. The rules introduce combined and simplified forms that may be maintained electronically or otherwise, replace many existing forms, and took effect when published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 5th August 2020.
What the rules do
The Tamil Nadu Rationalisation of Forms and Reports under Certain Labour Laws Rules, 2020 create a common set of forms for use under three labour law frameworks. Their stated purposes include easier compliance and inspection, more efficient public service delivery, public access to information and greater transparency.
The scheduled forms may be maintained electronically or in another form. When an inspector appointed under one of the covered laws requires them, the responsible person must make the forms available or provide the details needed to access the information.
Laws and rules affected
The Tamil Nadu Rationalisation of Forms and Reports under Certain Labour Laws Rules, 2020 apply to forms used under:
- The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 and the Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1975.
- The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 and the related Tamil Nadu Rules, 1983.
- The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 and the Tamil Nadu Rules, 2006.
Main changes
The Labour and Employment Department amendments:
- Substitute scheduled common forms for numerous forms previously required under the three sets of Tamil Nadu rules.
- Omit many of the existing forms from those rule sets.
- Omit rule 32 from the Tamil Nadu Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1975.
- Add the words “or by the appropriate Government” after references to a settlement or award in specified provisions relating to contract labour and inter-state migrant workmen.
- Preserve things done or omitted before the amendments took effect.
The schedule begins with Form I, a certificate of registration for a principal employer or employer. It is designed for use across the contract labour, building and construction workers, and inter-state migrant workmen frameworks.
Who may be affected
The Tamil Nadu Rationalisation of Forms and Reports under Certain Labour Laws Rules, 2020 are relevant to principal employers, employers, contractors and other persons responsible for labour law forms and records under the covered laws. A property owner or developer may need to consider them when acting as an employer or principal employer for building or other construction work. The document concerns labour compliance forms and reports, rather than the ownership or transfer of land.
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Common questions
Can the required labour forms be kept electronically?
Yes. The Tamil Nadu Rationalisation of Forms and Reports under Certain Labour Laws Rules, 2020 allow the scheduled forms to be maintained electronically or otherwise.
Must I provide electronic records to a labour inspector?
If a concerned inspector requires the forms, the responsible person must make them available or provide the particulars needed to access the information.
Do these rules apply to building and construction work?
Yes. They amend the Tamil Nadu Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2006 and replace specified forms used under those rules.
When did the new forms take effect?
The rules came into force on publication in the Official Gazette. They were published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 5th August 2020.
