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WORKING HOURS

POLICY
DEFINITION

Working Hours refers to any period during which


the worker is working at the employer’s disposal
and carrying out his activities or duties, in
accordance with national laws and practices.
TERMINOLOGY

Day Week
24 hours beginning at 7days beginning at Saturday
midnight midnight

Quarter Shift
3 consecutive months Two or more sets of workers
beginning on 1st January, 1st working during different
April, 1st July & 1st October. periods of the day
OBJECTIVE

To ensure that the working hours and


overtime hours comply with local law
requirement and do not exceed limits as
prescribed by the law, also to allow
workers at least 24 consecutive hours of
rest in every seven-day period.
RESPONSIBLE PERSONS
TOP MANAGEMENT HR & SOCIAL COMPLIANCE

PERSONNEL & ADMIN DEPARTMENT HEAD

FACTORY HEAD
Procedure
The employees shall, Employer shall,
• not impose any sanction on employees for
• record their entry and exit timings
requesting or taking any type of leaves, such
themselves electronically through
as annual, sick, maternity or other leaves , etc.
biometric system.
• provide public holidays as required under
• be entitled to take reasonable absence
National and Festival Holidays.
from work on the grounds of genuine • may provide the extra or extended holiday

incapability through illness and other for any festival, on the demand of workers by

emergencies. discussing through works committee.

Factory shall maintain register of adult workers and keep it available to Inspector of factories.
Working hours for Adults
Weekly hours : 48 hours in any week
Daily hours : 9 hours in any day

Weekly rest day : One day’s rest in every 7-day period

Compensatory holiday : Time off for working on weekly rest day

Interval for rest : Shall not work for more than 5 hours
continuously without interval for rest

Spread over : Shall not work for more than 10.5 hours
in any day inclusive of interval for rest.

Extra wages for overtime : more than 9 hrs a day /48 hrs a week, OT to be
paid at the rate of twice of ordinary rate of wages
Working Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm
Lunch break: 30 mins
Weekly off: Sunday
Comp-off within 3 days if Sunday is working
OT: Voluntary and Double pay
Women employees shall not work between 7 pm -6 am.
OT LIMITS

Daily : 2 hours

Weekly : 12 hours

Quarterly : 50 hours
SOP FOR OVERTIME WORK

1 •Production department shall take approval through mail from the Management to do overtime.

2 •HR department will co-ordinate with Production department and take the consent from the workers before engaging them for overtime work.

• Employees have the right to refuse to work overtime.


• Overtime will not be demanded on a regular basis.
Young workers Working hours / Weekly
Holiday

6 hours per day including rest No work between 7 p.m and 8 a.m

Not permitted One Whole day per Week


Periodical Trainings
Induction Training
Display of policy & procedures
COMMUNICATION
TO EMPLOYEES @ company premises
Display of Notice of periods of
work
Through handbook
Payroll records
Wage Slips
In/Out time records
Records to Leave records
Maintain List of Holidays
Overtime approval form
Employee consent for overtime
Notices
THANK YOU

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