Tata Steel Core Competency
The Factories Act, 1948,Section 51 to 60:
51.Weekly hours: * No employee will work more than 48 hoours in a week.
52.Weekly Holidays: * NO worker will work on the first day of the week. * Incase he is made to work the he should get a holiday 3 days immediately before or after the first day for which the responsible manager has to send a notice to the inspector for approval which must be displayed in the factory notice board.
53.Compensatory holidays: * In case an employee is deprived of his holiday he will be given compensatory holidays within that month or within two months immediately after that month.
54.Daily Hours: * No employee will work more than 9 hours in a day. * It can be exceeded to facilitate change of shifts with prior approval of chief inspector. * In case of overtime he has to be paid double the wages of normal working hours.
55.Intervals for rest: * No worker will work more than 5 hours without an interval of atleast half an hour. * In cases where the total no of working hours is six, it can be exempted with prior permission of the chief inspector in written.
56.Spreadover:
* The period of work will be so arranged that it is not more than ten and a half hours in any day including the interval period for rest.
57.Night shifts: * A worker working for a night shift will have to be given consecutive 24 hours as holiday which would be counted rom the end of his shift. * The hours after midnight would be counted as previous day in such cases.
58.Prohibition of overlapping shifts: * An employee cannot be employed for more than one shift at the same time.
59. Extra wages for overtime: * If a person works more than 9 hours , the extra hours would be paid on the basis of double the normal wage. * “Ordinary rate of wages” means his basic pay plus allowances and other cash equivalent advantages for which he is entitled except bonus or extra time wage . * In case any worker
51.Weekly hours: * No employee will work more than 48 hoours in a week.
52.Weekly Holidays: * NO worker will work on the first day of the week. * Incase he is made to work the he should get a holiday 3 days immediately before or after the first day for which the responsible manager has to send a notice to the inspector for approval which must be displayed in the factory notice board.
53.Compensatory holidays: * In case an employee is deprived of his holiday he will be given compensatory holidays within that month or within two months immediately after that month.
54.Daily Hours: * No employee will work more than 9 hours in a day. * It can be exceeded to facilitate change of shifts with prior approval of chief inspector. * In case of overtime he has to be paid double the wages of normal working hours.
55.Intervals for rest: * No worker will work more than 5 hours without an interval of atleast half an hour. * In cases where the total no of working hours is six, it can be exempted with prior permission of the chief inspector in written.
56.Spreadover:
* The period of work will be so arranged that it is not more than ten and a half hours in any day including the interval period for rest.
57.Night shifts: * A worker working for a night shift will have to be given consecutive 24 hours as holiday which would be counted rom the end of his shift. * The hours after midnight would be counted as previous day in such cases.
58.Prohibition of overlapping shifts: * An employee cannot be employed for more than one shift at the same time.
59. Extra wages for overtime: * If a person works more than 9 hours , the extra hours would be paid on the basis of double the normal wage. * “Ordinary rate of wages” means his basic pay plus allowances and other cash equivalent advantages for which he is entitled except bonus or extra time wage . * In case any worker