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Tamil Nadu Handloom Workers (Conditions of Employment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

The Tamil Nadu Handloom Workers (Conditions of Employment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1981

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The Tamil Nadu Handloom Workers Act of 1981 regulates working conditions, health, safety, and working hours within the state's handloom industry. It applies to employers, employees, and domestic weavers who work at home, while excluding independent household weavers. The law requires licensed workplaces and guarantees workers vital benefits like clean environments, drinking water, sanitation, creches, an eight hour workday, paid weekly holidays, and overtime compensation. This legislation matters because it directly protects a large and vulnerable workforce of traditional artisans from exploitation, establishing essential health, safety, and labor standards in a sector that has historically operated without formal legal safeguards.

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Chapter II Chapter II →

  1. 3Industrial premises to be licensed.
  2. 4Licences.
  3. 5Appeals

Chapter III Chapter III →

  1. 6Inspectors.
  2. 7Inspectors, Chief Inspector, etc., to the public servants.
  3. 8Powers of Inspectors.

Chapter IV Chapter IV →

  1. 9Cleanliness.
  2. 10Ventilation.
  3. 11Lighting.
  4. 12Over-crowding.
  5. 13Drinking water.
  6. 14Latrines and urinals.
  7. 15Washing facilities.
  8. 16Creches.
  9. 17First-aid.

Chapter V Chapter V →

  1. 18Working hours.
  2. 19Wages for overtime work.
  3. 20Interval for rest.
  4. 21Spread.
  5. 22Weekly holidays.
  6. 23Notice of periods of work.
  7. 24Hours of work to correspond with notice under section 23.
  8. 25Prohibition of employment of children.
  9. 26Prohibition of employment of women or young persons during certain hours.
  10. 27Restriction on double employment.
  11. 28Application of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays) Act, 1958.
  12. 29Annual leave with wages.
  13. 30Wages during leave period.
  14. 31Special casual leave for family planning operation.

Chapter VI Chapter VI →

  1. 32Refusal of supply of raw materials.
  2. 33Rejection of finished goods.
  3. 34Deduction in wages.
  4. 35Reduction in wages.
  5. 36Termination of service.
  6. 37Appeal.
  7. 38Appeal against lay-off.
  8. 39Redressal of disabilities.

Chapter VII Chapter VII →

  1. 40General penalty for offences.
  2. 41Penalty for obstructing Inspector.
  3. 42Indemnity.
  4. 43Restriction on disclosure of information.
  5. 44Cognizance of offences.
  6. 45Offences by companies.
  7. 46Onus as to age.

Chapter VIII Chapter VIII →

  1. 47Regulation of housing, medical, educational and terminal facilities, etc., by the Government.
  2. 48Exemption from the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act LXIII of 1948).
  3. 49Application of the Factories Act, 1948 to industrial premises.
  4. 50Application of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936.
  5. 51Application of the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 and the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
  6. 52Application of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
  7. 53Effect of laws and agreements inconsistent with this Act.
  8. 54Power to exempt.
  9. 55Act not to apply to self employed persons in private dwelling houses.
  10. 56Registration of employees and employer.
  11. 57Power to make rules.

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