The Odisha government has incidentally changed the day by day eight-hour move to 12 hours by tweaking the Factories Act, 1948, in the midst of restriction from work associations.
The State government adjusted the current eight-hour move thinking about portrayals of specific businesses and industry affiliations.
“In exercise of power conferred by Section 5 and 65 of the Factories Act, 1948, the Government of Odisha hereby directs that all the factories registered under the said Act will be exempted from provisions relating to weekly, daily hours and interval of rest of adult workers under Section 51, 54, 55 and 56 for a period of three months and a 12-hour shift is allowed in the period,” says a government notification.
