Office Timings Under Shops & Establishment Act

Hello Everybody,
I would like to know how many working hours (excluding lunch time) per day or per week is permissible under Shops and Establishment Act for an establishment (service company) in Navi Mumbai.
regards,
Prachi.

The Shops and Commercial Establishments Act being a state Act there need not be a common provision in many respect. The working hours may vary from 8 hours to 9 hours and the time including intervals (spread over) may also vary from 10 hours 30 minutes to 11 hours. For details please refer to Maharashtra Shops and Commercial Establishments Act.
Regards,
Madhu.T.K

Dear Prachi,
According to The Bombay Shops & Establishment Act, 1948 which was provided by our one of the member on this site section 14(1) deals in working hours which may be read as under:
14. Daily and weekly hours of work in shops and commercial establishment.-
(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, no employee shall be required or allowed to work in any shop or commercial establishment for more than nine hours in any day and forty-eight hours in any week
Regards,
R.N.Khola

Dear Friends,
I would like to know how many working hours (excluding lunch time) per day or per week is permissible under Shops and Establishment Act for an establishment (Logistics company) in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore.
Also want to know forty-eight hours in any week is included lunch time?
Regards,
Vasanth

The 48 hours of work per week or 8 hours per day is the actual working hours excluding hours of rest. As already stated above, hours of work and spread over are different. Spread over is the maximum hours including intervals for rest which may be around 10 1/2 hours or 11 hours a day.
Regards,
Madhu.T.K