Working hours
Daily / weekly caps, state-wise.
Puducherry's own rules · researched
Central notifications are shown in their own panel. Everything below is Puducherry-specific, researched and not yet checked against an official source — including the overtime cap, which is not yet added.
Not yet verified against an official source
Puducherry
- What “8 hours work per day” in the schedules means
- The hours the rate buys, not a limit the notification fixesEvery schedule in the batch heads its rate column “8 hours work per day” except Hotels and Restaurants, whose column reads simply “per month”. None of the nineteen fixes a daily or weekly limit, a rest interval, a weekly holiday or an overtime rate. The Puducherry Shops and Establishments Act, 1964 would fix them and its text has not been read.G.O. Ms. Nos. 09 to 27 of AIL/Lab./G/2024, all dated 2 September 2024
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