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 VII. - Unregulated factories

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104 CHAPTBR VII. The same may be said of the restriction of such legislation, with certain exceptions, to places employing fifty persons and upwards, and, as far asadults of both sexes are concerned, to the regulation of sanitary conditions only. Indeed so great is the necessity of raising the standard of protection for all workers employed in places of this kind bo the level afforded by the Factories Act to their fellow workers in the larger power-driven establishments, that we would put a time limit of five years on the operation of the first Act. By the end of that period both employers and workers should not only have accustomed themselves to statutory regulation but have made the necessary adjustments. The second stage should accordingly prove easier than the first. We therefore urge that, when the Act recommended shall have been in operation for five years, Government be prepared to make such further advances as experience will have shewn to be possible.. Registration of Factories. Hitherto establishments coming under the Factories Act have been required to register themselves with the factory inspection depart- ments of their particular province. We would extend this requirement to those smaller places for which the extension of certain clauses of that Act has been advocated. Furthermore, we would make the same requirement in respect of those other establishments for which we have suggested a simpler form of regulation under a separate Act. We are aware that, for many years to come, compliance with this requirement will be imperfect in respect of both classes of establishment, owing to the extent of illiter- acy, the prejudices of persons who have never previously been called upon to register and who may feel that such registration will be used for a number of unspecified purposes, and the desire of many to evade compli- ance. Nevertheless it is imperative that the onus of compliance with the law should rest on the individuals concerned and that from the beginning the duty of acquainting the Government with their whereabouts, and thereby obtaining the abstract of the particular Act they will be required bo post, should lie with them. Aft the same time it will be evident that here, as in other countries where such regulation operates, the depart- ment in charge of the administration will have to concern itself with the oradual perfecting of these lists as a result of routine visits of inspection. Extent of Inspection. In referring to such visits it should not be presumed that we visualise the necessity for the immediate creation of a large additional staff of factory inspectors. In making these proposals we have kept in view the desirability of reducing to a minimum the requirements in this direction. In the case of the smaller factory employing power, all that should be required is an occasional visit to ensure that the machinery employed is not a source of danger and that a reasonable standard of sanitation is maintained. The great majority of these factories are situated in towns, and inspection will require no ela- borate technical qualifications. As there would be no question of evad- ing reculations in respect of hours of employment. ete.. there will be no

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