BEEDI AND CIGAR WORKERS (CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ACT,1966)

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20.Spread over. -The periodsof work of an employee in an industrial premises shall be so arraged that inclusive of his intervals for rest under Sec. 19, they shall not spread over more than ten and a half hours in any day:

Provided that the Chief Inspector may, for reasons to be specified in writing, increase the spread over to twelve hours.

 

 

 

21.Weekly holidays. -

(1)Everyindustrial premises shall remain entirely closed, except for wetting of beedi or tobacco leaves, on one day in the week which day shall be specified by the employer in a notice exhibited in a conspicuous place in the industrial premises and the day so specified shall not be altered by the employer more often than once in three months and except with the previous written permission of the Chief Inspector:

 

Provided that a copy of every such notice shall be sent to the Inspector having jurisdiction over the industrial premises within two weeks from the date on which such notice is exhibited in the industrial premises.]

         (2)Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), an employee employed in the said premises for wetting of beedi or tobacco leaves on the day on which it remains closed in pursuance of sub-section (1), shall be allowed a substituted holiday on one of the three days immediately before or after the said day.

(3)For a holiday under this section, an employee shall be paid, notwithstanding any contract to the contrary, at the rate equal to the daily average of his total full-time earnings for the days on which he had worked during the week immediately preceding the holiday exclusive of any overtime earnings and bonus but inclusive of dearness and other allowances.

Explanation. -The expression “total full-time earnings” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Sec.27.

1.Added by Act 41 of 1993, Sec.

 

 

22.Notice of periods of work. -

(1) Thereshall be displayed and correctly maitained in every industrial premises a notice of periods of work in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed, showing clearly for every day the periods during which the employees may be required to work.

(2)(a)A copy of the notice referred to in sub-section (1) shall be sent in triplicate to the Inspector having jurisdiction over the industrial premises within two weeks from the date of the grant of a licence for the first time under this Act, in the case of any industrial premises carrying on work at the commencement of this Act, and in the case of any industrial premises beginning work after such commencement, before the day on which the work is begun in the industrial premises.

(b)Any proposed change in the system of work which will necessitate a change in the notice referred to in sub-section (1) shall be notified to the Inspector in triplicate before the change is made and except with the previous sanction of the Inspector, no such change shall be made until one week has elapsed since the last change.

 

 

23.Hours of work to correspond with notice under Sec. 2. -No employeeshall be employed in any industrial premises otherwise than in accordance with the notice of work displayed in the premises under Sec.22.

 

 

24.Prohibition of employment of children -Nochild shall be required or allowed to work in any industrial premises.

 

25.Prohibition of employment of women or young persons during certain hours -No woman or young person shall be required or allowed to work in any industrial premises except between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.

 

 

26.      Annual leave with wages.

(1)Every employee in an establishment shall be allowed in a calendar year leave with wages-

(i)In the case of an adult, at the rate of one day for every tenty days of work performed by him during the previous calendar year;

(ii)In the case of a young person, at the rate of one day for every fifteen days of work performed by him during the previous calendar year.

Explanation. -The leave admissible under this sub-section shall be exclusive of all holidays whether occurring during, or at the beginning or at the end of, the period of leave.

(2)If an employee is discharged or dismissed from service or quits employment during the course of the year, he shall be entitled to leave with wages at the rate laid down in sub-section (1).

(3)In calculating leave under this section, any fraction of leave of half a day or more shall be treated as one full day's leave and any fraction of less than half a day shall be omitted.

(4)If any employee does not, in any calendar year, take the whole of the leave allowed to him under sub-section (1), the leave not taken by him shall be added to the leave to be allowed to him in the succeeding calendar year:

Provided that the total number of days of leave that may be carried forward to a succeeding year shall not exceed thirty in the case of an adult or forty in the case of a young person.

(5)An application of an employee for the whole or any portion of the leave allowed under sub-section (1) shall be in writing and ordinarily shall have to be made sufficiently in advance of the day on which he wishes leave to begin.

(6)If the employment of an employee who is entitled to leave under sub-section (1) is terminated by he employer before he has taken the entire leave to which he is entitled, or if having applied for leave, he has not been granted such leave, or if the employee quits his employment before he has taken the leave, the employer shall pay him the amount payable under Sec. 27 in respect of leave not taken and such payment shall be made, where the employment of the employee is terminated by the employer, before the expiry of the second working day after such termination and where the employee quits his employment, on or before the next pay day

(7)The leave not availed of by an employee shall not be taken into consideration in computing the period of any notice required to be given before discharge or dismissal.

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