Please guide me about working hours for adolescent ( below 18 years and 14 + ) worker as per factory act .
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Guidelines for Employing Child Workers under the Factory Act 1948
Whenever you ask any question, please clearly mention your name at least. As per the Factory Act 1948, the following guidelines are provided:
(1) No child shall be employed or permitted to work in any factory:
- (a) for more than four and a half hours in any day;
- (b) during the night.
Explanation: For the purpose of this sub-section, "night" shall mean a period of at least twelve consecutive hours which shall include the interval between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M.
(2) 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.
(3) The provisions of Section 52 shall apply also to child workers, and no exemption from the provisions of that section may be granted in response.
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1Whenever you ask any question, please clearly mention your name at least. As per the Factory Act 1948, the following guidelines are provided:
(1) No child shall be employed or permitted to work in any factory:
- (a) for more than four and a half hours in any day;
- (b) during the night.
Explanation: For the purpose of this sub-section, "night" shall mean a period of at least twelve consecutive hours which shall include the interval between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M.
(2) 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.
(3) The provisions of Section 52 shall apply also to child workers, and no exemption from the provisions of that section may be granted in response.
Regards
From India, Delhi
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