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The Odisha government has temporarily changed the daily shift from eight hours to 12 hours, adjusting the Factories Act of 1948, amid opposition from labor organizations.
The state government modified the existing eight-hour shift considering the representations of certain industries and industry associations.
“In the exercise of the power conferred by Sections 5 and 65 of the Factories Act of 1948, the Government of Odisha hereby orders that all factories registered under said Act shall be exempt from the provisions relating to weekly hours, daily and the rest interval of adults. workers under Sections 51, 54, 55 and 56 for a period of three months and a 12-hour shift is allowed in the period, “says a government notification.
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“No adult worker will be allowed or required to work in a factory for more than 12 hours in a day and 72 hours in any week,” he says.
According to the notification, the working periods of adult workers in a factory each day will be so fixed that no period will exceed six hours and that no worker will work more than six hours before they have had a rest interval of at least half an hour. . The total extension will not exceed 13 hours, he adds.
Similarly, no female worker will be allowed or required to work in a factory between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless the government specifically allows it in this regard.
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Four additional hours of overtime per day must be paid as prescribed in Section 59 of the Factories Act, subject to an overtime limit of 24 hours per week.
“Dangerous trend”
Calling the adjustment in the Law a dangerous trend, Janardan Pati, president of the Center for Trade Unions (CITU), said: “The change in working hours goes against our Constitution. At a time when workers have been hit hardest by the closure, having them work for an additional four hours a day defies logic. “
“Working 72 hours a week will have an adverse impact on the health of workers,” said Mr. Pati.
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