Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

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Identifikator:: 1850495947

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-233603

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: His Majesty's Stationery Off.

Year of publication:: 1931

Scope:: xviii, 580 S.; graph. Darst., Kt.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VI. - Seasonal factories

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9 CHAPTER VIL which pooling gives rise, as for other evils, the proper remedy is the pro- Asion of an adequate inspecting staff. Suitable Exemptions. The extra latitude recommended for seasonal factories in the matter of hours should be regarded as meeting the special require- ments of these factories, and the power of exemption should be severely limited in the case of factories which enjoy this latitude. Asin perennial factories, the restriction on hours of work need not be applied bo persons in positions of supervision or management or to those employed in a confidential capacity. The power should also remain of giving limited exemptions to persons whose work is of a preparatory or com- plementary character. It may also be desirable, in certain classes of sea- sonal factories, to grant exemptions from the provision relating to inter- vals. There is no need for exemption from the provisions of the weekly holiday. These provisions do not prevent any factory from working 7 Jays of the week, provided that no individual works for more than 6 days. Our proposals for seasonal factories thus involve practically nothing more than the enforcement of the spirit and letter of the existing law ; but it is an essential part of our recommendations that the provisions suggested should be strictly enforced. The inadequate protection hitherto given to workers in seasonal factories is due, not so much to any defect in the Factories Act, as to imperfect and inadequate provision for the inspection of these factories. We return to this crucial question later. Demareation. If certain factories are to be granted special latitude in the matter of hours, the question of their definition and demarcation requires attention. The latitude which we have suggested is justified only in the case of factories which do not ordinarily work their opera- tives for more than half the days of the year. In most seasonal factories, however, the season naturally varies with the extent of the crop and other factors, and few owners of seasonal factories could declare beforehand how many days’ work would be necessary. We recommend, therefore, that the Act should include within the definition of a seasonal factory certain specified classes of factory. In addition, the provincial Government should have power to declare that any factory falling within these classes should be treated in future as a perennial factory, and that any factory not so included should be treated as seasonal. This power should be subject to the provincial Government being satis- fied that the factory is or is not, as the case may be, normally open on more than half the days of the year. In the classes to be specifically treated as seasonal, we would definitely include in all provinces cotton- ginning factories, lac factories, indigo factories, coffee factories, rubber Factories and jute presses. We would also include tea factories in all provinces of North India. This list is not intended to be exhaustive and it should be enlarged by the inclusion, with reference to the

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