Order 7. Shift working

(1) More than one shift may be worked in any department or any section of the industrial establishment at the discretion of the employer.

(2) Where more than one shift is worked, the worker shall be liable to be transferred from one shift to another.

(3) No shift working shall be discontinued without twenty-one days prior notice in writing to the concerned worker:

Provided that no such notice shall be necessary where the closing of the shift is under an agreement with the workers affected.

(4) Where the discontinuance of the shift working is resulted in retrenchment, such retrenchment shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of the Code.

(5) Where shift working is re-started, the workers shall be given notice and re-employed in accordance with the provisions of the Code.

(6) Whenever an additional shift is started or shifts are restarted, discontinued or altered, twenty-one days prior notice shall be given to the affected workers:

Provided that no notice shall be required in case of emergent situation necessitating change of shift or shift working otherwise than in accordance with standing order, in consultation with the Grievance Redressal Committee in pursuance to clause (c) of section 40 of the Code:

Provided further that no such notice shall be required where such change is effected in accordance with the orders of the Central Government or State Government, as the case may be, or in pursuance of any settlement or award as envisaged in clause (d) of section 40 of the Code.