The budget is already mandated. The return is 4.4×.
Companies Act §135 (2% CSR) and SEBI BRSR Principle 3 make occupational health a funded line in the ESG “S” budget — and OSH Code 2020 makes it enforceable. The programmes that satisfy it return roughly ₹4.4 for every ₹1, by cutting injuries, absenteeism and lost productivity.
The exact obligations each team answers for
Ergonomics isn't a wellness perk — it's a named clause in a law someone in your organisation already signs for. Here is what each role owns, and the evidence Ergocure puts in their hands.
| Role | What you own | Named in | Evidence Ergocure provides |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSH / EHS | You own hazard identification & control. | Factories Act 1948 · §34 · ISO 45001 · Clause 6.1.2.1 · BRSR · Principle 3, EI 10(b) | Ergocure runs the ISO 11228 / 11226 technical assessments and the hazard-control actions that populate your HIRA — across every workstation, at scale. |
| ESG | You own the disclosure. | BRSR · Principle 3, EI 14 · BRSR · Principle 3, EI 11 · Companies Act · §135 | Every assessment generates the OHS metrics that fill those exact BRSR line items — a high, defensible coverage figure (towards 100% of workplaces assessed) with the records to back it. |
| Audit & Compliance | You own the sign-off. | The document you sign attests · The exposure | Ergocure gives you ISO-conformant reports, clinically signed, dated and retained — the documented, reviewable trail that makes your signature defensible. |
| HR | You own workforce coverage & fitness. | OSH Code 2020 · EU / UK DSE (GCC parent mandate) | Every worker assessed in ~5 minutes from a phone — no clinic visits, no downtime — with personalised reports and return-to-work support. |
OSH / EHS
You own hazard identification & control.
Ergocure runs the ISO 11228 / 11226 technical assessments and the hazard-control actions that populate your HIRA — across every workstation, at scale.
ESG
You own the disclosure.
Every assessment generates the OHS metrics that fill those exact BRSR line items — a high, defensible coverage figure (towards 100% of workplaces assessed) with the records to back it.
Audit & Compliance
You own the sign-off.
Ergocure gives you ISO-conformant reports, clinically signed, dated and retained — the documented, reviewable trail that makes your signature defensible.
HR
You own workforce coverage & fitness.
Every worker assessed in ~5 minutes from a phone — no clinic visits, no downtime — with personalised reports and return-to-work support.
What makes your signature defensible
The three things an auditor checks — assembled on one trail, not scattered across systems.
Clinician sign-off
Every score is reviewed and signed by a certified ergonomist before it reaches your audit file — no automated number stands alone.
Time-stamped trail
Each assessment is dated and version-tracked — a reviewable record of who was assessed, when, and against which standard.
Clear retention
Signed reports and risk records are retained as your compliance trail; the raw face-blurred captures auto-purge after 30 days (DPDPA).
Five mandates converged in the same window.
OSH Code 2020 in force (21 Nov 2025)
Ergonomic hazard obligations now carry inspection and penalty teeth. MSDs are tracked and documented. Non-compliance is a documented liability.
EU DSE 90/270 / UK DSE 1992
Mandatory ergonomic assessment for ALL display-screen users. GCCs in India are included — EU/UK-headquartered companies must extend assessment to every India staff member.
SEBI BRSR (mandatory FY2023+)
1,000 listed companies — expanding to 5,000+. Ergonomic risk data is directly BRSR-mappable. Missing OHS data creates audit findings with institutional investors.
DPDP Act 2023
Raised the bar for health data privacy. Explicit consent, right to erasure, data minimisation. Rewards privacy-by-design tools — Ergocure ships DPDPA compliance out of the box.
ISO 45001:2018
Documented ergonomic-hazard controls required for certification. Ergocure data is ISO 45001-ready — every assessment generates the records your certification audit needs.
You don't need a new budget. The law already allocated one.
Workplace ergonomics isn't discretionary wellness spend. It sits inside the “S” of ESG — a budget line compliance has already created.
The Companies Act commits 2% of profits to social spend, and SEBI BRSR Principle 3 directs it to occupational health, safety and employee wellbeing. Ergonomics is a named line inside a budget that already exists by law.
Multinational parents already carry per-employee wellbeing budgets — and the EU/UK display-screen duty cascades to their India staff. The money is provisioned upstream; the India centre simply deploys it.
Outside India, multinationals budget a standing per-employee line for workforce wellbeing and ergonomic-assessment software. No new approval cycle — it renews every year with headcount.
This isn’t new budget to find. It’s a line your CSR, ESG and BRSR obligations already fund.
The numbers a CFO signs off on.
Buyers don't treat ergonomics as a wellness perk — they treat it as risk mitigation with a measurable return.
Return on every rupee
A comprehensive safety and ergonomics programme returns roughly ₹4.4 for every ₹1 — the benchmark corporate buyers underwrite to.
Fewer MSD injuries
Ergonomic intervention cuts musculoskeletal injury rates. A single MSD claim runs into lakhs — avoiding even a couple funds the whole programme.
Less absenteeism
Fewer sick days lost to chronic discomfort, repetitive strain and fatigue across the workforce.
Productivity recovered
Addressing posture-driven pain removes the micro-breaks and slowdowns. Buyers expect payback inside three years on productivity alone.
Workforce covered
Manual assessment runs ₹15,000+ per employee and reaches under 10% of staff. Software assesses everyone, at a fraction of the per-head cost.
Per worker replaced
Replacing a frontline worker costs ₹3–5 lakh. Cutting strain-driven turnover protects that, plus the recruitment overhead.
Benchmarks from published occupational-safety and ergonomics ROI studies; actual outcomes vary by sector and baseline.
The exact fields we fill — automatically.
Your annual report asks four questions under Employees' Wellbeing. Ergocure answers each as a by-product of every assessment.
% of plants and offices assessed for health & safety practices and working conditions
How Ergocure.ai helps
Manual consulting reaches under 10% of staff. Ergocure assesses every workstation — so you can report a high, defensible coverage figure, with the records to back it.
Safety incidents — LTIFR, total recordable work-related injuries, fatalities
How Ergocure.ai helps
Musculoskeletal disorders are a top driver of lost time. Ergocure catches the posture and repetition risk before it becomes a recordable statistic.
Processes used to identify work-related hazards and assess risks on a routine basis
How Ergocure.ai helps
Every assessment is a documented, repeatable hazard-identification cycle — a standing, auditable process instead of an annual scramble.
Health & safety training given to employees and workers
How Ergocure.ai helps
Automated posture guidance logs every coaching touchpoint, generating audit-ready training records without manual tracking.
Your jurisdiction. Your obligations.
India
How Ergocure.ai helps
Ergocure provides the time-stamped exposure log and the share of offices assessed that the Factories Act, OSH Code §6 and BRSR Principle 3 require — across every workstation, camera or camera-free.
EU / UK (applies to GCCs)
How Ergocure.ai helps
Ergocure runs the DSE and manual-handling assessment EU 90/270, 90/269 and UK DSE 1992 mandate, producing the Annex-I multi-factor record — with India data residency for the parent's due diligence.
Global / Sector
How Ergocure.ai helps
For CSDDD, SA8000 and ISO 11228, Ergocure is the continuous, auditable health-risk record that protects both the global parent and the vendor's buyer status.
Your industry. Your specific obligations.
GCCs & Multinationals
Face dual obligation: India OSH Code + home-country DSE law (EU/UK). 1,700+ GCCs, 1.5M+ desk workers.
IT / ITES
Screen-intensive, high absenteeism, WFH complications. BRSR disclosure mandatory for listed companies.
Manufacturing
OSH Code physical hazard requirements. Manual handling, repetitive tasks, whole-body posture. Factory Act compliance.
Healthcare
Patient handling is the highest-risk ergonomic activity. Staff burnout and MSD rates are highest in the sector.
One gap costs more than the whole programme.
OSH Code penalties
Inspections active. Non-compliance documented against the employer. MSD injury claims trigger both regulatory and civil liability.
BRSR disclosure gap
Missing OHS data in annual filings creates audit findings. Institutional investors increasingly flag ESG reporting gaps.
DSE liability
EU/UK-HQ companies that fail to extend DSE assessment to India staff face regulatory exposure in their home jurisdiction.
Ergocure generates audit-ready OHS data as a by-product of every assessment. Compliance is not a separate programme — it's built into the workflow.
Your compliance case, built in 48 hours.
Request a Pilot and we'll map your specific obligations — India + home-country — and show you exactly which assessments satisfy them.