Date: 2026-05-14Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Notification specifying the monetary ceiling i.e. the maximum remuneration amount up to which a person will be considered an audio visual worker under the OSH and WC Code 2020
**Gazette Notification Summary: Remuneration Threshold under the Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions, 2020**
**Issuing Authority:** Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India
**Notification Number:** S.O. 2492(E)
**Reference Number:** F. No. S-65025/2/2026-ISH-II
**Date of Notification:** May 13, 2026
**Date of Publication:** May 14, 2026 (Gazette No. 2400)
**Overview**
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has issued a formal notification in the Gazette of India regarding the specified amount of remuneration under the Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions, 2020 (37 of 2020).
**Key Provisions**
In accordance with the powers conferred by clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the aforementioned Code, the Central Government has officially notified the following:
* **Remuneration Amount:** Nineteen thousand rupees (₹19,000) per month.
* **Lump Sum Equivalent:** In instances where remuneration is paid as a lump sum, the amount must be equivalent to the monthly threshold of ₹19,000.
**Administrative Details**
* **Authorized Signatory:** Alok Chandra, Senior Labour and Employment Advisor.
* **Printing and Publication:** The notification was uploaded by the Directorate of Printing at the Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064, and published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
* **Registration Number:** REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99.
Key Entities Referenced
Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions, 2020: The primary legislative framework under which the Central Government exercises powers to notify remuneration thresholds and safety standards for workers.
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The central government ministry responsible for regulating labour laws and issuing notifications regarding worker wages and employment conditions.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
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स.ं 2400] नई दिल्ली, बृिस्ट्प जतिार, मई 14, 2026/ििै ाख 24, 1948
No. 2400] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026/VAISAKHA 24, 1948
श्रम और रोिगार मत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 13 मई, 2026
का.आ. 2492(अ).— केन्द्रीय सरकार, उपिीजिका िन्द् य सुरक्षा, स्ट्िास्ट््य और काययििाए ं सजं िता, 2020 (2020
का 37) की धारा 2 की उपधारा (1) के खंड (च) द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, उि खंड के प्रयोिनों के जलए
उन्नीस ििार रुपय े प्रजत मास की रकम को पाररश्रजमक के रूप में अजधसूजचत करती ि ै या ििााँ ऐसा पाररश्रजमक एकमुश्त
रकम के रूप म ेंउसके समतल्ु य एक रकम िोगी।
[फा. स. ं एस-65025/2/2026-आईएसएच-II]
आलोक चरं , िररष्ठ श्रम और रोिगार सलािकार
3472 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 13th May, 2026
S.O. 2492(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of
the Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions, 2020 (37 of 2020), the Central
Government hereby notifies Rupees Ninteen thousand per month as the amount of remuneration for the
purposes of the said clause or where such remuneration is by way of lump sum, an amount equivalent thereto.
[F. No. S-65025/2/2026-ISH-II]
ALOK CHANDRA, Senior Labour and Employment Advisor
Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064
and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.