Does the Factories Act Limit Supervisors' Work Hours to Ten Per Day? Let's Discuss

Kenneth Dias
Does the following section in the Factories Act mean that for the persons who hold positions of supervision or management, the total number of hours of work in any day shall not exceed ten:

Power to Make Exempting Rules

(4) In making rules under this section, the State Government shall not exceed, except in respect of exemption under clause (a) of sub-section (2), the following limits of work inclusive of overtime:

(i) The total number of hours of work in any day shall not exceed ten.

(ii) The spread over, inclusive of intervals for rest, shall not exceed twelve hours in any one day:

Provided that the State Government may, in respect of any or all of the categories of workers referred to in clause (d) of sub-section (2), make rules prescribing the circumstances in which, and the conditions subject to which, the restrictions imposed by clause (i) and clause (ii) shall not apply in order to enable a shift worker to work the whole or part of a subsequent shift in the absence of a worker who has failed to report for duty.
Madhu.T.K
This is not actually hours of work for supervisors or managers. This section prescribes making rules pertaining to:

(1) Declaring who holds confidential or supervisory positions.

(2) Rules relating to spread over and exemptions regarding the hours of work in respect of workers engaged in urgent repairs, etc.

The hours of work as stated have no relevance to supervisors' hours of work but are related to workers only.
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