Contents of the OSH Code

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Section 28. Night shifts

In force since 21 Nov 2025Chapter VII — Hours of Work and Annual Leave with Wages

Official text

Where a worker in an establishment works on a shift which extends beyond midnight,—

(a) for the purposes of section 26, a weekly holiday for a whole day shall mean in his case a period of twenty-four consecutive hours beginning when his shift ends;

(b) the following day for him shall be deemed to be the period of twenty-four hours beginning when such shift ends, and the hours he has worked after midnight shall be counted in the previous day.

Source: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, Act No. 37 of 2020 — Gazette of India, p. 29 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 29 · official download · all sources

Explained simply in: Working hours, overtime and weekly rest guide

Commencement In force since 21 Nov 2025

Notification wording (1)
  • S.O. 5321(E), in force from 21 Nov 2025: “the Central Government hereby appoints the 21st day of November, 2025 as the date on which the provisions of the said Code, shall come into force”