Obligation : Not to carry out overlapping multiple shifts
Type:Preventive Compliance
Frequency: Monthly
Action to be taken:
Where shift systems are used, ensure that no more than one relay of workers is engaged in work of the same kind at the same time, except with the express written permission of the relevant authorities
Audit Requirement: Are multiple overlapping shifts prohibited except with the express written permission of the relevant authorities ?
Supporting Documents: Written Confirmation of Compliance
Related Sections:
Factories Act, 1948 Chapter:Chapter VI - Working Hours of Adults|58:Prohibition of overlapping shift:
(1) Work shall not be carried on in any factory by means of system of shifts so arranged that more than one relay of workers engaged in work of the same kind at the same time.
(2) The State Government or subject to the control of the State Government, the Chief Inspector, may, by written order and for the reasons specified therein, exempt on such conditions as may deemed expedient, any factory or class or description of factories or any department or section of a factory or any category or description of workers therein from the provisions of sub-section(1).
Factories Act, 1948 
