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Section of the Act empowering exemption

Class of factory

Nature of exempted work

Extent of exemption

Condition of exemption

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(a) 64 (2)(a) and 64 (3)

All factories

Urgent repairs

Sections 51, 52, 54, 55, 56 & 56

(i) No worker shall be employed on such repairs for more than 15 hours on any working day, 39 hours during any three consecutive days or 60 hours during each period of seven consecutive days, commencing from his first employment on such repairs.

(ii) Interval of at least half an hour for food and rest shall be given after a period of work not exceeding six hours on each working day to all workers employed on such works.

(iii) Within 24 hours of commencement of the work, notice shall be sent to the inspector describing to nature of the urgent repairs and the period probably required for their completion and a copy of the notice shall be affixed on a conspicuous place near the main entrance to the factory before the workers are put on urgent repairs.

(vi) Exemption from the provisions of section 54 shall apply only in the case of adult male workers.

(v) Shall send weekly, during the continuance of the work of urgent repairs statement giving the names of all persons who have worked for more than 9 hours in any one day or more than 48 hours of the preceeding week in a factory, such statement shall also show total number of hours worked each day of the week.

(vi) If the Inspector is of the opinion that any work being carried on or likely to be carried on in a factor as “Urgent Repairs” is manager and order to that effect and the manager shall in respect of such work not allow any worker to work in contravention of the provision of Sections 51, 52, 54, 55 and 56 and shall comply with section 61.

(b) 64 (2)(b) and 64(3)

All Factories

1. Work in mechanic shop, the smithy or in connection with foundry mill gearing the electric driving or lighting apparatus, the mechanical or electrical lifts of.

Sections 51, 54, 55 & 61

(i) No worker shall be employed and for more than 54 hours in any one week. The total number of hours of overtime work shall not exceed 50 for any one quarter.

2. The steam or water pipes or pump of a factory or work on extrusion machines

(ii) No worker shall be employed for more than 10 hours on any one day.

3. Work of examining for repairing any machinery or other parts of the plant which is necessary for carrying on the work in a factory.

(iii) Interval of at least half an hour for a rest shall be given on each working to all workers employed in such work.

4. Work in Boiler houses and engine rooms such as lighting fires in order to raise steam or generate gas preparatory to the commencement of regular work in the factory or work on extrusion machines.

(vi) The spread over including interval for rest shall not exceed 12 hours on any one day.

(b) 64 (2)(c)  and 64(3)

All Factories

Work performed by drivers on lighting, ventilating and humidifying apparatus, work performed by fire pumpmen. Work of person engaged in factories where such work is intermittent and mainly outside the factory premises.

Sections 51, 54, 55 & 61

As at (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv) against entry (b)

(d) 64 (2) & 64 (3)

Electric supply undertaking generating electricity

Work performed by workers on operation of boiler, prime movers, auxiliaries and switch gear.

Sections 51, 54, 55 & 61

(i) The total number of hours of over time work of any workers shall not exceed 50 for any one quarter.

(ii) No worker shall be employed for more than 14 consecutive days without rest period of at least 24 consecutive hours. Holidays so lost shall be fixed in accordance with Section 53 of the Act.

(iii) No worker, shall be allowed to work or for more than 10 hours on any one day or for more than 56 hours in one week.

(iv) in the absence of a worker who has failed to report for duty a shift worker shall be allowed to work the whole or part of a subsequent Shift provided that :-

(a) the next shift or shift worker shall not commence before a period of 8 hours had elapsed.

(b) Within 24 hours of the commencement of the subsequent shift notice shall be sent the Inspector describing the circumstances under which the worker is required to work in the subsequent shift.

(v) Interval of at least half an hour for rest shall be given on each working day to all workers employed in such work.

(vi) The exemption shall be restricted to only male adult workers.

Electric transforming station

Work performed by workers on operation of transforming plant, switches and synchronous condensers.

Sections 51, 54, 55 & 61

Water works, Sewage Disposal works and water supply pumping stations.

Works performed by workers on operation of generations and pumping plant.

Sections 51, 54, 55 & 61

Vegetable Oil hydrogenation factories.

The work, viz. refining bleaching filtering, generation of hydrogen hydrogenating and decade rising processes, compression of oxygen, Cylinder filling and work in electrical power plant.

Chemical factories

All continuous process

Sections 51, 54, 55 & 61

Ice Factories

Work of the engine and compressor drivers and assistants and boiler operators

Section 51, 52, 54, 55 & 61

Oil Mills

Work in connection with pressing of oil, oil refining soap making and the work in power houses.

Section 51, 52, 54, 55 & 61

As at (i) to (vi) above against this entry.

Potteries

Work of firemen employed in pottery kilns.

Section 51, 52, 54, 55 & 61

Production and compression of oxygen and Acetyelene Gas

Work on attending to generators and compressors.

Section 51, 52, 54, 55 & 61

Carbonic Acid gas factories

Work on the production of Carbonic Acid Gas.

Section 51, 52, 54, 55 & 61

Such workers shall be allowed to take light refreshment or meals at the place of their employment in room specially, reserved for the purpose or in a canteen provided in the factory, once during any period exceeding four hours.

Iron and Steels smelting and rolling factories and similar plants attached to any other factory

Operation of blast furnaces, steel melting furnaces rolling mills.

Section 51 (1)

Glass Factories iron and steel Foundries including such plants attached to other factories.

All work on attending to furnaces. Operation of cupola or steel melting furnaces including other work connected therewith and incidental thereto.

Section 52, 55

As at (ii) and (iv) above against this entry such workers shall be allowed to take light refreshment or meals at the place of their employment in a  room specially, reserved for the purpose or in a canteen provided in the factory, once during any period exceeding four hours.

Paper factories

Work on choopers, digesters, kneaders, strainders washers, beaters, paper making machine, pumping, plants, reclars, cutters and power plants.

Section 52, 54 and 55

As at (ii) above against this entry and (ii), (iii) against entry (b).

Rubber Factories or department doing Mfg. of Rubber.

All work on curing process.

Section 55

As at (iii) against entry (b).

Dyeing and bleaching Factories or Departments. Cloth Printing or departments

Work performed by kiermen.

Section 51, 52, 54, 55 & 61

As at (i) to (iv) against entry (d).

Of factories and bleaching finishing mercerizing and dyeing department of factories.

All work.

Section 51, 52, 54, 55 & 61

Factories or Departments of factories charging electric accumulators.

Operation in connection with electric accumulators.

Section 51, 52, 54, 55 & 61

Flour Mills Tenneries, Hides & skin Factories

All continuous process work. Salting and sun drying of hides and skins, skin curing and dry salting of skins.

Section 55, Section 51, 52, 54, 55, 56 & 61

As at (iii) against entry (b)

(i) No worker shall be employed for more than 14 consecutive days without holiday of 24 consecutive hours.

(ii) The total number of hours of over time work shall not exceed 50 in any one quarter.

(iii) All workers working in excess of 48 hours per week in a factory shall be paid in respect of such additional hours at the rate of twice the ordinary rate in accordance with the provisions of section 59 of the Act.

(iv) Every worker shall be given a compensatory holiday in accordance with section 53 of the Act.

(v) Interval of at least half an hour food and rest shall be given to all the workers employed on such works.

(e) 64 (2) (c) & 64 (3)

Dairies

All work

Section 52

(vi) The work of such workers on Sunday shall not exceed 4 hours.

(f) 64 (2) (h) & 64 (3)

Engine room & boiler houses

Workers employed on operation of engines and boilers.

Section 52

As at(ii) against entry (d)

(g) 64 (2) (i) & 64 (3)

All Newspaper

Teleprinter Service

Section 51, 52, 54, 55, 56 & 61

As at (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) against entry at (b).

(h) 64 (2) (j)

All factories

Loading, unloading of Railway wagons, lorries of Trucks.

Section 51, 54 & 61

As at (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) against the entry at item (d) 64 (2) (d) and 64 (3)

(i) No worker shall be allowed to work for more than 60 hours in one week.

(ii) The spread over inclusive of Interval for rest shall not exceed 12 hours in any one day.