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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

LABOUR DEPARTMENT

(G.O. Ms. No. 4/AIL/Lab./G/2015, dated 16th March 2015)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of

section 49 of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 63 of 1948),

the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry is pleased to amend the

Puducherry Factories (Welfare Officers) Rules, 1965 vide Notification

No. 39-7/66-Lab., dated 24th February 1966, the draft of the same

which were issued in the Labour Department’s Notification vide G.O. Ms.

No. 18/AIL/Lab./G/2014, dated 30th July 2014 were pre-published in the

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as required under sub-section (1) of section 115 of the Factories

Act, 1948. As no objection/suggestion having been received in response

thereto, the Government have decided to confirm the amendment to the

said rules, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called

the Puducherry Factories (Welfare Officers) (Amendment) Rules, 2015.

(2) They shall extend to the whole of the Union territory of

Puducherry.

(3) They shall come into force with effect from the date of

publication in the official gazette.

2. Amendment of rule 4.— For the existing rule 4 of the Puducherry

Factories (Welfare Officers) Rules, 1965, the following shall be

substituted, namely:-

“4. Qualifications.- No person shall be eligible for appointment as

Welfare Officer unless he possess the following qualifications,

namely:—

(a) (i) A postgraduate degree of Master of Labour Management

or Bachelor Degree in Labour Management or B.A. (Labour

Management) or M.A. (Labour Management) awarded by the

Tamil Nadu Institute of Labour Studies, Chennai or by any

University; or

(ii) Any postgraduate degree in Social Work or Social

Welfare or Social Dynamics with Industrial Management or

Personnel Management and Industrial Relations or Allied

Sociology or Labour and Social Welfare or Sociology or Social

Service or Social Science or Sociology and Economics or Social

Technique or Industrial Relations and Labour Welfare or

Commerce (Personnel Management and Industrial Relations) or

M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration) awarded by any of

the institutions recognised by the State Governments or the

Institutions recognised by the University Grants Commission for

the purpose of its grant; or

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(iii) A degree in Bachelor of Law awarded by any University

recognised by the University Grants Commission for the purpose

of its grant; or

(b) (i) A degree awarded by any University other than the

degree or postgraduate degree specified in clauses a (i), (ii)

and (iii) above; and

(ii) A diploma in Labour Administration or Labour Laws and

Administrative Laws or Personnel Management, Industrial

Relation and Labour Welfare or Social Work or Social Science or

Personnel Management and Labour Relations or Social Welfare

with Labour Laws on Industrial Relations or Labour Laws or

Social Service Administration or Labour Welfare or Social Work

or Labour Training Course or Social Sciences or Industrial

Psychology and Industrial Relations or Labour Welfare and

Personnel Management or Industrial Sociology, Labour Welfare

and Personnel Management or Social Welfare or Social Science

or Social Technique or Personnel Management and Industrial

Relations or Human Resources Development in Industry of

Business Administration as a main subject of any University or

Institutions recognised by the State Governments or the

Institutions recognised by the University Grants Commission for

the purpose of its grant.

(c) Has adequate knowledge of the language spoken by the

majority of the workers to which is to be attached:

Provided further that in the case of a person who is already acting

as a Welfare Officer, the State Government may, subject to such condition

as it may specify, relax all or any of the aforesaid qualifications.”

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

YASAM LAKSHMI NARAYANA REDDY,

Joint Secretary to Government (Labour).

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