Source: Cllra Newsletter
In order to address the extraordinary work strain in the industry, the Punjab Government has issued a notification dated September 20, 2023, which supersedes an earlier ruling and grants temporary exemptions to all factories from certain sections of the Factories Act, 1948. These exemptions, however, are subject to certain limitations, mentioned in the notification, such as the total working hours should not exceed 12 hours in a day and 60 hours in a week, the spread over time should not be more than 13 hours in any day, no worker should be allowed to work overtime for more than 7 days at a stretch.
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Labour Department officers are required to inspect the overtime logbooks that factories are required to keep. The overtime facility will be removed in the event that these terms or other Act and Rule requirements are broken. Factories are also required to pay minimum wages for overtime as per the Factories Act, 1948, and wages fixed for overtime under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, and Punjab Minimum Wages Rules, 1950.
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