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Qasim Hasan ZaidiSaad WaheedSaqib Shaikh

Topic Of PresentationFactories Act 1934

Factories Act 1934

Sub TopicsObjectives of the Factories ActDefinitionsInspecting StaffHealth ProvisionsSafety ProvisionsWelfare Provisions Safety of Machinery

Factories Act 1934Sub TopicsSafety of BuildingWorking of HoursOvertime WorkingHolidaysChild WorksWomen WorkersPenalties

Factories Act 1934 Objectives of the Factories Act

To consolidate and amend the laws relating to labourers in factoriesTo protect the labourers against industrial and occupational hazardsTo ensure healthy and sanitary condition in factoriesFactories Act 1934Definitions

Adolescent: A person who has completed his fifteen years of age but has not completed his seventeen.

Factory: A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine. Factories Act 1934Definitions

Manufacturing Process: Manufacturing processes are the steps through which raw materials are transformed into a final product.

Occupier: A person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the factory.Factories Act 1934Health ProvisionsThe factories Act has imposed a duty of the owner of a factory to maintain good working conditions in order to protect the health of the worker

CleanlinessDisposal of Waste And EffluentsVentilation and TemperatureDust and FumesOvercrowdingLighting

Factories Act 1934Safety ProvisionsThe factories Act has made exhaustive provisions for the safety of workers.

Precaution Against Fire Fencing of machinery Machinery in MotionEmployment Of Young Persons on Dangerous MachinesCutting Off Power PromptlySelf Acting Machinery Cotton Opener Working Protection Of Eye

Overtime WorkingAn adult worker is entitled in respect of the overtime worker by him to pay at the of twice his ordinary rate of pay .HolidaysBesides weekly holidays on every Sunday each worker is entitled to get leave for 14 consecutive days .Holidays and leave with pay : a) Weekly holidays b) Compensatory holidays c) Annual holidays d) Festival holidays Child WorkersWhere children are employed in a factory the manager of that factory shall maintain a register of child workers showing the name , age , of each child , nature of his work , group in which he is included , and the number of his certificate of fitness.Women WorkersPenalties