L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 747
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes.
(b) Prior to 1931, no deduction was made, but this practice was irregular and was abolished.
(c) In view of the reply to part (b), the other questions do not arise. Under the Indian factories Act, an employee is entitled to overtime for the hours worked in excess of the normal working hours fixed under the Act. In calculating overtime, prayer intervals are deducted from the total hours worked by the employee.
Seth Yusoof Abdoola Haroon : Does the Honourable Member know that this trouble has arisen because the Government of India have advanced the time by one hour?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not think so.
Seth Yusoof Abdoola Haroon : Docs the Honourable Member suggest that prayer time can be changed because Government have changed their time ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It is not a question of prayer time being changed. The question relates to whether prayer time should be allowed as overtime work.
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*** Wages in the Government of India Press,** New Delhi, for work on Sundays and Other Holidays
- Seth Yusuf Abdoola Haroon (on behalf of Qazi Muhammad Ahmad Kazmi ) : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state whether it is a fact that on the instructions of the Manager of the Government of India Press, New Delhi, employees come on Sundays and other festival holidays to cope with the urgent work of Government but after the day’s work they are given only four hours’ wages, but previously twelve hours’ wages used to be paid to them ?
(b) Have Government considered the advisability of resuming the old practice of paying twelve hours’ charges to those who receive
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. II of 1944, 22nd March 1944, p.