Navigating Factory Licensing: Can State-Registered Factories Register Contract Labor Act Centrally?

Please guide me, if the factory license is registered in the state, can the Contract Labor Act be registered under the Central jurisdiction?

Registration of Factories and Contract Labor Act

It is quite possible as all the factories have to be registered with the state Factories Inspectorate. In contract labor, it could be the state or the Central Government depending on the Appropriate Government as per the CLRA Act 1971. Where it is the Central Government, the registration has to be by the said government, whereas for the Factories Act 1948 purposes, it is the State Labour Department.

What is the purpose of getting the contract license from the Central Labour Department?

The license is factory-specific and is issued to a contractor to deploy labor in a particular factory based on Form VI declared by the factory occupier. If that factory is under state jurisdiction, the appropriate authority to issue the license under the CLRA Act should also be the state. On the other hand, if the occupier has factories and establishments outside the state and you want to deploy manpower in factories in different states, a common license would be required. In my understanding, the single license system has not come into force.

The Occupational Health Code and licensing requirements

The Occupational Health Code provides for a single license to cover different districts in the state and/or different states in India. But currently, you have to obtain the license to deploy labor separately for each district. As such, the District Labour Officer would be the licensing authority.

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