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Centered on the responsibility of a Factory Manager,
Personnel/ HR Manager or self employed Entrepreneur.
Attention has not been made wherever the employer has
nothing to do with the provisions but has only to follow the directions of the
appropriate govt.
THE FACTORIES ACT,
1948
Act which makes it obligatory on the part of the employer to
provide for the health, safety and welfare of the workers employed.
Act extends to the whole of India.
Applies to every factory wherein 10 or more workers are or
were employed, if run with power and 20 or more workers are or were employed,
if run without power.
Application to factories with fewer workers u/s 85
PROVIDES for
Hours of work (adult) not to exceed 48 hours in a week or 9
hours in a day.
Relaxation:
Where an adult worker is engaged in urgent repairs.
