The Factories Act 1948-

Objective:
The main object of the Factories Act, 1948 is to regulate working conditions in manufacturing concern
to ensure adequate safety measures and to promote the health and welfare of the workers employed in factories.
The Act also makes provisions regarding employment of women and young persons (including children and adolescents), annual leave with wages etc…

Duties of occupier:
every occupier shall ensure as far as possible health, safety and welfare of workers while they are working in a factory
The provision and maintenance of plant and system of work in the factory that are safe and without risk to health
The arrangement in the factory for insuring safety and absence of heath
The provision of such information, instruction & Training and supervision as are necessary to ensure the health & safety of all workers at work place
Maintenance of all places of work
Monitoring of such working environment

Ordinarily, a worker should not be allowed to work in a factory for more than 48 hours in any week. {Section 51}
The workman should have one holiday for a whole day in a week. Where he was asked to work on his scheduled weekly holiday
After obtaining approval from the Inspector of Factories, the workman shall be allowed to avail the compensatory holidays unveiled by him, within that month during which the compensatory holidays are due or within two months immediately following that month. {Section 53}
Subject to the provisions of Section 51 no worker should be allowed to work more than nine hours in a day. {Section 54}
The timings of work should be fixed in such a way that no worker should be required to work continuously for more than five hours; and he should be allowed to avail an interval for rest of at least half-an hour during his work in a day. {Section 55}
The period of work of a workman should be so arranged that inclusive of his interval for rest under Section 55 should not spread over more than ten and a half hours in any day. {Section 56}