Section
51 – WEEKLY HOURS
Maximum 48 hours a week for an Adult Worker
Section
51 – WEEKLY HOLIDAYS
1.
No adult worker is allowed to
work on the first day (hereinafter referred as “said day” of the week, unless:
a.
He has or will have a whole day
holiday – 3 days immediately before or after the said day
b.
The manager of the factory
before the said day –
i.
delivered a notice at the
office of the Inspector
ii.
displayed a notice to that
effect in the factory
2.
Notices given under sub-section
(1) may be cancelled by a notice delivered at the office of the Inspector and a
notice displayed in the factory not later than the day before the said day or
the holiday to be cancelled, whichever is earlier.
Section
53 – COMPENSATORY HOLIDAY
a worker who is deprived of any of the
weekly holidays for which provision is made in sub-section (1) of section 52, shall be allowed, within the month
in which the holidays were due to him or within the two months immediately
following that month, compensatory holidays of equal number to the holidays so
lost.
Section
54 – DAILY HOURS
Maximum 9 Hours a day – Adult Worker
Section
55 – INTERVALS FOR REST
Rest of half an hour for each 5 hours
work
The Chief Inspector, may, by written order,
exempt any factory from the provision, so however that the total number of
hours worked by a worker without an interval does not exceed six.
Section
56 – SPREADOVER
Shall not spreadover more than ten and a
half hours in any day: Provided that the Chief Inspector may, for reasons to be
specified in in writing, increase the spreadover up to twelve hours
Section
57 – NIGHT SHIFTS
Section
58 - PROHIBITION OF OVERLAPPING SHIFTS
1.
Work shall not be carried on in
any factory by means of a system of shifts so arranged that more than one relay
of workers is engaged, in work of the same kind at the same time.
2.
The State Government or subject
to the control of the State Government, the Chief Inspector, may, by written
order and for the reasons specified therein, exempt on such conditions as may
be deemed expedient, any factory or class or description of factories or any
department or section of a factory or any category or description of workers
therein from the provisions of sub-section (1).
Section
59 – EXTRA WAGE FOR OVERTIME
Where a worker works in a factory more than
9 hours in a day or 48 hours in a week entitle for overtime - @ rate of
twice his ordinary (Basic + D.A.) rate of wages.
Section 60 – RESTRICTION ON DOUBLE
EMPLOYMENT
Not allowed to work in any factory an any
day on which he has already been working in any other factory
Section
61 – NOTICE OF PERIODS OF WORK FOR ADULT
Section
62 – REGISTER OF ADULT WORK
1.
The manager of every factory
shall maintain a register of adult workers, to be available to the Inspector at
all times during working hours, or when any work is being carried on in the
factory, showing
a.
The name of each adult
worker in the factory;
b.
The nature of his work;
c.
The group, if any, in which he is included;
d.
Where his group works on
shifts, the relay to which he is allotted; and
e.
Such other particulars
as may be prescribed
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66 – FURTHER RESTRICTION ON EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN
1.
No woman is allowed to work
except between the hours 6.00 AM – 7.00 PM
2.
No exemption in daily hours
3.
No change of shifts except
after a weekly holiday
(Provided that the State Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, in respect of any factory or group or
class or description of factories, vary the limits, but no such variation shall
authorize the employment of any woman between the hours of 10 P.M. and 5
A.M.)
Section
67 – PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN
Child below 14 Years is not allowed to work in a factory
Section
68 – NON-ADULT WORKER TO CARRY TOKENS
1.
Adolescent should carry a certificate of fitness
2.
He should carry the token at
his work , which is given in reference to above said certificate
Section 69 – CERTIFICATES OF FITNESS
1.
Given by a Certifying
Surgeon on the application of any young person or
his parents or guardian accompanied by a document signed by the manager of a
factory
2.
Shall be valid only for
a period of twelve months from the date of issuance
Section
71 – WORKING HOURS FOR CHILDREN
No child is permitted to work in any
factory for more than 4 and a half hour in a day or during the night
(10.00 PM – 6.00 AM)
No female child is allowed to work in any
factory except between 8.00 AM – 7.00 PM
The period of work of all children employed
in a factory shall be limited to two shifts which shall not
overlap or spread over more than five hours each; and each child shall
be employed in only one of the relays which shall not, except with
the previous permission in writing of the Chief Inspector, be changed more
frequently than once in a period of thirty days.
Section
79 – ANNUAL LEAVES WITH WAGES
Every worker who has worked for a period of
240 days or more in a factory during a calendar year shall be allowed during
the subsequent calendar year leave with wages for a no. of days calculated @
rate of –
1.
Adult – 1 day for every 20 days
2.
Child – 1 day for every 15 days
3.
Female – maternity leave, not
exceeding 12 weeks
(The leave admissible under this
sub-section shall be exclusive of all holidays whether occurring during or at
either end of the period of leave.)
Section
80 – WAGES DURING LEAVE PERIOD
Entitled to wages @ equal to daily average
of his total full time earnings for the days on which he actually worked during
the month immediately preceding his leave