Applies to this profile · S&E 9/48 · OSH default 8/48

Working hours

Daily / weekly caps, state-wise.

Chandigarh's own rules · researched

Central notifications are shown in their own panel. Everything below is Chandigarh-specific, researched and not yet checked against an official source — including the overtime cap, which is not yet added.

Chandigarh's shops Act limits were raised in 2025, and its factories were separately exempted in November 2025. The two regimes now sit at the same daily limit by different routes.

Not yet verified against an official source

Shops and commercial establishments

Daily limit: 10 hoursThe amending Act substitutes “ten hours” for “nine hours”. It was extended to Chandigarh by S.O. 5647(E) of 5 December 2025, Ministry of Home Affairs, published in The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II — Section 3 — Sub-section (ii), No. 5459 of 5 December 2025, and comes into force on the date of that publication.Section 7(1) of the Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 (Punjab Act No. 15 of 1958), as substituted by the Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Punjab Act No. 12 of 2025)
Weekly limit: 48 hoursThe substituted condition reads in full: “No employee shall be required to work for more than 10 hours in a day or 48 hours in a week.”Condition 6 of the exemption notification, as substituted on 17 March 2026
Spread-over: 12 hours“Twelve hours” substituted for “ten hours”. The exemption's condition 13 was substituted to match, and reads “The spread over of an employee shall not exceed 12 hours in a day inclusive of interval for rest.”Section 8(2), as substituted by the Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Punjab Act No. 12 of 2025)
Overtime cap: 144 hours a quarter“One hundred forty-four” substituted for “fifty”. Condition 15(i) of the exemption was substituted to match.Section 7(2), proviso, clause (a), as substituted by the Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Punjab Act No. 12 of 2025)
The overtime rate under the shops Act: Not yet addedThe 25 June 2024 notification this desk holds fixed it at twice the normal hourly wage. That notification was replaced by one dated 14 August 2025 which this desk does not hold, and the March 2026 amendment substitutes only the cap, not the rate. So the current rate cannot be stated, and the 2024 figure is not carried forward as if it were.

Factories

Daily limit: 10 hoursThe Chief Inspector exempts all adult workers of any factories registered in the Union Territory, Chandigarh from the provisions of section 54 & 56, subject to two conditions, of which the first is “The total number of hours of work in a day shall not exceed 10.”No. 4288 of 12 November 2025
Spread-over: 12 hours“The spreadover, inclusive of intervals for rest, shall not exceed 12 hours in one day.”No. 4288 of 12 November 2025
Work without an interval: 6 hoursThe Chief Inspector exempts all factories registered in the Union Territory, Chandigarh, from the provisions of sub section (1) of section 55, subject to the condition that the total number of hours worked by a worker without an interval does not exceed six. Section 55(1) otherwise requires an interval after five hours.No. 4285 of 12 November 2025
The rules that apply: Punjab Factory Rules, 1952 as applicable to UT, ChandigarhNamed in the Labour Commissioner's order of 25 June 2026. That order is expressed to run “till the notification of Chandigarh Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Rules, 2026”, so on its own face those rules had not been notified when it issued — which is why the factories limits here are still the Factories Act's as exempted, and not the Code's.LD/C-1/2026/OnlinePortal, I/108873/2026

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