Business and Labour Law

1. Assalam-u-Alaikum

2. GROUP MEMBERS
 BILAL KHAN
 HIRA SAHAR
 SOBIA KHAN
 ZEESHAN YOUNAS

3. FACTORIES ACT

4. Factories Act
An act to consolidate and amend the law
regulating labour in factories

5. APPLICABILITY
This law is applicable to all provinces of
Pakistan

6. INTRODUCTION
 Firstly came into force on 1st
January 1935
 Define rules and regulations
 82 sections
 81 are operational
 1 is repealed

7. OBJECTIVES OF FACTORIES ACT
The main object of the act is to ensure
adequate safety measures and promote
health and welfare of the workers
employed in factories as well as to prevent
haphazard growth of factories

8. Adolescent: means a person who has
completed his fifteenth but has not
completed his seventeenth year.
Adult: means a person who has completed
his seventeenth year.
Child: means a person who has not
completed his fifteenth year.

9. HEALTH PROVISION
i. Cleanliness
ii. Disposal of
Waste and
Effluents

10. HEALTH PROVISION
iii. Ventilation and
Temperature
iv. Dust and Fumes

11. HEALTH PROVISION
v. Artificial Humidity
vi. Over Crowding

12. HEALTH PROVISION
vii. Lighting

13. SAFETY PROVISIONALS
i. Precautions Against Fire
ii. Fencing of Machinery
iii. Machinery in Motion
iv. Employment of Young Persons on
Dangerous Machinery
v. Cutting of Power Promptly Device
vi. Self Acting Machinery

14. SAFETY PROVISIONALS
vii. Cotton Opener Working
viii. Cranes
ix. Hoist and Lifts
x. Excessive Weights
xi. Protection of Eyes
xii. Easing of New Machinery

15. WORKING HOURS
 Not more than 9 Hours
 Not more than 48 Hours in a Weak

16. INTERVALS FOR REST
 6 hours No period exceed
 Continue not 5 hours
 If 8 hours or more work Two intervals of ½
hour

17. OVERTIME
Adult Not > 9 hours in any day or 48
hours/week

18. HOLIDAY AND LEAVE
 After completion of 12
months service
 Accidental / sickness
leave Not exceed 90
days
 In case of
women/pregnancy 12
weeks i.e. 4 weeks
before and 8 weeks after

19. CHILD WORKERS

20. CHILD WORKERS
 No child who has not completed his 14thyear shall
be allowed to work in any factory.
 Not be allowed to work for more than 5 hours in a
factory
 No child shall be allowed to work except between
6a.m to 7p.m
 Children are not allowed to work on any cotton
opener, or can not work on dangerous machines.
 Proper register should be maintained for children

21. WOMEN WORKERS

22. WOMEN WORKERS
 Machinery in motion not allowed
 Cotton opener and presser not
allowed
 Room for children 50 women worker
suitable room formula 6 year children
 Working hours limit not more than 9
hours maximum

23. WOMEN WORKERS
 Working time not allowed to work
beyond ( 6 am to 7 pm )
 Not allowed for night shift or two shifts
 Dangerous operations : not allowed to
work on dangerous operation working
machine system