Employment of Young Persons and Children
The factory act, 1948 has many rules in the favor of both the working employees and the factory occupier. So, there are many provisions in relation to the employment of young persons and children.
Prohibition of Employment of the young children:
Under this provision, a child who hasn’t completed fourteen years of his age is prohibited from working in any factory. It’s not allowed under any circumstances, whatsoever the reason is. This absolute prohibition makes it the duty of the employer to ascertain the age of the children whom he’s hiring. The employer cannot and shouldn’t depend on the state of the applicant.
The token of work:
Even if the applicant is a child who has completed his fourteenth year or is an adolescent, still he’s not allowed to work in the factory unless he shows the fitness certificate by a certified physician. The manager has to keep the certificate under his custody. The young person has to carry the token in reference to such a certificate.
The adolescents getting the fitness certificate:
After an adolescent has been granted the certificate of fitness, s/he would be considered an adult in the factory premises. Thus, all the provisions of factory act, 1948 in relation to adult employees would apply to him/her. Although no female under the age of seventeen years is allowed to work in a factory. As no fitness certificate will be granted to her.
The working hours for children:
No child is allowed to work more than four and a half hours a day. Also, they aren’t allowed to work during the night. It also includes children to work for one factory a day and not allowed to work more than the fixed time limit.
For certification in Labour Law Analyst visit –