Unit 10 of Labour Law and Industrial Relations – I (syllabus: Module 10 — Factories Act 1948, ss. 51–106A; OSH Code Ch. VII–XI). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- What are the limits on an adult worker's day and week?
- How far may the hour limits be relaxed under s. 64 and s. 65?
- May a woman be required to work at night in a factory?
- Who counts as a child, and what may a child or adolescent be made to do?
- When does a worker earn annual leave with wages, and how much?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Factories Act 1948, s. 54
- Factories Act 1948, s. 64(4)
- Factories Act 1948, s. 66(1)(b)
- Factories Act 1948, s. 67
- Factories Act 1948, s. 79(1)
Leading cases
- Factories Act 1948
- Vasantha R. v Union of India