Government Notifies Officers Empowered to Access Employer Balance Sheets under Wage Code:

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified officers under Section 31(3) of the Code on Wages, 2019, empowering them to seek employer balance sheets within defined jurisdictions.

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Vanshika verma

May 23, 2026

Last update on May 23, 2026

Government Notifies Officers Empowered to Access Employer Balance Sheets under Wage Code Recently, the Ministry of Labour and Employment issued a notification on May 12, 2026, regarding the appointment of authorities under section 31(3) of the Code on Wages, 2019. Under section 31(3) of the Code on Wages, 2019, the Central Government has used its powers to appoint certain officers as authorities who can ask employers to produce their balance sheets. This new notification replaces the earlier notification issued on 30th September 2014. However, any actions already taken under the old notification will remain valid. The appointed officers will have authority over establishments for which the central government is the appropriate government. Each officer will exercise this power within the jurisdictional area mentioned against their name in the table:

Sl. No.	Officers	Jurisdiction
1	The Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Additional Chief Labour Commissioners (Central), All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central), Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi	The whole of India
2	All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Ahmedabad Region	The State of Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
3	All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Ajmer Region	The State of Rajasthan
4	All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Asansol Region	The civil districts of Bardhaman-East, Bardhaman-West, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal
5	All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Bengaluru Region	The State of Karnataka
6	All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Bhubaneswar Region	The State of Odisha

For complete information, refer to the official notification:

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