The Goa Labour Department on July 10, 2020, publishes the Factories (Goa Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, to further amend the Goa Factories Act, 1948.
Following amendments have been done to Goa Factories Act, 1948:
• Section 2 of the said act which specifies the applicability of the Factories Act, 1948 to an establishment with specific number of the workers has been amended with 20 or more workers.
• Sub-clause 2 of section 2 has been amended with 40 or more workers.
• Section 85 which talks about the applicability of the act to certain premises, sub-clauses (i) and (ii) has been substituted with the words “twenty” and “forty” instead of words “ten” or “twenty”.
