Notification Record & Forms
Notification details and the forms every employer needs, in one place.
- Issuing authority
- Labour, Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (LESDE) Department, Government of Mizoram
- Notified
- Draft Notification dated 4 May 2023, published in the Mizoram Gazette; a revised draft followed on 14 March 2024
- Objection window
- 45 days from the date the gazette copies were made available to the public (comments on the 2022 draft were invited up to 15 June 2023)
- Legal basis
- Sections 133 and 135 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 (Central Act 37 of 2020), read with Section 24 of the General Clauses Act 1897
- Supersedes
- The Mizoram Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Services) Rules 2015; The Mizoram Factories Rules 2014; The Mizoram Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules 2004; The Inter State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Mizoram Rules 2005
- Status as of
- July 2026, still pending final notification. The parent OSH Code 2020 itself came into force nationally on 21 November 2025, and the central OSH Rules 2026 were notified on 9 May 2026, but Mizoram's own state rules remain in draft form
Mizoram is preparing to fold four separate labour laws, covering factories, contract labour, construction workers and migrant workers, into one rulebook under the national OSH Code. For decades, an employer in Mizoram running a factory, hiring contract labour, engaging migrant workers or putting up a construction site had to deal with four different laws, four different registration processes and four different sets of registers.
The Mizoram Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules 2022 are meant to change that. Once notified, they will bring registration, licensing, inspection, registers and annual returns for all these categories under one Chief Inspector cum Facilitator and one digital portal, in line with the central Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020. This guide walks through the forms, deadlines, provisions and open questions employers in Mizoram are asking about it.
These rules are still at the draft stage. The Government of Mizoram first published them on 4 May 2023 for public comment, then issued a revised 2023 version on 14 March 2024 for further consultation with employer and worker groups. As of July 2026, no final notification has followed, so the four older laws these rules are meant to replace continue to apply in Mizoram in the meantime.
Forms under the State Rules
Due Dates
Compliance deadlines, forms and how often each one recurs.
| Compliance | Form | Compliance Frequency | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration of a new establishment | Form I | One time, on commencement | Before commencing operations, and in any case within sixty days of the Code becoming applicable |
| Notice of commencement or cessation of operation | Form III | Event based | Within thirty days of commencement or cessation of operation |
| Annual health examination of workers aged forty five and above | Form V | Annual | At least once every twelve months |
| Health examination of workers in hazardous processes | Form V | Half yearly | Once every six months |
| Health examination of new employees | Form V | Event based | Within fifteen days of induction, or before employment begins |
| Issue of employee identity card | Not form specific | Event based | Within one month of appointment |
| Notice of fatal accident or dangerous occurrence | Form VIII | Event based | Immediately by phone, messenger or electronic means, followed by a written report within twelve hours |
| Notice of occupational disease | Form IX | Event based | Within seven days of the employer becoming aware of it |
| Action taken report on an unsafe or unhealthy condition | Form X(b) | Event based | Within twenty four hours of receiving the employee's report |
| Issue of wage slip | Form XVII | Monthly | Every wage period |
| Issue of fresh attendance card | Form XVIII | Monthly | On the first day of every calendar month |
| Preservation of statutory registers | Forms XII to XVI | Ongoing | Kept in original for five calendar years from the last entry |
| Filing of unified annual return | Form XIX | Annual | On or before 1 February following the end of each calendar year |
| Application for grant of contractor license | Form XXII | One time, before engagement | At least thirty days before contract labour is engaged |
| Application for renewal of contractor license | Form XXII | Before expiry | At least forty five days before expiry, and not earlier than ninety days before expiry |
| Refund of security deposit | Form XXIV | Event based | Application to be disposed of within thirty days of receipt, as far as possible |
| Annual report of housing for plantation workers | Form XXXII | Annual | On 31 January every year |
| Deposit of compounding amount | Form XXXIV | Event based | Within fifteen days of the compounding order |
Key Provisions
What changed under the Code, and what it means for payroll.
Old Law vs. New Law
What employers followed before, against what applies now — point matched against point.
| On this point | Before — earlier law | Now — the new Code |
|---|---|---|
| Registration | Separate registration under the Factories Act 1948, the Contract Labour Act 1970, the BOCW Act 1996 and the Inter State Migrant Workmen Act 1979, each with its own form and department | One electronic registration in Form I on the LESDE portal, covering factories, contract labour, construction work and migrant workers together |
| Licensing | Separate licenses for a factory and for a contractor, obtained from different authorities | Provision for a common license under Section 119 of the Code, covering a factory and its contract labour engagement together |
| Inspecting authority | Different inspectors for factories, contract labour and construction work, each reporting under a different Act | A single Chief Inspector cum Facilitator and Inspector cum Facilitator structure across all categories |
| Returns | Multiple periodic and annual returns filed separately under each of the four laws | One unified annual return in Form XIX, due by 1 February each year |
| Registers | Registers maintained differently, and sometimes in different formats, under each of the four laws | Standardised electronic registers, Form XII to Form XIX, common across establishment types |
| Factory worker threshold | Ten workers with power, or twenty workers without power, under the Factories Act 1948 | Twenty workers with power, or forty workers without power, under the OSH Code 2020 |
| Contract labour threshold | Twenty or more workers under the Contract Labour Act 1970 | Fifty or more workers under the OSH Code 2020 |
| Employment of women at night | Night work by women was largely restricted in factories under the old rules | Permitted between 7 pm and 6 am, subject to consent and the safeguards listed in Rule 44 |
| Offences | Largely imprisonment oriented penalties spread across the four separate laws | Mostly monetary penalties under the Code, with a compounding option to avoid prosecution for eligible offences |
Applicability
Who the Code covers, and who gets special or exempt treatment.
Covered
- Factories employing twenty or more workers where power is used, or forty or more where it is not
- Establishments or contractors engaging fifty or more contract workers
- Building and other construction work, motor transport undertakings, newspaper establishments, audio visual production and plantations of five hectares or more, employing ten or more workers
- Inter state migrant workers recruited through a contractor from another state
- Beedi and cigar establishments
Exempted / special treatment
- Mines and ports, which are covered under separate central rules rather than these state rules
- Establishments below the threshold that applies to their category, unless the activity itself is notified as hazardous
- Offices of the Central Government and the State Government, except where specifically brought within the Code
- Domestic workers and persons covered under the Apprentices Act, who fall outside this framework
- Establishments already exempted by a specific notification of the State Government
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to what employers ask us most about this rule.
Is the Mizoram Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules 2022 currently in force?
No. It is still a draft. The Government of Mizoram issued a revised 2023 version of the draft in March 2024 for further consultation, and as of July 2026 neither version has been finally notified. Until final notification, the four earlier laws it is meant to replace continue to apply in Mizoram.
Which four laws will these rules eventually replace in Mizoram?
The Mizoram Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Services) Rules 2015, The Mizoram Factories Rules 2014, The Mizoram Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules 2004, and The Inter State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Mizoram Rules 2005.
Who is the Chief Inspector cum Facilitator under these rules?
The Labour Commissioner, Government of Mizoram, holds this post. For factories specifically, the Government may separately appoint an officer of the Factories and Boilers Department to exercise penalty and appellate powers.
How do employers register an establishment under the new rules?
Registration is done electronically in Form I on the LESDE Department's official portal, along with the prescribed registration fee. The registering officer then maintains a public electronic register of all registered establishments in Form II.
How often must an employer arrange health examinations for workers?
Workers aged forty five and above are examined at least once every twelve months, workers in hazardous processes every six months, and new employees within fifteen days of joining or before they start work, whichever comes first.
Can women be employed on night shifts in Mizoram under these rules?
Yes, between 7 pm and 6 am, but only with the woman worker's consent and subject to safeguards such as safe transport, adequate lighting, security at entry and exit points, a minimum batch size of five women per shift and a functioning internal complaints mechanism for sexual harassment.
What is the deadline for filing the annual return?
Form XIX, the unified annual return, must reach the Inspector cum Facilitator having jurisdiction on or before 1 February following the end of each calendar year.
How long must statutory registers be preserved?
Registers such as the wage register, accident register, leave register and muster roll must be kept in original for five calendar years from the date of the last entry, and produced to the Inspector cum Facilitator electronically or by registered post on demand.
What is the maximum overtime a worker can be asked to do?
Overtime is capped at four hours a day, twenty four hours a week and one hundred twenty five hours in any quarter, and must be paid at twice the ordinary rate of wages.
How does a contractor apply for a license to supply contract labour?
The contractor applies electronically in Form XXII, pays the prescribed security and fee, and backs the license with a bank guarantee. The application must be filed at least thirty days before contract labour is actually engaged.
What happens if an accident occurs at a factory?
A fatal accident, or one likely to cause death, must be reported immediately by phone, messenger or electronic means to the District Labour and Employment Officer, the Inspector cum Facilitator and the Chief Inspector cum Facilitator, followed by a written report in Form VIII within twelve hours.
Can an employer settle a violation instead of facing prosecution?
For offences the Code allows to be compounded, yes. The employer applies in Form XXXIV, the compounding officer fixes an amount, and paying it within fifteen days of the order closes the matter without prosecution.
What is a common license under Section 119 of the Code?
It lets an establishment obtain a single license covering both its factory operations and its use of contract labour, in place of applying separately to two different authorities, and is granted in Form XXI on payment of the notified fee.
Does the national OSH Code already apply in Mizoram even though the state rules are still a draft?
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 came into force across India on 21 November 2025, and the central OSH Rules followed on 9 May 2026. But several state level procedures, including the specific forms and portal this guide describes, only take effect once Mizoram finally notifies its own rules.
What is the penalty for not maintaining statutory registers?
Under Section 96 of the Code, failing to maintain or produce a required register, record or return draws a fine of not less than fifty thousand rupees, extendable to one lakh rupees.
Sources
Where every fact on this page comes from.
- → Draft Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Condition (Mizoram) Rules 2022, notified 4 May 2023 by the LESDE Department, Government of Mizoram (official)
- → The Draft Code on Occupation Safety Health and Working Conditions (Mizoram) Rules 2023, notified 14 March 2024, LESDE Department, Government of Mizoram (official)
- → The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 (Central Act 37 of 2020) (official)
- → The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules 2026, notified 9 May 2026 (official)
- → Official website of the LESDE Department, Government of Mizoram, lesde.mizoram.gov.in (official)
For informational purposes only — not legal advice. State rules referenced here are subject to change on final notification. Verify current status with our compliance team before acting.