Timing of establishment

Opening, closing, spread-over.

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Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act, 1973

Opening and closing hours: Fixed by the Government by notification after previous publication in the Official Gazette, and it may fix different hours for different classes of establishment, different areas or different times of the year. No such notification was obtainedSections 4 and 10
Serving a customer at closing time: A customer being served, or waiting to be served, at the hour fixed for closing may be served during the quarter of an hour immediately followingProviso to section 10(1)
Spread-over: Twelve hours in any daySections 7 and 13

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Night work for women: consent + safety + transport
Before 6am / after 7pm only with written consent, CCTV/security, holidays, and night transport. Maternity 26/12 weeks. Crèche from 50 employees.

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31 Oct 1974
Goa's shops Act sets eight hours a day, not the nine most States use
The Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act, 1973 (Act 13 of 1974), in the Official Gazette Series I No. 31 of 31 October 1974, limits an employee to eight hours in any day and forty-eight in any week — a lower daily cap than the nine hours every other State on this desk sets. Overtime is paid at twice the ordinary rate under section 29, and the excess may not exceed six hours in any week; for stock-taking and preparation of accounts an employer may exceed the limit on up to fifteen days a year, by no more than twenty-four hours in aggregate. No employee works more than five hours without an interval of at least an hour, and the spread-over is twelve hours, or fourteen for stock-taking on overtime wages. Every employee gets one whole day off each week with no deduction. Leave with wages is fifteen days after 240 days' service, accumulating to forty-five. No child may work at all; a young person may work only between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m., seven hours a day and forty-two a week, and never overtime.