19. Weekly hours.-
*[(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no
adult worker shall be required or allowed to work on any plantation
in excess of forty eight hours a week and no adolescent for
more than twenty seven hours a week.]
(2) Where an adult worker works in any plantation on any
day in excess of the number of hours constituting a normal
working day or for more than forty-eight hours in any week,
he shall, respect of such overtime work, be entitled to twice
the rates of ordinary wages;--
Provided that no such worker shall be allowed to work for
more that nine hours on any day and more than fifty-four hours
in any week.
(3) For any work done on any closed holiday in the plantation
or on any day of rest, worker shall be entitled to twice the
rates of ordinary wages as in the case of overtime work.]
*[Modified by the Plantations Labour (Amendment) Act, 2010] |
