Rule 6. Number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day

(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) The provisions of sub-rules (1), (2), (3), (4) (5) (6) and (7) shall, in the case of an employee employed in agricultural employment, be subject to such modifications as may, from time to time, be determined by the State Government.

(10) 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, subject to the proviso specified in section 10 (i) of the code.

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.

(11) Circumstances under clause (ii) of the proviso to section 10—An employee shall not be entitled to receive wages for a full normal working day under section 10 of the Code, if he is not entitled to receive such wage under any other labour law for the time being in force.

(12) No employee or worker shall be allowed to work overtime, for more than seven days at a stretch and the total number of hours of overtime work in any quarter shall not exceed one hundred and forty-four hours. An employee or worker shall be required to work overtime subject to the written consent of such employee or worker for such work.