Working hours
Daily / weekly caps, state-wise.
Delhi's own rules · researched
The panel above is from published central notifications. Everything below is Delhi-specific, researched and not yet checked against an official source.
Not yet verified against an official source
Delhi Shops and Establishments Act, 1954
- Daily limit
- 9 hoursThis 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.Section 8
- Weekly limit
- 48 hoursSection 8
- Rest interval
- At least half an hour, and no more than five hours of continuous work before itSection 10(1)
- When the interval falls
- Fixed by the employer, told to the Chief Inspector a week beforehand, and left unchanged for at least three monthsSection 10(2)
- Spread-over
- Ten and a half hours in a commercial establishment; twelve hours in a shopSection 11
- Double employment
- No one may work beyond the Act's limits across two establishments, or an establishment and a factorySection 9
- Young persons
- Six hours a day, with a half-hour break after three and a half hours and a spread-over of no more than eight hoursSection 13
- Children
- No child may be required or allowed to work, even a child of the employer's own familySection 12
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