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Section 9

The Puducherry Loading and Unloading (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 2017Union territory Act of Puducherry · Act 10 of 2017

(1) No loading and unloading worker shall be required to carry load of any article or load weighing more than fifty-five kilograms, at a time.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no person who is above the age of sixty years shall be deemed to be a worker for the purposes of this Act.

Daily intervals for rest

10. The period of work on each day shall be so fixed that no period shall exceed four hours of continuous work and no worker shall work for more than four hours continuously before he had an interval for rest for at least half an hour.

Obligation of employer to pay wages

11. Every employer or contractor shall pay wages to a loading and unloading worker employed or engaged by him on the due date, as may be prescribed:

Provided that the wages payable to any worker shall not be lower than the minimum wages prescribed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (Central Act 11 of 1948).

Enforcement of payment of wages

Where this provision sits

ActThe Puducherry Loading and Unloading (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 2017
Section9
JurisdictionUnion territory of Puducherry
StatusIn force as published by the source

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