The State Government of Haryana on July 20, 2020 has issued the Factories (Haryana Amendment) Act, 2018 to further amend the Haryana Factories Act, 1948.
Following amendments have been made to The Haryana Factories Act, 1948:
• Section 2(m) which specifies the threshold limit of workmen has been substituted to “twenty” and “forty” instead of “ten” and “twenty”.
• Section 3, which specifies the number of hours of work by the workmen, the overtime work hours have been increased to “one hundred and fifteen” instead of “seventy five” to avail the exemption under section 65 which provides the power to the State Government to make exempting orders.
• Section 66(b) which specifies the hours of work for women has been substituted, stating that women can work in factories where proper security is provided from 7 PM to 6 AM.
• A new Section 106 (B) has been inserted which specifies the compounding of offences, which states, “Compounding of offences.- (1) The offences specified in the Fourth Schedule, if committed for the first time, may be compounded before the institution of the prosecution by such officer and for such amount, as may be notified by the State Government in the Official Gazette. The amount of fine shall not exceed the fine prescribed under section 92”.
[Notification No. Leg.17/2020]
