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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am APPENDIX 1. CHAPTER VI.—SEASONAL FACTORIES. 53. The law should establish’ standards for seasonal factories not necessarily identical with those for perennial factories, but enforced with aqual vigour .. we . .. : $9 os 54. The law should be framed with regard to the requirements of seasonal factories and exemptions to meet press of work limited to ex- ceptional cases. . xe 55. The present limits of maximum hours, 11 per day and 60 per week, may remain for seasonal factories but the exigencies of seasonal industries do not justify any extension of those hours for the individual.. 56. The power of exemption should be strictly limited— (a) Restriction of hours need not extend to persons employed in positions of supervision or management or in confidential capacities. (b) Limited exemptions may be given to those employed on pre- paratory or complementary work. (¢) Exemptions in certain classes may be given in regard to in- tervals, but not the weekly holiday .. oe 57. The Act should include specified classes of factories within the definition of © seasonal’, local Governments having the power to add or subtract from © seasonal’ list subject to their being satisfied that the factory is orisnot, asthe case may be, normally open on more than half the days in the year se . 58. The © seasonal ’ list should include in all provinces cotton-ginning factories, lac factories, indigo factories, coffee factories, rubber fac- tories, jute presses and, in North India, tea factories. Other groups may be included with reference to particular provinces . 50. Where overworking of women is prevalent, local Governments should have power to prohibit in any particular group or class of factory the employment of women outside such hours, not less than 11 in the aggregate, as they may specify .. ou a 60. Before plans submitted under Section 9 (1) of the Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act are approved, the prescribed authority should be satisfied that adequate ventilation will be secured + ® .e 61. Section 10 of the Factories Act should be used more liberally in respect of existing factories in bad cases where improvement cannot be sffected by increased window or roof ventilation .. ,o 'n 62. Owners of existing tea factories should be required to instal officient dust-extracting machinery within a specified period and new factories should not be allowed to be built without it . 63. In new rice mills steps should be taken to compel the installation of necessary protective machinery against the dissemination of dust, and treer use should be made of the power of inspectors to demand its installa- tion in existing mills .. i ah wi .. pp 64. Where women are employed in any process creating an impure atmosphere, the owner should be required to set up some temporary shel- ter in the compound for their infants ou . hy ve 65. Simple literature in regard to safety might be distributed by factory departments '2 . - 5 +s ve 66. Local Governments should have power, for any or all classes of factories, to prescribe standards of height for children, employment of those under standard being made illegal .. - . 67. Inspectors should have power in all factories under the Fac- bories Act to exclude any uncertified person whom they believe to be under 15 years pending examination and certification . .e 2 o Pagrs, 70 {0 1 82 a Pe 82.3 83 RB: 85 85 RE Re 8 nN

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