(1) In every factory wherein five hundred or more workers are ordinarily employed the occupier shall employ in the factory such number of welfare officers as may be prescribed.
(2) The State Government may prescribe the duties, qualifications and conditions of service of officers employed under sub-section (1).
STATE AMENDMENT
Karnataka
Amendment of section 49.--In section 49 of the principal Act,--
(1) in sub-section (1), for the words "five hundred" the words "two hundred" shall be substituted;
(2) after sub-section (1), the following shall be inserted, namely:--
"(1A) In every factory where two hundred or more women workers are ordinarily employed the occupier shall employ in the factory, such number of female supervisors, as may be prescribed."
[Vide Karnataka Act 1 of 2003, s. 3].
Section 42 of Factories Act - Washing facilities
Section 43 of Factories Act - Facilities for storing and drying clothing
Section 44 of Factories Act - Facilities for sitting
Section 45 of Factories Act - First-aid appliances
Section 46 of Factories Act - Canteens
Section 47 of Factories Act - Shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms
Section 48 of Factories Act - Creches
Section 49 of Factories Act - Welfare officers
Section 50 of Factories Act - Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter