APPROPRIATE WORKING HOURS AND OVERTIME.

All employees have a right to work in a safe place workplace with basic amenities and hygiene.

The Factories Act provides and the Shop and Establishment Acts ( statewise ) protects the rights of the workers and non-workmen.

Under the most recent laws, an adult worker shall work over 9 hours per day or 48 hours per week and overtime shall be double the regular wages. A female worker can work from 6 am to 7 pm. This can be relaxed to 9:30 pm upon expicit permission, and payment for overtime and safe transportation facility. Apart from this weekly holiday, half an hour break and no more 12 hours of work on any given day is mandated. The working hours for child workers are limited upto 4.5 hours a day.

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