Ensuring the safety, health and welfare of the employee is the primary purpose of which one of the…

Ensuring the occupational safety, health and welfare of workers, along with regulating hours of work, leave and other working conditions, is the primary purpose of The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (which replaced the Factories Act, 1948 from 21 November 2025). The Code on Wages, 2019 deals with wages, the Code on Social Security, 2020 with social security benefits, and the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 with trade unions, standing orders and industrial disputes.