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12. FACTORIES
12.1Number of Registered and working factories 12.2Employment in working factories 12.3Trade Unions, Industrial Disputes by Strikes, Lockouts and Gheraos 12.4Industrial Disputes and Complaints

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12. FACTORIES
12.1 NUMBER OF REGISTERED AND WORKING FACTORIES

Description
Factories on the register at the beginning of the year Factories added during the year Factories removed during the year Factories on the register at the end of the year Number of working factories

No. of Factories 2008 2009

41591 1617 1023 42185 31638 42185 2230 3900 40515 31602

Source: The Chief Inspector of Factories, Chennai-5

12.2 EMPLOYMENT IN WORKING FACTORIES 2008 AND 2009

Description
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Total Number of Working Factories in the year Number of Factories reporting Number of Workers employed in all the Factories submitting returns Estimated number of workers employed in the factories not submitting Returns Estimated total number of workers employed in all factories Number of Mandays worked during the year Average daily number of workers employed:1) ADULTS Men Women 2) ADOLESCENTS Male Female 3) CHILDREN Boys Girls

Numbers 2008
31,638 27,826 11,13,477 76,240 11,89,717 32,40,21,807 11,13,477 7,13,890 3,94,539 1,184 3,864 -

2009
31,602 28,442 11,82,728 63,200 12,45,928 36,38,10,976 11,82,728 7,85,555 3,90,177 1,653 5,343 -

Source: The Chief Inspector of Factories, Chennai-5

FACTORIES 12.3 TRADE UNIONS, INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES BY STRIKES, LOCKOUTS AND GHERAOS 2009

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Item
1. 2. Registered Trade Unions during the year 2009 STRIKES
a. Number of Strikes b. Workers involved c. Number of Mandays Lost

Numbers
410

36 30444 390615

3.

LOCKOUTS
a. Number of Lockouts b. Number of Workers involved c. Number of Mandays lost 17 4949 327308

4.

GHERAOS
a. Number of Gheraos b. Workers involved c. Number of Mandays lost Nil Nil Nil

Source: The Commissioner of Labour, Chennai-6

12. 4 INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES AND COMPLAINTS 2009

Subject
Disputes under Industrial Disputes Act

Pending
2209

Received
5681

Total
7890

Disposed
5812

(Nos) Pending as on 31.12.09

2078

Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation Act 1986) Complaints under other Labour Acts 16 21 37 27 10

TOTAL

2225

5702

7927

5839

2088

Source: The Commissioner of Labour, Chennai 6