Working Hour

Working Hour-

1. (1) No adult worker shall be required or allowed to work in a shop or an establishment for more than forty-eight hours in any week and nine hours in a day or
   • (i) for more than nine hours in any day or for more than forty eight hours in any week, working for six days in any week;
   • (ii) for more than ten hours in any day or for more than forty eight hours in any week, working for five days in any week;
   • (iii) for more than eleven and a half hours in any day working for four days in any week, or works on paid holidays -he shall in respect of overtime work, be entitled to wages at the rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages.” and no worker shall be asked to work continuously for more than five hours unless he has been given a break of not less than half an hour: Provided that the working hours or of weekly rest may

be relaxed in case of work of urgent nature with the previous

permission of the Facilitator.

1. (2) The total number of hours of work in a shift including the rest interval, the spread over shall not exceed twelve hours.
2. (3) Any work done beyond the working hours of forty-eight hours in a week shall be treated as overtime and the total hours of overtime shall not exceed one hundred and forty four hours in a period of three months.
3. (4) The State Government shall make rules to the following:-
   • (a) subject to sub-section (1), fix the number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day for the workers employed in the shop or establishment, 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 workers employed in the shop or establishment and for the payment of remuneration in respect of such days of rest.
4. (5) The provisions of sub-section
5. (1) and
6. (2) shall, in relation to the following class of workers employed in such shop or establishment, apply only to such extent, and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed, namely:-
   • (a) workers engaged on urgent work, or in any emergency which could not have been foreseen or prevented;
   • (b) workers engaged 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;

1. (c) workers engaged in any work which for technical reasons has to be completed before the day is over;
2. (d) workers engaged in a work which cannot be carried on except at times dependent on the irregular action for natural forces; and
3. (e) highly skilled workers (such as workers working in the establishments of Information Technology, Bio-Technology and