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Working Hours of Adults

The definition of an adult is someone who has completed his/her eighteen years of age. The adult workers in a factory have fixed working hours of adults under the factory act, 1948. Thus there are certain rules and policies made for the well-being of the working employees in a factory. As per the factory act, section 51 no worker is allowed to work for more than forty-eight hours in a week.

 

The weekly holidays:

As, per section 52 of the factory act, no worker is required to work on the very first day of the week. Except if s/he-

• Has immediate holiday for the whole day, after the said day
• A substitute holiday will be provided to the working employees if the factory occupier has served them a prior-notice for work on the weekly holiday

The compensatory holidays:

This comes under the section 53 of the factory act. If the worker is exempted for the substitute holiday as stated under the section 52. Hence, s/he will be allowed to have compensatory holidays of equal number to the lost holidays. Although this shall be done within the two months.

The daily working hours:

As per the section 51 of the factory act, no worker is required to work more than nine hours in any day in a factory.

The rest intervals:

There must be fixed rest period for every working employee in a factory. In the section 55 of the factory act, no worker is required to work for more than five hour straight. There has to be a halt of at least half-an-hour for rest.

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