Maximum Working Hours Per Day As Per Indian Labour Law - Labour Laws [Thread 75930]

we are covered under shops and establishment act and we work 8 1/2 hrs, 6 days a week.
what is the solution to get it to a 5 day a week and what are the min to max working hrs for the week an employee needs to put in.

Dear Member,
For having knowledge on hours of employment, spread over & rest interval etc. plz go through your State applicable Shops & Establishment Act. If your unit is covered under The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 then before effecting any change in conditions of employment you should go through section 9A & schedule iv of this Act.
Regards,
R.N.Khola

Hello,
Reality is quite different from this.Many companies are 9 hours working with 6 working days.And sometimes employees are made to work for more than 9 hours also and they cannot complain ,thus risking their job.
What could the employees do in such a case.
Regards,
Harpreet

Dear Member,
First examine under which of the Act & Rules you are allowed to have OT from the employees/workers & then go through OT provisions/rules in that applicable Act/rules.

Regards,
R.N.Khola

Total working hours per week is 48 hrs( Not exceeding that if exceed means company need to pay O.T) like per day 8.30 Hrs and in week end (Saturday) we can consider as Half day remaining time 5.30 hrs .
Regards,
Ravi

Dear Friends,
Just want to double check, is it 8hrs inclduing the lunch break or excluding the break? A quick reply would be appriciable.
Thanks,
Manish

Daer Manish,
Eight hours excluding break.
Regards,
R.N.Khola

I agree with what Harpreet has quoted... in reality very rare companies follow 48 hrs thing... but I dont know y there is no action against them and the fact that employees dont want to spoil their employment stops them from complaining abt it... management feels that once hired they have every right to get the work done irrespective of time...
alas... HR professionals themselves stop nagging the mgmt abt it as they themself feel they need job..
Regards
Neha

Dear I want to know if we handled the company owned retail showroom , then what will our maximum working hour in that showroom, because in these day company force us to do 12 hours shift forcely
thanks
anonymus

My question is that , i am working in a company owned retail showroom , preveiously we do work in shift 10am to 7 pm and 2nd shift sttart from 1 pm to 10 pm , its upto us what we prefer , but now our company forcly said do shift 10 am to 10 pm total 12 hours a day * 6 days , do they have a right to do that according to indian labour law
thanks
prince