Type:Preventive Compliance Frequency: Monthly

Action to be taken:
Where a worker works on a shift which extends beyond midnight, the weekly holiday provided to the workman should be a period of 24 consecutive hours from the end of the shift.

Audit Requirement:
Are all night shift workers provided with a weekly holiday of one whole day on the completion of their shifts ?

Supporting Documents:
Written Confirmation of Compliance

Related Triggers:
Change in Shift System
Change In Working Hours or Holidays
Starting A New Manufacturing Process

Related Keywords:
Conditions of Service
Holidays
Hours of Work / Working Hours
Night Shifts

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Related Sections:
Factories Act, 1948
Chapter:Chapter VI - Working Hours of Adults| 57:Night shifts:
Where a worker in a factory works on a shift which extends beyond midnight,-
(a) for the purposes of Section 52 and 53, a holiday for a whole day shall mean in his case a period of twenty-four consecutive hours beginning when his shift ends ;
(b) the following day for him shall be deemed to be the period of twenty-four hours beginning when such shift ends, and the hours he has worked after midnight shall be counted in the previous day.