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  2. Factories Act, 1948 (India) - Wikipedia

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    Enacted. 23 September 1948. (1948-09-23) 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 ...

  3. Indian labour law - Wikipedia

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    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 Payment of Wages Act 1936 mandates the payment of wages on time on ...

  4. Factories Act 1948 - Wikipedia

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    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 the intention of safeguarding the health of workers. It extended the age limits for the medical examination of persons entering factory employment, while also including male workers ...

  5. Minimum Wages Act 1948 - Wikipedia

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    The Minimum Wages Act 1948 is an act of parliament concerning Indian labour law that sets the minimum wages that must be paid to skilled and unskilled workers.. The Indian Constitution has defined a 'living wage' that is the level of income for a worker which will ensure a basic standard of living including good health, dignity, comfort, education and provide for any contingency.

  6. Labour in India - Wikipedia

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    The Factories Act of 1948. An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories. Industries ... Premium pay for overtime: 100%: 50%: 50%

  7. Eight-hour day - Wikipedia

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    The United States Adamson Act in 1916 established an eight-hour day, with additional pay for overtime, for railroad workers. This was the first federal law that regulated the hours of workers in private companies. The United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Act in Wilson v. New, 243 U.S. 332 (1917).

  8. Labour law - Wikipedia

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    The 1802 Factory Act was the first labour law ... were removed in 1948 and 1979. ... Unpaid days off will also be implemented as well as limiting overtime to assist ...

  9. Striking Boeing factory workers say they are ready to hold ...

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    The machinists make $75,608 per year on average, not counting overtime, and that would have risen to $106,350 by the end of the proposed four-year contract, according to Boeing.