The State authorities has proposed to amend the Tamil Nadu Factories Guidelines, 1950, to permit girls in about 20 operations listed as ‘harmful’ and from which they have been prohibited from being employed to this point. It additionally proposes to amend guidelines to acquire written consent from girls staff who’re to work night time shifts.
A notification of the draft amendments to the Tamil Nadu Factories Guidelines was issued by the Labor Welfare and Ability Growth Division final month. Objections, if any, ought to have been despatched to the federal government inside 45 days of the notification, which was issued on September 9 this yr.
Nevertheless, the State authorities seeks to amend the principles to ban pregnant girls staff within the works/processes listed underneath ‘harmful operations’. The operations through which girls are set to be allowed are: electrolytic course of, lead course of, glass manufacture, and manufacture and remedy of lead and sure compounds of lead.
Technology of fuel and harmful petroleum, blasting, liming and tanning of uncooked hides and skins, graphite powdering, printing press and sort foundries involving lead materials, cashew-nut processing, dyeing, stencilling and portray of mats, mattings, and carpets in coir and fiber factories, and pottery, are among the many jobs which were opened for ladies staff.
Chemical works, manufacture of dichromates and carcinogenic dye intermediates, means of extracting oils and fat in solvent extraction crops, fireworks and match factories, manufacture of manganese, harmful pesticides, use of benzene, and operations involving excessive noise ranges (with excessive vibration ranges) are the others.
Printed – October 21, 2025 06:28 pm IST