Working hours
Daily / weekly caps, state-wise.
Bihar's own rules · researched
Central notifications are shown in their own panel. Everything below is Bihar-specific, researched and not yet checked against an official source — including the overtime cap, which is not yet added.
Bihar's shops Act is on the statute book and its text has not been obtained, so this page does not say what hours it sets. The one figure Bihar's own instruments give is the overtime rate, and it comes from the wage notification.
Not yet verified against an official sourceBihar Shops and Establishments Act, 1953
- The Act
- Bihar Shops and Establishments Act, 1953The Act is established. Its text was not obtained: labour.bihar.gov.in does not resolve, and no departmental page carrying it was found. Rather than borrow the nine hours most States set, this page says nothing about Bihar's.India Code, read 26 September 2026
- Daily limit
- Not yet added
- Weekly limit
- Not yet added
- Overtime
- Twice the wages, at the rate prescribed in rule 25 of the Bihar Minimum Wages Rules, 1951Payable for overtime on the weekly rest day or on any other day. This comes from the wage notification, not from the shops Act.Note (c) to Notification No. 5/M.W.-40-16/2021, Shram No. 46, Patna, 1 April 2026, Labour Resources and Migrant Workers' Welfare Department, under section 5 read with section 3 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948
OSH Code, 2020
- Daily limit
- 8 hoursOccupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
- Weekly limit
- 48 hoursOccupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
- Rest interval
- 30 minutes after 5 hours of continuous workOccupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 s.25(1)(b)
- Spread-over
- Not yet addedSet by rules
- Overtime cap
- Not yet addedSet by rules