Contents of the OSH Rules (Uttar Pradesh)

The Uttar Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026

Rule 49. Daily and weekly working hours under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 25

Chapter V — Hours of Work and Leave with WagesMade under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020Notification No. 962/XXXVI-03-2026-1903305, 27 Aug 2026

Official text

(1) No worker shall be required or allowed to work in an establishment for more than 48 hours in any week.

(2) The period of work of a worker shall be so arranged that inclusive of intervals for rest, shall not spread over for more than ten and a half hours in a day:

Provided that the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette increase the spread over up to 12 hours inclusive of his intervals for rest in respect of any group or class or description of establishment on such conditions as it may deem expedient under section 25.

(3) The periods of work of workers in an establishment each day shall be so fixed that no period shall exceed five hours and that no worker shall work for more than five hours before he has had an interval of rest of at least half an hour.

(4) The working hours in a day may be notified by the State Government, subject to sub-rules (1), (2) and (3), so that the total number of working hours in a week shall be so fixed and followed.

Source: The Uttar Pradesh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026, Notification No. 962/XXXVI-03-2026-1903305 — Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, 27 August 2026, p. 306 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 306 · official download · all sources

The rules were made in Hindi. The English text is the translation published by order of the Governor under clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution, which makes it the authoritative text in English. Rule headings are printed as marginal notes.