Rule 23. Daily and weekly working hours under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 25

(1) No employee shall be required or allowed to work in an establishment for more than forty-eight hours in a week.

(2) Where a worker works in an establishment on daily basis, any work performed beyond eight hours (exclusive of interval of rest) in a day shall be treated as overtime work.

(3) Where an employee or worker works in an establishment for six days in a week, any work performed beyond eight hours (exclusive of interval of rest) in a day or beyond forty-eight hours in a week shall be treated as overtime work.

(4) Where an employee or worker works in an establishment for five days in a week, any work performed beyond nine and half hours (exclusive of interval of rest) in a day or beyond forty-eight hours in a week shall be treated as overtime work.

(5) Where an employee or worker works in an establishment for four days in a week, any work performed beyond eleven and a half hours (exclusive of interval of rest) in a day or beyond forty-eight hours in a week shall be treated as overtime work.

(6) The period of work of the employee shall be arranged so that, inclusive the interval for rest, it does not spread over more than twelve hours in a day.

(7) The flexibility in working hours shall be permitted with the consent of negotiating union/negotiating council or with the consent of employee(s) or worker (s) in the absence of negotiating union/negotiating council.

(8) No employee or worker shall be allowed to work for more than five hours in the case of a six-day working week and six hours in the case of a less than six-day working week continuously before he has had an interval for rest of at least half an hour.

(9) Where an employed person has worked for less than a normal working day, wages proportionate to the hours of work done by him shall be paid to him:

Provided that if such person has worked for more than three quarters of a normal working day, he shall deemed to have worked for the full day.

Provided that where a worker is engaged in an establishment on a monthly basis, and the establishment remains closed due to any national holiday or festive holiday or Labour Day or for reason(s) personal to the employer, the worker shall be paid wages for twenty-six days in the month, except for any day on which the worker is unwilling to work.