The Labour and Employment Department of Gujarat vide its notification dated 17th April 2020 has directed that the factories in Gujarat registered under the Factories Act, 1948 shall be exempted from various provisions relating to weekly hours, daily hours, intervals for rest etc. of adult workers from 20th April till 9th July 2020.
Further, the adult worker shall not be allowed or required to work in a factory for more than 12 hours in any day and 72 hours in any week and Female workers shall not be allowed or required to work in a factory between 7:00 PM to 5:00 AM. No worker shall work for more than six hours before he has had an interval for rest of at rest half an hour.
The wages shall be paid in proportion of the existing wages. (e.g, if wages for eight hours are 80 Rupees, then proportionate wages for twelve hours will be 120 Rupees).
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