What notices must a factory in Tamil Nadu display?

At least the Code on Wages notice of wage rates, wage period and pay date (s.50(2)); the OSH Code notice of periods of work (s.31); the general workplace notice under Tamil Nadu's draft OSH rules; the rest-day and fines notices under the draft Code on Wages rules; the year's holiday list under the 1958 holidays Act; and the POSH Act notice of penalties and the Internal Committee.

In what language must statutory notices be displayed?

Tamil Nadu's draft rules require the notice of periods of work in Tamil, English and the language understood by the majority of employees, and the fines notice in vernacular and English. The general notice board must be in Tamil or English. The Central rules require English or Hindi and the local language. A site with migrant crews should add their language.

Does the contractor or the site display notices for a contract crew?

Both. The contractor, as employer under the Code on Wages, displays its crew's wage rates, wage period and pay date, and under the Central rules must also display its wage disbursement notice and copy it to the principal employer. The notice of periods of work, the holiday list and the POSH notice cover the whole establishment and are the site's.

What notices must a site display?

Q: Can a site change its shift timings without notice?

No. Section 31(3) of the OSH Code requires any change in the system of work that alters the notice of periods of work to be intimated to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator before it is made, and no further change may be made until a week has passed since the last one, unless the inspector sanctions it.

At least seven, from four laws. The Code on Wages 2019 requires wage rates, the wage period and the pay date on the board (s.50(2)); the OSH Code 2020 a notice of periods of work (s.31) and a general workplace notice under its rules; the POSH Act 2013 the penalties for harassment and the Internal Committee; and Tamil Nadu's holidays Act the year's holiday list.

The notices, and where each comes from

Each notice has its own source and its own content, and most must be in the language the workers read. For a Tamil Nadu factory or warehouse, the State's draft rules under the Codes set the detail:

Notice	What it must show	Source
Code on Wages notice	An abstract of the Code; category-wise wage rates; wage period; day, date and time of payment; name and address of the Inspector-cum-Facilitator	Code on Wages s.50(2)
Workplace notice board	Name, address and registration number of the establishment; hours of work; wage period; pay date; the Inspector-cum-Facilitator's name, address and phone number; date of payment of unpaid wages	TN draft OSH Rules r.34; Central r.73
Notice of periods of work	For every day, the periods during which workers may be required to work; Form VI, copied to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator	OSH Code s.31; TN draft OSH Rules r.32
Rest day	The weekly rest day fixed for each employee, and any change before it takes effect	TN draft Code on Wages Rules r.7
List of acts and omissions that attract fines	Only acts and omissions approved by the government; copy to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator	Code on Wages s.19(2); TN draft Code on Wages Rules r.15
Holidays for the year	The national and festival holidays allowed under the Act	TN Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays) Act 1958, s.4
Sexual harassment	The penal consequences of sexual harassment, and the order constituting the Internal Committee	POSH Act 2013, s.19(b)

The Central rules add one item the Tamil Nadu draft does not: rule 73 of the OSH (Central) Rules 2026 also requires details of accidents and dangerous occurrences in the establishment for the last five years on the board, and rule 6(4) requires the certificate of registration to be displayed. A site governed by the Central rules carries both [VERIFY: whether Tamil Nadu's final OSH rules add either].

In which language

In the language the workforce reads, which on most Tamil Nadu floors means Tamil and English at least. The Tamil Nadu draft's notice of periods of work must be "in Tamil, English and language understood by the majority of the employees" (r.32), the fines notice "in vernacular and English language" so that "every concerned employee would be able to easily read the contents" (draft Code on Wages Rules, r.15), and the general notice board "in Tamil or English" (r.34). The Central rules require English or Hindi and the local language (r.73).

For a site with a crew from another state, the rules' floor is not the practical one. A notice of periods of work in Tamil and English that a crew from Odisha or Bihar cannot read tells them nothing about when they can be required to work, and the same is true of the POSH notice. Adding the crew's language costs a printout.

Changing the notice of periods of work

Not without telling the inspector first. Section 31(3) of the OSH Code requires any proposed change in the system of work that changes the notice of periods of work to be intimated to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator before the change is made, and, without the inspector's previous sanction, no further change may be made until one week has passed since the last one. A site that reshuffles shifts every few days to match orders has to plan the roster around that week.

7statutory notices for a Tamil Nadu site, from the Code on Wages, the OSH Code, the POSH Act and the holidays Act

1 weekminimum gap between changes to the notice of periods of work without the inspector's sanction (OSH Code s.31(3))

₹20,000maximum fine for a contravention of the Code on Wages, its notices included (s.54(1)(c))

Whose board, when the crew is a contractor's

The duties sit with each employer, but the board the worker reads is the site's. The Code on Wages counts the contractor as an employer, so the wage-rate notice, the pay date and any fines list for a contract crew are the contractor's to display; under the Central rules the contractor must also display a notice of the wage period and the date and time its crew is paid, and send a copy to the principal employer (r.98(6)). The notice of periods of work, the holiday list and the POSH notice cover the establishment, and they are the site's.

In practice that means one board, or one panel per contractor beside the site's own notices, at the place the crew actually passes: the gate, the canteen or the time office. A notice in the contractor's site office that the crew never enters has been displayed on paper only.

What a site should check

Every notice is current. Wage rates after each 1 April revision, the holiday list for this year, the Inspector-cum-Facilitator's current details, the Internal Committee as now constituted.
Every contractor has its panel. Wage rates, pay date and wage period for each crew, kept up to date by the contractor and checked by the site.
Every crew can read it. Tamil and English at least, plus the language of any crew that reads neither.
The periods-of-work notice matches the roster. And a record of the intimation to the inspector before the last change.

How Velura Services helps

We supply the contractor-side notices, such as wage period, pay date and our licence details, in English and Tamil, and check your notice board against the list at induction. When rates or dates change, our notices change with them.

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Sources

The Code on Wages, 2019 (Act 29 of 2019), Gazette text hosted by the Ministry of Labour and Employment — s.2(l) (employer includes contractor), s.19(2) (notice of acts and omissions attracting fines), s.50(2) (notice board: abstract, wage rates, wage period, pay date, inspector), s.54(1)(c) (penalty). Opened and read.
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (Act 37 of 2020), Gazette text hosted by DGFASLI — s.31 (notice of periods of work; changes intimated in advance; one-week gap), s.33(1)(b) (display of notices). Opened and read.
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Tamil Nadu) Rules, 2022 (draft), G.O. Ms. No. 38, 11 April 2022 — r.32 (notice of periods of work, Form VI, in Tamil, English and the majority's language), r.34 (notice board, in Tamil or English). Opened and read. Draft only.
Code on Wages (Tamil Nadu) Rules, 2022 (draft), G.O. Ms. No. 36, 11 April 2022 — r.7 (rest-day notice); r.15 (fines notice in vernacular and English, copy to the inspector). Opened and read. Draft only.
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026, G.S.R. 345(E) dated 8 May 2026 — r.6(4) (registration certificate displayed), r.73 (notice board, including five years of accidents and dangerous occurrences), r.98(6) (contractor's notice of wage period and disbursement). Opened and read from a mirrored copy of the Gazette [VERIFY: against the e-Gazette original].
The Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays) Act, 1958, compiled by PRS Legislative Research — s.4 (statement of holidays displayed on the premises). Opened and read.
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (Act 14 of 2013), India Code — s.19(b) (display of penal consequences and the order constituting the Internal Committee).