LS passes Factories Amendment Bill to increase overtime hours for workers

[Informalisation and Labour Rights - Related News]

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Factories Amendment Bill to increase the overtime limit of factory workers from 50 hours to 100 hours in a quarter. It also proposes to increase the overtime working hours for factories with "exceptional" workload from 75 hours to 115 hours in a quarter. Further, Centre or states may increase this overtime limit to 125 hours in a quarter in the “public interest."