Karnataka Act 33 of 2023
The Factories (Karnataka Amendment) Act, 2023 — Karnataka Act No. 33 of 2023, Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary Part IVA No. 379 of 7 August 2023
- Notification number
- Karnataka Act 33 of 2023
- Issued for
- Karnataka
- Date
- 7 August 2023
- Topic
- Hours / overtime
What it says
Amends the Factories Act, 1948 in its application to Karnataka: daily hours extendable to twelve, spread-over to twelve, overtime recalculated for six, five and four-day weeks at twice ordinary wages, the quarterly overtime ceiling raised from seventy-five to one hundred and forty-four hours with written consent required, and section 66 substituted so women may work between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. on conditions.
What was taken from it
The figures and statements this desk reads off this document, as extracted. Each one is shown on the topic page it belongs to: Factory licence · Karnataka.
- Hours.Daily Max
- Nine hours, extendable by notification to twelve including rest
- Hours.Spread Over
- Extendable by notification to twelve hours including rest intervals
- Hours.Without Interval
- Extendable by notification to six hours
- Overtime.Consent
- Overtime requires the worker's written consent
- Overtime.Quarterly Cap
- 144 hours in a quarter — raised from 75
- Overtime.Rate
- Twice the ordinary rate of wages
- Overtime.Trigger
- Six-day week: over 9 a day or 48 a week. Five-day: over 10 a day or 48 a week. Four-day: over 11.5 a day
- Women.Hours
- 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., with 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. permitted on conditions