Panaji, 8th May, 2020 (Vaisakha 18, 1942)

SERIES II No. 6

Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2018-20

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

EXTRAORDINARY

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Labour

Inspectorate of Factories and Boilers

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Order

No. CIF/092(Part-2)/S-II/IFB/2020/191

Whereas, in the wake of the current crisis on account of COVID-19 pandemic,

there are restrictions on movement of workers leading to shortage of worker thereby

causing the factories to deal with an exceptional press of work.

And whereas, in order to enable the factories to deal with said exceptional press

of work in view of said crisis, there is a need for relaxing certain provisions of The

Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 63 of 1948) (hereinafter called the “said Act”)

thereby extending the working hours for optimum utilization of the workers in the

factories which have been allowed to operate under the guidelines issued by the

Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India and the Government of Goa from time

to time.

Now therefore, in light of the above and in exercise of the powers conferred by

sub-section (2) of Section 65 of the said Act, the Government of Goa hereby exempts

all of the adult workers working in all of the factories situated in the State of Goa,

who are not holding positions of supervision or management and/or not employed

in a confidential position within the meaning of sub-section (1) of Section 64 of the

said Act, from the provisions of Sections 51, 52, 54 and 56 of the said Act, for a period

upto 31st July, 2020 with effect from the date of publication of this Order in the

Official Gazette, subject to the following conditions, namely:-

i) the total number of hours of work in any day shall not exceed twelve;

ii)

the spread over, inclusive of intervals for rest, shall not exceed thirteen hours

in any one day;

iii) the total number of hours of work in any week, including overtime, shall not

exceed sixty;

iv) no worker shall be allowed to work overtime, for more than seven days at a

stretch and the total number of hours of overtime work in any quarter shall not

exceed seventy five;

Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: [email protected]

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v)

no worker shall work for more than five hours before he has had an interval

for rest of atleast half an hour;

vi) where a worker works in a factory for more than forty-eight hours in any week,

he shall, in respect of overtime work, be entitled to wages at the rate of twice

his ordinary rate of wages in accordance with the provisions prescribed under

Section 59 of the said Act;

vii)

if a worker is required to work on weekly holiday(s), he shall be allowed to

avail compensatory holiday(s) for having worked on weekly holiday(s), within

the month in which the holidays were due to him or within the two months

immediately following that month in accordance with the provisions prescribed

under Section 53 of the said Act;

viii) the instructions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India

and the Government of Goa from time to time regarding COVID-19 pertaining

to social distancing, sanitization, etc. shall be strictly followed.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Vivek P. Marathe, Chief Inspector & ex officio Joint Secretary (Factories and Boilers).

Altinho, Panaji, 7th May, 2020.

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