Factory Rules: Do We Need to Notify Safety and Welfare Officers to the Inspector?

Kindly guide me in the following matter.

Notification of Safety and Welfare Officers

Is it mandatory to notify the name of the Safety Officer and Welfare Officer to the Factory Inspector's office? If yes, then under which Factory Rule?

Please refer to Sec 40B and Sec 49 of the Factories Act for the Safety Officer and Welfare Officer roles, respectively. Additionally, refer to the factory rules specific to your state. You can then proceed to notify the relevant officers accordingly.

Section 49 in The Factories Act, 1948

49. Welfare officers.
(1) In every factory wherein five hundred or more workers are ordinarily employed, the occupier shall employ in the factory such number of welfare officers as may be prescribed.
(2) The State Government may prescribe the duties, qualifications, and conditions of service of officers employed under sub-section (1).

Section 40B in The Factories Act, 1948

40B. Safety Officers.
(1) In every factory,
(i) wherein one thousand or more workers are ordinarily employed, or
(ii) wherein, in the opinion of the State Government, any manufacturing process or operation is carried on, which process or operation involves any risk of bodily injury, poisoning or disease, or any other hazard to health, to the persons employed in the factory, the occupier shall, if so required by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, employ such number of Safety Officers as may be specified in that notification.
(2) The duties, qualifications, and conditions of service of Safety Officers shall be such as may be prescribed by the State Government.

Yes, you have to notify these as statutory positions. Notification should be done by referring to your respective state rules. Furthermore, you are required to abide by the service regulations as stipulated for them under the respective applicable state rules.

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Ram K Navaratna HR Resonance