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The Factories Act, 1948 (Act No. 63 of 1948), as amended by the Factories (Amendment) Act, 1987 (Act 20 of 1987), served to assist in formulating national policies in India with respect to occupational safety and health in factories and docks in India. It deals with various problems concerning safety, health, efficiency and well-being of the ...
The Minimum Wages Act 1948 requires companies to pay the minimum wage set by the government alongside limiting working weeks to 40 hours (9 hours a day including an hour of break). Overtime is strongly discouraged with the premium on overtime being 100% of the total wage.
The Factories Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 55) was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee. It was passed with ...
In 2016, then-President Barack Obama asked the Labor Department to overhaul federal overtime rules and raise the salary threshold to $47,476 a year, or $913 a week. That would have roughly doubled ...
Under the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, which established overtime pay and the minimum wage, workers were eligible for overtime if their pay fell below a certain threshold.
[1] [2] The Act replaces 13 old central labour laws. The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on 22 September 2020, and the Rajya Sabha on 23 September 2020. [ 3 ] The bill received the presidential assent on 28 September 2020, but the date of coming into force is yet to be notified in the official gazette.
The Factories Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 34) consolidated the 1937 and 1959 acts. As of 2008, the Factories Act 1961 is substantially still in force, though workplace health and safety is principally governed by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) and regulations made under it.
In 1802, the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed what is now known as the English Factory Act. The act sought to regulate the workday of apprentices by restricting work hours to 12 per day. [6] In doing so, the English Factory Act served as a precursor to the models of international labour standards seen today.