28. Fixing hours for normal working day, etc.
(1) The appropriate Government may, by rules,-
(a) fix the number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day for a
building worker, inclusive of one or more specified intervals;
(b) provide for a day of rest in every period of seven days which shall be allowed to all
building workers and for the payment of remuneration in respect of such days of rest;
(c) provide for payment of work on a day of rest at a rate not less than the overtime rate
specified in section 29.
(2) The provisions of sub- section (1) shall, in relation to the following classes of building
workers, apply only to such extent, and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed,
namely:-
(a) persons engaged on urgent work, or in any emergency which could not have been
foreseen or prevented;
(b) persons engaged in a work in the nature of preparatory or complementary work
which must necessarily be carried on outside the normal hours of work laid down in the
rules;
(c) persons engaged in any work which for technical reasons has to be completed before
the day is over;
(d) persons engaged in a work which could not be carried on except at times dependant
on the irregular action of natural forces.
29. Wages for overtime work.
(1) Where any building worker is required to work on any day in excess of the number of
hours constituting a normal working day, he shall be entitled to wages at the rate of
twice his ordinary rate of wages.
(2) For the purposes of this section," ordinary rates of wages" means the basic wages
plus such allowances as the worker is for the time being entitled to but does not include
any bonus.
30. Maintenance of registers and records.
(1) Every employer shall maintain such registers and records giving such particulars of
building workers employed by him, the work performed by them, the number of hours
of work which shall constitute a normal working day for them, a day of rest in every
period of seven days which shall be allowed to them, the wages paid to them, the
receipts given by them and such other particulars in such form as may be prescribed.
(2) Every employer shall keep exhibited, in such manner as may be prescribed, in the
place where such workers may be employed, notices in the prescribed form containing
the prescribed particulars.
(3) The appropriate Government may, by rules, provide for the issue of wage books or
wage slips to building workers employed in an establishment and prescribe the manner
in which entries shall be made and authenticated in such wage books or wage slips by
the employer or his agent.
31. Prohibition of employment of certain persons in certain buildings or other
construction work. No person about whom the employer knows or has reason to believe
that he is a deaf or he has a defective vision or he has a tendency to giddiness shall be
required or allowed to work in any such operation of building or other construction
work which is likely to involve a risk of any accident either to the building worker
himself or to any other person.
32. Drinking water.
(1) The employer shall make in every place where building or other construction work is
in progress, effective arrangements to provide and maintain at suitable points
conveniently situated for all persons employed therein, a sufficient supply of wholesome
drinking water.
(2) All such points shall be legibly marked" Drinking Water" in a language understood
by a majority of the persons employed in such place and no such point shall be situated
within six metres of any washing place, urinal or latrine.
33. Latrines and urinals. In every place where building or other construction work is
carried on, the employer shall provide sufficient latrine and urinal accommodation of
such types as may be prescribed and they shall be so conveniently situated as may be
accessible to the building workers at all times while they are in such place: Provided that
it shall not be necessary to provide separate urinals in any place where less than fifty
persons are employed or where the latrines are connected to a water- borne sewage
system.
34. Accommodation.
(1) The employer shall provide, free of charges and within the work site or as near to it
as may be possible, temporary living accommodation to all building workers employed
by him for such period as the building or other construction work is in progress.
(2) The temporary accommodation provided under sub- section (1) shall have separate
cooking place, bathing, washing and lavatory facilities.
(3) As soon as may be, after the building or other construction work is over, the
employer shall, at his own cost, cause removal or demolition of the temporary structures
erected by him for the purpose of providing living accommodation, cooking place or
other facilities to the building workers as required under sub- section (1) and restore the
ground in good level and clean condition.
(4) In case an employer is given any land by a Municipal Board or any other local
authority for the purposes of providing temporary accommodation for the building
workers under this section, he shall, as soon as may be after the construction work is
over, return the possession of such land in the same condition in which he received the
same.
35. Creches.
(1) In every place wherein, more than fifty female building workers are ordinarily
employed, there shall be provided and maintained a suitable room or rooms for the use
of children under the age of six years of such female workers.
(2) Such rooms shall-
(a) provide adequate accommodation;
(b) be adequately lighted and ventilated;
(c) be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition;
(d) be under the charge of women trained in the care of children and infants.
36. First- aid. Every employer shall provide in all the places where building or other
construction work is carried on such first- aid facilities as may be prescribed.
37. Canteens, etc. The appropriate Government may, by rules, require the employer-
(a) to provide and maintain in every place wherein not less than two hundred and fifty
building workers are ordinarily employed, a canteen for the use of the workers;
(b) to provide such other welfare measures for the benefit of building workers as may be
prescribed.