Overtime
When it bites, how to calculate.
Not yet verified against an official source
Delhi Shops and Establishments Act, 1954
- Overtime rate
- Twice the normal rate, calculated by the hourThis comes from the Labour Department's own copy of the Act at labour.delhi.gov.in. That copy is an annotated edition rather than a bare Act: each section is followed by editorial 'Comments' with case notes and the editor's glosses, and some of those glosses go further than the section above them — one, for instance, describes an 11 p.m. closing as optional, which section 16 does not say. Only the statutory text is used on this page.The second proviso to section 8
- How the hourly rate is reckoned
- The Act's own explanation to section 8: for this calculation the day is eight hours, not the nine the section otherwise allowsThe explanation to section 8
- Overtime cap
- 54 hours in a week, and 150 hours in a year in the aggregateThe first proviso to section 8
- When overtime may be worked at all
- During stock-taking, the making of accounts, or any other purpose prescribed by rules — and only after at least three days' advance intimation to the Chief InspectorThe first and second provisos to section 8
OSH Code, 2020
- Overtime rate
- Twice the ordinary rate of wagesOccupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 s.27