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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APPENDIX I. 49H PAGES. 11. Government should examine the possibilities of making prepara. tions to deal with. unemployment when it arises,.and of taking action where it is now required, on the lines of the system devised to deal with famine in rural areas \ CHAPTER IV.—HoURs IN FACTORIES. 12. The weekly limit of hours for perennial factories should be re- duced to 54 and the daily limit to 10 as I. - i. 13. Factories working on continuous processes or supplying daily necessities may be allowed a 56 hour week, subject to an average week of 54 hours for the operative and to conformity with the provisions in res- pect of holidays .. +9 . 14. The statutory intervals should ordinarily amount to not less than an hour in the aggregate. Employers should be at liberty to distri- bute this hour in such periods as they think best after consultation with the operatives and subject to the sanction of the Chief Inspector of Factories .. .e wn 15. Spreadover (a) for individual adults: should not exceed 13 hours; (b) for men : this need not be limited to the calendar day and may be subject to exemptions in the interests of the workers and acceptable to them ; (¢) for women : no exemptions should be permissible and the rest period should include the hours between 10 Pum. and 5 A.M. ; and (d) for children: should not exceed 74 hours and the rest period should include the hours from 7 P.M. to 5-30 A.M. 2 . we ws 16. Local Governments should have the power to control over- lapping shifts - ow .. . sv = oe 17. Special and continuous attention should be given by the Government of Bengal and its officers to the evil arising out of the double employment of children .. - .. .e - 18. The maximum daily hours for childrex should be limited to 5 19. Employers should arrange to give children at least one rest interval “eo wi po _ 3% 5% 20. (a) Persons between the ages of 15 and 16 years should not be employed as adults without a medical certificate of physical fitness i. we oe we . oe i (b) Their employment should be prohibited when women cannot be employed = .. .e I or ve - 21. The minimum rate for overtime should be 1} times the normal rate where work exceeds §4 hours a week, and 1} times the normal rate for work in excess of 60 honrs a week 22. Exemptions (a) should be based on more uniform standards throughout India; . . (b) should be for specified periods with a maximum of three years ; {¢) should be reduced to the smallest. dimensions possible; and i. {d) should carry with them, wherever possible, some benefit, not werely monetary, to balance the deprivation involved a 56 26 44.5 51 53 54

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