The Factories Act 1948 was an
Act of Parliament
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passed in the
United Kingdom
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by the Labour government of
Clement Attlee. It was passed with the intention of safeguarding the health of workers. It extended the age limits for the medical examination of persons entering factory employment, while also including male workers in the regulations for providing seats and issuing extensive new building regulations.
Under the legislation, young persons under the age of eighteen became subject to medical examination not only on entry to the place of work, but annually thereafter. Certificates of fitness were also made a requirement for young people employed in the loading, unloading and
coaling of ships and other kinds of work in ships on harbour or wet dock, engineering construction and building operations as well as for factory employees.
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See also
Factories Act,1948, India
The Factories Act, 1948 (Act No. 63 of 1948), as amended by the Factories (Amendment) Act, 1987 (Act 20 of 1987), served to assist in formulating national policies in India with respect to occupational safety and health in factories and docks in ...
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1948