Registration of establishments Under the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions Of Service) Act, 1996 and Odisha Rules, 2002

REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENT:-
Procedure :

  • As per the provision of Sec.7 of the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996, every employer of an establishment employing 10 or more building workers in any building or other construction work has to register the establishment within a period of sixty days from commencement of the work.
  • The provision of the Act is not applicable to individual residential houses whose total cost does not exceed Rs. 10.00 lakh.
  • The District Labour Officers have been appointed as the Registering Officers for the purpose of registration of establishments.
  •   The employer has to apply in Form-I to the Registering Officer of the area in the jurisdiction in which the building or other construction work is carried on along with Treasury Challan showing payment of the fees for the registration of the establishment. 
  • The employer has to submit documents in support of his identity, the establishment as well as the work along with the application.
  • The fees to be paid for the grant of a certificate of registration shall be as specified below, namely. If the number of workers proposed to be employed as building workers, for a building or other construction work on one day:-

    Up to 100₹ 100.00

    Exceeds 100 but does not exceed 500₹ 500.00

    Exceeds 500₹ 1,000.00

  • The prescribed fees shall be directly deposited under the proper Head of Account into the Government Treasury. The Head of Account is as follows:

    “0230-Labour & Employment-101-Receipts under Labour Laws- 0014-Collection of fees and Fines-02190-Fees realized under the Building and Other Construction (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 – 02191-Fees realized under the Building and Other Construction Worker’s Welfare Cess Act, 1996, for the year …………………………”.

  • The Registering Officer shall register the establishment and issue a Certificate of Registration to the applicant, if such applicant has complied with all the requirements.
  • If any change occurs as specified in the Certificate of Registration, the employer of the establishment shall intimate the details of such change to the Registering Officer, within thirty days. In case the registering officer is satisfied that an amount higher than the amount, which has been paid by the employer as fees for the registration of the establishment is payable, the employer has to pay additional sums payable for the registration of the establishment.
  • The employer shall, before thirty days of the commencement and completion of any building or other construction work, submit a written notice to the Inspector, having jurisdiction in the area where the proposed building or other construction work is to be executed, intimating the actual date of the commencement or, as the case may be, completion of such building or other construction work in Form-IV.
  • The Certificate of Registration of an establishment shall be valid only for such building and other construction work carried out by such establishment, for which intimation in Form-IV has been given.