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    The Sindh Factories Act, 2015 - Notes by Meet Sharma

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    The document outlines several key labor laws from the Sindh Factories Act of 2015 regarding working hours and holidays for adult workers. It establishes a maximum 48-hour work week and 9-hour work day for most adult workers, with some exceptions. It also guarantees weekly holidays, annual paid holidays of 14 days after 12 months of work, 10 days of casual leave and 16 days of sick leave per year, as well as holidays on any days declared by the government to be festival holidays. Workers who work on designated holidays receive compensatory time off. The laws aim to regulate working hours and support workers' rights to reasonable breaks and annual leave.

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    The document outlines several key labor laws from the Sindh Factories Act of 2015 regarding working hours and holidays for adult workers. It establishes a maximum 48-hour work week and 9-hour work day for most adult workers, with some exceptions. It also guarantees weekly holidays, annual paid holidays of 14 days after 12 months of work, 10 days of casual leave and 16 days of sick leave per year, as well as holidays on any days declared by the government to be festival holidays. Workers who work on designated holidays receive compensatory time off. The laws aim to regulate working hours and support workers' rights to reasonable breaks and annual leave.

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    The document outlines several key labor laws from the Sindh Factories Act of 2015 regarding working hours and holidays for adult workers. It establishes a maximum 48-hour work week and 9-hour work day for most adult workers, with some exceptions. It also guarantees weekly holidays, annual paid holidays of 14 days after 12 months of work, 10 days of casual leave and 16 days of sick leave per year, as well as holidays on any days declared by the government to be festival holidays. Workers who work on designated holidays receive compensatory time off. The laws aim to regulate working hours and support workers' rights to reasonable breaks and annual leave.

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    The Sindh Factories Act, 2015 - Notes by Meet Sharma

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    The document outlines several key labor laws from the Sindh Factories Act of 2015 regarding working hours and holidays for adult workers. It establishes a maximum 48-hour work week and 9-hour work day for most adult workers, with some exceptions. It also guarantees weekly holidays, annual paid holidays of 14 days after 12 months of work, 10 days of casual leave and 16 days of sick leave per year, as well as holidays on any days declared by the government to be festival holidays. Workers who work on designated holidays receive compensatory time off. The laws aim to regulate working hours and support workers' rights to reasonable breaks and annual leave.

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    Labor Laws

    The Sindh Factories Act, 2015.

    S.3: Reference to time of day.

    ● The Act refers to Standard Time which is 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
    ● The government can make rules for any area where Standard Time is usually observed.
    ● These rules can specify the area, define the local mean time observed there, and permit
    such time to be observed in factories in the area.

    Chapter IV : Restrictions on working hours of Adults.

    S.54: Weekly hours.

    ● Adult workers in a factory cannot work for more than 48 hours per week.
    ● For seasonal factories, the limit is 50 hours per week.
    ● If a factory's technical requirements demand continuous work throughout the day, an
    adult worker can work up to 56 hours in a week.

    S.55: Weekly holiday.

    ● Adult workers cannot be required to work in a factory on a Sunday unless certain


    conditions are met.
    ● These conditions include having a whole day off on one of the three days immediately
    before or after that Sunday and a manager's notice delivered to the Inspector's office and
    displayed in the factory.
    ● The substitution of days cannot result in a worker working for more than ten consecutive
    days without a whole day off.
    ● Notice given under this section can be cancelled before the Sunday or holiday to be
    cancelled, whichever is earlier.
    ● If a worker works on a Sunday in accordance with the provisions, that Sunday is included
    in the preceding week's weekly hours of work for calculation purposes.
    S.56: Compensatory holidays.

    ● If a factory or its workers are exempted under any provision of this act that mandates
    weekly holidays, and a worker loses those holidays, they must be given an equal number
    of compensatory holidays as soon as possible.
    ● The government can create rules to determine how these holidays should be granted.

    S.57: Daily hours

    ● Adult workers in a factory can work up to 9 hours per day, including breaks.
    ● It is not allowed or required for them to work more than 9 hours.
    ● Male adult workers in seasonal factories may work up to 10 hours per day.

    Chapter V : Holiday with Pay.

    S.73: Annual holidays.

    ● Workers in factories who complete 12 months of continuous service are entitled to 14


    consecutive days of holidays during the following 12 months.
    ● Unused holidays from the previous year can be carried forward, but the total number of
    carried-over holidays cannot exceed 14.
    ● If a worker is discharged or quits before taking their entitled holidays, the employer must
    pay them the amount payable under section 74.
    ● Interruptions due to sickness, accident, authorized leave (not exceeding 90 days), a
    lock-out, a non-illegal strike, or intermittent periods of involuntary unemployment (not
    exceeding 30 days) do not break a worker's 12-month period of continuous service.

    S.74: Pay during annual holiday.

    ● Workers entitled to holidays under section 73 will be paid a rate equivalent to the daily
    average of their wages for the days they actually worked during the preceding three
    months, excluding any earnings from overtime.
    ● The worker's entitlement to holidays under section 55(1) is separate from this and is not
    affected.
    S.79: Casual leave and sick leave.

    ● Workers are entitled to 10 days of casual leave per year with full pay.
    ● Workers are entitled to 16 days of sick leave per year with full pay.
    ● Female workers are entitled to maternity leave as defined in the Maternity Benefits
    Ordinance, 1958.

    S.80: Festival Holidays.

    1. Workers are entitled to holidays with pay on all days declared by the government or
    federal government to be festival holidays.
    2. If a worker is required to work on a festival holiday, they are entitled to one additional
    compensatory holiday with full pay and a substitute holiday according to the provisions
    of section 55.

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