SAFETY MEASURES FOR EMPLOYEES UNDER FACTORIES ACT: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
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SAFETY MEASURES, FACTORIES ACT, EMPLOYEESAbstract
The Factories Act,1948, as amended by the Factories (Amendment) Act, 1987, serves to assist in formulating national policies in India with respect to occupational safety and health in factories and docks in India. It deals with various problems concerning safety, health, efficiency and well-being of the persons at work places. The Act is administered by the Ministry of Labour and Employment in India through its Directorate General Factory Advice Service & Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) and by the State Governments through their factory inspectorates. DGFASLI advices the Central and State Governments on administration of the Factories Act and coordinating the factory inspection services in the States. The Act extends to whole of India and is applicable on any factory whereon ten or more workers are working, or were working on any day of the preceding twelve months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on with the aid of power, or is ordinarily so carried on, or Whereon twenty or more workers are working, or were working on any day of the preceding twelve months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on without the aid of power, or is ordinarily so carried on,- But does not include a mine subject to the operation of the Mines Act, 1952, a mobile unit belonging to the armed forces of the Union, a railway running shed or a hotel, restaurant or eating place.
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