Govt. Appoints Officers for Compounding of Offences under Code on Wages, 2019:

Govt. Appoints Officers for Compounding of Offences under Code on Wages, 2019 Recently, a notification was issued on May 12, 2026, by the Ministry of Labour and Employment regarding the appointment of officers for the compounding of the offences under the Code on Wages, 2019.

Also Read

Ministry of Finance Denies Claims on Monetisation of Temple Gold Holdings

The Central Government, using the powers given under Section 56(1) of the Code on Wages, 2019, has appointed certain labour officers to compound offences that are punishable with imprisonment or with imprisonment along with a fine. The officers who have been given this power and the areas under their control are listed below:

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.
7	All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Chandigarh Region	The States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh.
8	All Assistant Labour Commissioners (Central) and All Labour Enforcement Officers (Central) in Chennai Region	The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of Puducherry (except Yanam and Mahe districts).

Also Read

Ministry Appoints Inspector-cum-Facilitators under Section 122 of the Code on Social Security, 2020

For complete information, refer to the official notification: