Working hours
Daily / weekly caps, state-wise.
Punjab's own rules · researched
The panel above is from published central notifications. Everything below is Punjab-specific, researched and not yet checked against an official source.
Not yet verified against an official source
Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958
- Daily and weekly limits
- Nine hours a day and forty-eight hours a weekSection 7(1)
- Rest interval
- At least half an hour after five hours of work, except for a chaukidar, watchman or guardSection 8(1)
- Spread-over
- Ten hours in a day, counting the rest intervalSection 8(2)
- Young persons
- A person aged fourteen to eighteen works at most five hours a day and thirty hours a week, and not more than three hours without a break of at least half an hourSection 6(1) and (2)
- Children
- No one under fourteen may be employed at allSection 29
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