The amendment brought in by the Tamil Nadu government has proposed to insert a new Section 65A in the Factories Act, 1948, to enable factories to have flexible working hours.
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“Notwithstanding anything contained in section 64 or section 65, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette exempt, subject to such conditions and restrictions, if any, and for such period or periods as may be specified in the notification, any factory or group or class or description of factories, from any or all of the provisions of sections 51, 52, 54, 55, 56 or 59 of this Act or the rules made thereunder,” it has said.
Sections 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 59 of the Act deal with weekly hours, prohibition, inspection, working hours, spreadover hours, and overtime.
The amendment does not mention specific changes, which are expected to be notified separately.
But in essence, it proposes to extend daily shifts of factory workers to 12 hours — from the existing eight — in case they opt for a four-day work week.
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