Dear Friends,
I am working in a small company with around 20 members. Previously, our office timings were 9 am to 6 pm. Now, my manager has asked me to find out the office work hours as per the Companies Act of 1956. Could any professionals guide me regarding this?
Thank you.
From India, Chennai
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2I am working in a small company with around 20 members. Previously, our office timings were 9 am to 6 pm. Now, my manager has asked me to find out the office work hours as per the Companies Act of 1956. Could any professionals guide me regarding this?
Thank you.
From India, Chennai
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Hi Office time are as per the local laws applicable if its not a factory then Shops & Establishment act need to be checked.
From India, Jamshedpur
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Subject: Office Work Timings
In Bangladesh, the normal practice of office hours is 8 hours. If the workday starts at 9:00 am, it will end at 5:00 pm. Lunch and prayer breaks are included within this period. However, anyone with pending tasks must complete them; in such cases, there is no strict time limit. According to labor laws, the standard working hours are eight hours. Any work done beyond eight hours entitles the worker to overtime pay, which is mandatory for factory workers but not for officers.
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Akhtar
From Bangladesh
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In Bangladesh, the normal practice of office hours is 8 hours. If the workday starts at 9:00 am, it will end at 5:00 pm. Lunch and prayer breaks are included within this period. However, anyone with pending tasks must complete them; in such cases, there is no strict time limit. According to labor laws, the standard working hours are eight hours. Any work done beyond eight hours entitles the worker to overtime pay, which is mandatory for factory workers but not for officers.
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Akhtar
From Bangladesh
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Dear Team,
The number of hours worked should be 8 hours in a day (including breaks) and 6 days a week, starting from 8:30 am as per the law for women. If a company has shifts, each shift should be structured with 8 hours (8 hrs x 3 shifts = 24 hrs a day). Women employees are not permitted to work night shifts, unless they are provided with transportation and accompanied by a female security personnel while traveling.
For a 6-day work schedule, shifts can be scheduled from 9 am - 5 pm, 9:30 am - 5:30 pm, or 10 am - 6 pm. If it is a 5-day work week, the working hours are 9 hrs a day from 9 am to 6 pm (or flexible timings as per the company's requirements), however, this practice is not in accordance with the law but is commonly practiced in the IT industry.
Please let me know if you have any questions or need further clarification.
Thank you.
From India, Hyderabad
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The number of hours worked should be 8 hours in a day (including breaks) and 6 days a week, starting from 8:30 am as per the law for women. If a company has shifts, each shift should be structured with 8 hours (8 hrs x 3 shifts = 24 hrs a day). Women employees are not permitted to work night shifts, unless they are provided with transportation and accompanied by a female security personnel while traveling.
For a 6-day work schedule, shifts can be scheduled from 9 am - 5 pm, 9:30 am - 5:30 pm, or 10 am - 6 pm. If it is a 5-day work week, the working hours are 9 hrs a day from 9 am to 6 pm (or flexible timings as per the company's requirements), however, this practice is not in accordance with the law but is commonly practiced in the IT industry.
Please let me know if you have any questions or need further clarification.
Thank you.
From India, Hyderabad
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Thanks to all for your valuable suggestion. But still i would like to know as per law. what about the duration of lunch break? Whether this 8 hours include the lunch break?
From India, Chennai
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Dear Nithi,
I am working in an airline's commercial department. We work 44 hours per week with only one day off. With this schedule, our daily duty comes to 7 hours and 30 minutes. The official break time allowed is 45 minutes, but the management considers 15 minutes as the employee's own time. Essentially, it is a 30-minute paid break and a 15-minute authorized additional break without pay.
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From India, New Delhi
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I am working in an airline's commercial department. We work 44 hours per week with only one day off. With this schedule, our daily duty comes to 7 hours and 30 minutes. The official break time allowed is 45 minutes, but the management considers 15 minutes as the employee's own time. Essentially, it is a 30-minute paid break and a 15-minute authorized additional break without pay.
Thank you.
From India, New Delhi
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As per the Factories Act of 1948, the standard working hours are 48 hours per week, which translates to 8 hours per day excluding breaks. If a 30-minute lunch break is provided, it should be added to the daily working hours, making it 8.30 hours per day.
A. G. Belwalkar
From China, Qinhuangdao
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A. G. Belwalkar
From China, Qinhuangdao
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Dear friend,
Section 51 of the Factories Act states that no adult employee should be allowed to work for more than 48 hours a week. Furthermore, subject to Section 51, no adult employee should work for more than nine hours in a day. The duty hours may be in the General Shift, i.e., from 08:30 am to 05:00 pm, or 09:00 am to 05:30 pm; or in A, B, or C shifts. The periods of work for adult workers in a factory each day should be scheduled so that no period exceeds five hours, and no worker should work for more than five hours before having at least a half-hour rest interval.
The rest hour is exclusive of the total working hours. Thank you.
From India, Bokaro
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Section 51 of the Factories Act states that no adult employee should be allowed to work for more than 48 hours a week. Furthermore, subject to Section 51, no adult employee should work for more than nine hours in a day. The duty hours may be in the General Shift, i.e., from 08:30 am to 05:00 pm, or 09:00 am to 05:30 pm; or in A, B, or C shifts. The periods of work for adult workers in a factory each day should be scheduled so that no period exceeds five hours, and no worker should work for more than five hours before having at least a half-hour rest interval.
The rest hour is exclusive of the total working hours. Thank you.
From India, Bokaro
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Dear,
Under various acts pertaining to labor and workers (Factories Act or Shops & Establishment Act), 48 hours weekly is fixed for all workers. If it's a 5-day week, they can be divided over 5 days. If the office is open for six days, then it's 8 hours daily. Therefore, you can inform your boss that the maximum hours permissible under labor laws is 8 hours, and 9 to 6 equates to 9 hours, which totals 9 x 6 = 54 hours, exceeding the legal limits. If any disgruntled employee files a complaint against the company with the labor department, they will face trouble.
I hope you can guide your company/firm properly.
Navneet Sarin
From India, Delhi
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Under various acts pertaining to labor and workers (Factories Act or Shops & Establishment Act), 48 hours weekly is fixed for all workers. If it's a 5-day week, they can be divided over 5 days. If the office is open for six days, then it's 8 hours daily. Therefore, you can inform your boss that the maximum hours permissible under labor laws is 8 hours, and 9 to 6 equates to 9 hours, which totals 9 x 6 = 54 hours, exceeding the legal limits. If any disgruntled employee files a complaint against the company with the labor department, they will face trouble.
I hope you can guide your company/firm properly.
Navneet Sarin
From India, Delhi
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Dear Nithiaramchandran,
Greetings in the New Year!
I would like to refer to your original question regarding the working hours as per the Companies Act, 1956. The fact is that the Indian Companies Act, 1956 does not specify any working hours for either an office or a factory. This point has not been clarified by any of the participating members in the replies/views given above.
Secondly, I would like to inform you that the working hours of an office are governed by the local laws of each state, which have their own Shop and Establishment Act. The working hours of an office are typically 8 hours per day, similar to the Factory Act which permits 8 hours of work. The specific timings can be decided by the management. Commercial organizations and office establishments may follow different timings based on the applicable laws. Although you did not inquire about lunch timings, the standard practice is to observe a half-hour lunch break.
I hope this explanation addresses your query.
With best wishes and warm regards to you and the members/readers of this post.
/2nd January 2013
From India, New Delhi
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Greetings in the New Year!
I would like to refer to your original question regarding the working hours as per the Companies Act, 1956. The fact is that the Indian Companies Act, 1956 does not specify any working hours for either an office or a factory. This point has not been clarified by any of the participating members in the replies/views given above.
Secondly, I would like to inform you that the working hours of an office are governed by the local laws of each state, which have their own Shop and Establishment Act. The working hours of an office are typically 8 hours per day, similar to the Factory Act which permits 8 hours of work. The specific timings can be decided by the management. Commercial organizations and office establishments may follow different timings based on the applicable laws. Although you did not inquire about lunch timings, the standard practice is to observe a half-hour lunch break.
I hope this explanation addresses your query.
With best wishes and warm regards to you and the members/readers of this post.
From India, New Delhi
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The working hours on any day cannot exceed 9 hours (depending on the state, as the Shop and Establishment Act is separate for all states). This excludes lunch and break times. If you exclude break times, then even with a 6-day workweek, you will probably not exceed the 48-hour limit.
From India, Mumbai
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As per the Karnataka Shops and Establishment Act:
Daily and Weekly Hours:
1. No employee in any establishment shall be required or allowed to work for more than 9 hours on any day or 48 hours in any week.
Provided that the total number of hours of work, including overtime, shall not exceed 10 hours in any day except on days of stocktaking and preparation of accounts.
Provided further that the total number of overtime hours worked by an employee does not exceed 50 in a period of 3 continuous months.
2. No young person shall be allowed to work in any establishment for more than 5 hours in a day.
Extra Wages for Overtime:
1. Where an employee works in any establishment for more than 9 hours in any day or for more than 48 hours in any week, he shall, in respect of overtime work, be entitled to wages at twice the rate of normal wages.
2. For the purposes of this section, "normal wages" means the basic wages plus such allowances, including the cash equivalent of the advantage accruing through the concessional sale to workers of food grains and other articles, as the worker is, for the time being, entitled to, but does not include a bonus.
3. The cash equivalent of the advantage accruing through the concessional sale to a worker of food grains and other articles shall be computed as often as may be prescribed on the basis of the maximum quantity of food grains and other articles admissible to a standard family.
From India, Bangalore
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Daily and Weekly Hours:
1. No employee in any establishment shall be required or allowed to work for more than 9 hours on any day or 48 hours in any week.
Provided that the total number of hours of work, including overtime, shall not exceed 10 hours in any day except on days of stocktaking and preparation of accounts.
Provided further that the total number of overtime hours worked by an employee does not exceed 50 in a period of 3 continuous months.
2. No young person shall be allowed to work in any establishment for more than 5 hours in a day.
Extra Wages for Overtime:
1. Where an employee works in any establishment for more than 9 hours in any day or for more than 48 hours in any week, he shall, in respect of overtime work, be entitled to wages at twice the rate of normal wages.
2. For the purposes of this section, "normal wages" means the basic wages plus such allowances, including the cash equivalent of the advantage accruing through the concessional sale to workers of food grains and other articles, as the worker is, for the time being, entitled to, but does not include a bonus.
3. The cash equivalent of the advantage accruing through the concessional sale to a worker of food grains and other articles shall be computed as often as may be prescribed on the basis of the maximum quantity of food grains and other articles admissible to a standard family.
From India, Bangalore
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Regarding the "interval for rest": (As per the Karnataka Shops and Establishments Act)
The periods of work of an employee in an establishment each day shall be so fixed that no period shall exceed five hours, and no person shall work for more than five hours before having an interval of rest of at least one hour.
From India, Bangalore
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The periods of work of an employee in an establishment each day shall be so fixed that no period shall exceed five hours, and no person shall work for more than five hours before having an interval of rest of at least one hour.
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Dear Seniors,
Please guide us on the necessary action to be taken in case of prolonged working hours of 9.30 per day with the 2nd and 4th Saturdays off. Our company is engaged in supplying and providing Japanese engineering products. Office timings are from 9 am to 6.30 pm with the 2nd and 4th Saturday off.
Although it is not acceptable to most of the employees, no action has been taken to change this situation. Kindly suggest the steps to be taken to correct the timings and implement them as per the law.
Aparna
From India, Pune
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Please guide us on the necessary action to be taken in case of prolonged working hours of 9.30 per day with the 2nd and 4th Saturdays off. Our company is engaged in supplying and providing Japanese engineering products. Office timings are from 9 am to 6.30 pm with the 2nd and 4th Saturday off.
Although it is not acceptable to most of the employees, no action has been taken to change this situation. Kindly suggest the steps to be taken to correct the timings and implement them as per the law.
Aparna
From India, Pune
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Dear Aparna K,
According to your statement, your company is providing and supplying Japanese engineering products, which means that your company is engaged in trading and therefore falls into the category of a commercial establishment under the Bombay Shop & Establishment Act, 1948. Section 14(1) of the Act prescribes that employees can work for nine hours in a day and 48 hours in a week. However, in Subsection (2), it is provided that employees can work up to six hours in excess of 48 hours, which means that a company can require work from employees for a maximum of 54 hours in a week. Section 15 prescribes one hour of rest after 5 hours of work. In your case, you have not mentioned anything about the hours of rest given to employees. Therefore, it is presumed that 9.30 hours of work include the one-hour rest period. Thus, in your case, I do not find anything against the provisions of Section 14 and Section 15 of the Act. Please note that my answer is based on the information provided in your question. If you wish to add any further information, please do so to enable me to review my answer thoroughly. The State Government or the local authority is the law-enforcing agency under this Act.
With good wishes,
srivastavacmlalatgmaildotcom
From India, New Delhi
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According to your statement, your company is providing and supplying Japanese engineering products, which means that your company is engaged in trading and therefore falls into the category of a commercial establishment under the Bombay Shop & Establishment Act, 1948. Section 14(1) of the Act prescribes that employees can work for nine hours in a day and 48 hours in a week. However, in Subsection (2), it is provided that employees can work up to six hours in excess of 48 hours, which means that a company can require work from employees for a maximum of 54 hours in a week. Section 15 prescribes one hour of rest after 5 hours of work. In your case, you have not mentioned anything about the hours of rest given to employees. Therefore, it is presumed that 9.30 hours of work include the one-hour rest period. Thus, in your case, I do not find anything against the provisions of Section 14 and Section 15 of the Act. Please note that my answer is based on the information provided in your question. If you wish to add any further information, please do so to enable me to review my answer thoroughly. The State Government or the local authority is the law-enforcing agency under this Act.
With good wishes,
srivastavacmlalatgmaildotcom
From India, New Delhi
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Office Timing and Salary Deduction Concerns
I am working in a small-scale company with around 25 members. Previously, our office timings were 9 am to 6 pm. Now, my company director has informed me that if I am not present for 8 hours in the office, meaning if I am present for 7 hours and 59 minutes, he will deduct half a day's salary. Additionally, if we work more than 8 hours in the office, he will not provide overtime pay.
Please provide a solution for this critical situation in accordance with the Indian government Acts. Kindly mention the specific government acts related to this issue.
This matter is urgent, so please take immediate action. We are eagerly awaiting your valuable response.
Thank you.
From India, New Delhi
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I am working in a small-scale company with around 25 members. Previously, our office timings were 9 am to 6 pm. Now, my company director has informed me that if I am not present for 8 hours in the office, meaning if I am present for 7 hours and 59 minutes, he will deduct half a day's salary. Additionally, if we work more than 8 hours in the office, he will not provide overtime pay.
Please provide a solution for this critical situation in accordance with the Indian government Acts. Kindly mention the specific government acts related to this issue.
This matter is urgent, so please take immediate action. We are eagerly awaiting your valuable response.
Thank you.
From India, New Delhi
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