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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 
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