Additional Provisions Regulating Employment of Women In a Factory
The gender equality allows women workers to work in factories with men. Considering this the central and state government has made additional provisions regulating the employment of women in a factory. Thus, the additional provisions are under different sections of factories act, 1948.
The restrictions on employment of women –
- Under the section 54, no exemption shall be made on the female workers, relating to the daily working hours.
- There is a strict restriction on the women workers’ employment except between the hours of 6:00 am to 7:00 pm. As no women are allowed to be employed between the hours of 10:00 pm to 5:00 am.
- No changes in the shifts allow the factory act, except the after the weekly holiday or any other holiday.
- The section 66 doesn’t allow any female worker to work during late night hours.
- The mining act, 1952 prohibits the women employed in any part which is below the ground level.
- The factory act also bounds the employer to provide the female workers 30 or more in number with crèches for their children, aged from 6 years to below.
- There should e a fixed rest period called rest interval for the women workers.
- Also, women workers shall be provided with the bathing and cleaning facilities to maintain health and hygiene at work.
- There must be proper restrooms for female working staff in a factory.
- It allows women too, to take off when in need and also get the fixed maternity leave along with the weekly and festival holidays.
- The maternity leaves are made paid also other leaves are paid for women working in the factories.
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