Working Hours in Workshops

  

Working Hours - Workshops 

• Sources: 1. Chapter 3 of Rolling Stock Code (Paras 301 to 304) 

               2. The Factories Act, 1948 ( Sections 51 to 56 of Chapter 6)   

 

• Weekly - Should not exceed 48 hours 

• Normally 8 ½ hours per day  on week days (5 days) and 5 ½ hours on Saturday and Sunday being the Rest.  

                            Normal Working Hours - Per Week  

Week days  (5 days)	Saturday  (1 day)	Sunday   (1 day)	Total Working hours
8 ½ hours per day  Total= 42 ½ hours	5 ½ hours	Rest	42 ½ hours + 5 ½ hours = 48 hours

• Any departure from an 8 hour per day (6 days - 48 hours) involving payment of wages - Requires the specific sanction of the Railway Board. 

 

Period	Not to exceed
Per Day	9 Hours
Per Day - With Intervals @ ½ Hour  (Spread over)	10 ½ Hours
Per Week	48 Hours
Without Interval (½ hour) in a Day	5 Hours

 

• Weekly holiday - Sunday.  

• If Sunday is a working day, workers should have a holiday for a whole day  on one of the 3 days immediately before or after the Sunday.   

 

Exemption from the Above Conditions:  

•  On some occasions, certain staff can be exempted. 

 

• In the opinion of “The Occupier of the Factory”  (The GM can appoint CWM or any other Officer as “The Occupier of the Factory” in order to fulfill the relevant provisions of “The Factories Act, 1948” 

 

• Sanction of the concerned State Government should be obtained through the GM. 

 

• Section 64 of the Factories Act, 1948 

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