employees come to know their rights and duties in this factories act how a factories must be maintained and what benifits shoud be given to employees by an employer are given in this act

1. THE FACTORIES ACT 1948

2.  To Secure
 Health , Safety , Welfare,
 Proper Working Hours ,and
 Other Benefits To Workers
It provides that precautions should be taken for
 Safety of workers and Prevention of Accidents.

3.  Factory means
 Any premises, including the precincts
 In any part of which manufacturing process is
carried on
 With or without the aid of power,
 Provide that at least 10 to 20 persons
espectively are employed or were employed
 On any day of the preceding 12 months.

4.  Adult (complet 18 yr)
 Adolescent(15 but not
18)
 Calender year
 Child (not complet 15)
 Day
 Week
 Power
 Machinery
 Manufacturing Process
 Worker
 Occupier
 Prescribed (rule made
by the state gov.)
 Shift

5.  Section 6- This provision authorises the State
Governments to frame rules regarding
approval, licensing and registration of factories
in order that compliance with the provisions
relating to health safety and welfare can be
ensured

6.  Section 7(1)- The occupier shall i.e. is required
to, at least fifteen days’ before he begins to
occupy or use any premises as factory, send to
the Chief Inspector a written notice containing
a) Name and situation of the factory
b) Name and address of the occupier
bb) Name, address of the owner of the premises
c) Address of communication

7.  INSPECTORS (SECTION.8)
 POWERS OF INSPECTORS(SECTION .9)
 CERTIFYING SURGEONS(SECTION.10)

8.  Cleanliness(sec.11)
 Disposal of wastes and effluents(sec12)
 Ventilation and temperature(sec.13)
 Dust and fume(sec.14)
 Lighting(sec.17)
 Drinking water(sec.18)
 Spittoons (sec.20)

9.  Section 21- Fencing of machinery
 Section 22- Work on or near machinery in
motion
 Section 23- Employment of young persons on
dangerous machines
 Section 24- Striking gear and devices for
cutting off power
 Section 26- Casing of new machinery
 Section 27- Prohibition of employment of
women and children near cotton openers

10.  Section 28- Hoists and lifts Section
 Section 32- Floors, stairs and means of access
 Section 33- Pits, sump openings in floors etc.
 Section 34- Excessive weights
 Section 35- Protection of eyes
 Section 36- Precautions against dangerous
fumes, gases etc.
 Section 40- Safety of buildings and machinery
 Section 40A- Maintenance of buildings

11.  Section 41A- Constitution of Site Appraisal
Committees
 Section 41B- Compulsory disclosure of
information by the occupier
 Section 41C- Specific responsibility of the
occupier in relation to hazardous processes
 Section 41D- Power of Central Government to
appoint Inquiry Committee
 Section 41E- Emergency standards

12.  Section 42- Washing facilities
 Section 43- Facilities for storing and drying
clothes
 Section 44- Facilities for sitting
 Section 45- First-aid appliances
 Section 46- Canteens
 Section 47- Shelters, rest rooms and lunch
rooms
 Section 48- Creches
 Section 49- Welfare Officers

13.  Section 51- Weekly hours ( more than 48 hr)
 Section 52- Weekly holidays
 Section 53- Compensatory holidays
 Section 54- Daily hours
 Section 55- Intervals for rest
 Section 56- Spreadover
 Section 57- Night shifts
 Section 58- Prohibition of overlapping shifts
 Section 59- Extra wages for overtime

14.  Section 67- Prohibition of employment of
young children
 Section 68- Non-adult workers to carry tokens
 Section 69- Certificate of fitness
 Section 70- Effect of Certificate of fitness
granted to adolescent
 Section 71- Working hours for children

15.  Section 78- Application of Chapter
 Section 79- Annual leave with wages (more
than 240 days)
 Section 80- Wages during leave period
 Section 81- Payment in advance in certain cases
 Section 82- Mode of recovery of unpaid wages
- Under the provisions of Payment of Wages
Act,
1936
 Section 83- Power to make rules

16.  SPECIAL PROVISIONS
 PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE