Assam Act No. XVII of 2026

What it says

Omits section 6 so that nothing registers under the Act any more, substitutes section 7 as an intimation for establishments employing fewer than ten workers with the Act applying from ten alongside the OSH Code, requires an appointment letter for every employee, makes overtime payable at twice the rate on whichever of a daily or weekly reckoning is more favourable to the worker and only with the worker's consent, moves earned leave to ninety days in six months, and renames the Facilitator the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

What was taken from it

The figures and statements this desk reads off this document, as extracted. Each one is shown on the topic page it belongs to: Appointment letter · Assam, Leaves — CL / SL / EL / ML · Assam, Shops and Establishment Act · Assam, Overtime · Assam, State-wise returns · Assam.

Appointment.Letter

Every employee must be issued a letter of appointment, and an employee not issued one before this Act commenced must be issued one within three months

Identity.Card

Every employee must be issued an identity card, to be produced on demand by the Inspector-cum-Facilitator

Leave.Earned

90 days worked in six months, then one day for every twenty days of work

Leave.Encash

Leave in excess of forty-five days may be encashed where the employer refuses it, and full wages are paid for leave due on discharge, retirement, resignation, death or permanent disability - on death, to the legal heir

Application

Registration under this Act has been abolished. An establishment employing fewer than ten workers gives an online intimation within sixty days of commencing business; from ten workers every provision of the Act not already in the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 applies

Change.Particulars

Any change must be informed within thirty days, and a fresh certificate issues online within fifteen days

Closure

Sixty days' prior written notice to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator, the Inspector-cum-Facilitator and the affected employees, stating reasons, the number of employees affected, the proposed date and the details of statutory dues and settlement

Intimation

Online, within sixty days, in the prescribed form with self-declaration and self-certified documents, to the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator

Registration.Abolished

Section 6, which required registration, and section 8, which provided for cancelling it, were both omitted

Overtime.Rate

Twice the rate of wages, the period of overtime being calculated on a daily basis or a weekly basis, whichever is more favourable to the worker

Inspector

The Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator, not below the rank of a Group-A officer, and Inspectors-cum-Facilitators

Where this is cited

• Appointment letter · Assam
• Leaves — CL / SL / EL / ML · Assam
• Shops and Establishment Act · Assam
• Overtime · Assam
• State-wise returns · Assam