Under Section 24(2)(iv) of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, the appointment of a Welfare Officer is mandatory in every factory, mine, or plantation wherein the number of workers ordinarily employed is:

Section 24(2)(iv) of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 mandates the appointment of a Welfare Officer in every factory, mine, or plantation wherein two hundred and fifty or more workers are ordinarily employed - a substantial reduction from the five-hundred-worker threshold that applied under the corresponding provisions of the erstwhile Factories Act, 1948. Notably, the term "workers" for this threshold excludes persons employed mainly in managerial or administrative capacity and supervisory employees drawing wages above the prescribed limit, and, per established compliance interpretation, contract labourers are not counted toward this specific threshold (unlike for canteen-facility calculations under Section 24(1)(v), which does include contract labourers). This lowered threshold significantly expands the number of establishments statutorily required to have a dedicated welfare officer overseeing worker welfare measures.