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The Hindu
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Sharat S. Srivatsa

All-India Trade Union Congress complains to ILO on changes made to Factories Act

The dilution of the Factories Act, 1948, to enhance daily maximum hours of work from nine to 12 hours and allow women in night shift among others by Karnataka government by amendments through The Factories (Karnataka Amendment) Bill, 2023, has now reached the International Labour Organisation (ILO) with All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) stating that the bill violated the ILO conventions and declarations to which India is a signatory.

The AITUC, which lodged a complaint, urged the ILO to make appropriate intervention to make the Government of India to act swiftly to impress upon Karnataka to revoke The Factories (Karnataka Amendment) Bill, 2023, currently awaiting presidential assent. India is one of the founding members of ILO. The amendments were primarily brought to help electronic manufacturing sector setting up factories in the State.

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