Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day:-(1) The number of hours which shall constitute a normal working day shall be— (a) in the case of an adult, 9 hours; (b) in the case of a child, 4 hours. (2) The working day of an adult worker shall be so arranged that inclusive of the intervals for rest, if any, it shall not spread over more than twelve hours on any day. (3) The number of hours of work in the case of an adolescent shall be the same as that of an adult or a child accordingly as he is certified to work as an adult or a child by a competent medical practitioner approved by the Central Government. (4) The provisions of sub-rules (1) to (3) shall, in the case of workers in agricultural employment, be subject to such modifications as may, from time to time, be notified by the Central Government. 3[(4-A) No child shall be employed or permitted to work for more than 4½ hours on any day.] (5) Nothing in this rule shall be deemed to affect the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948). 4[24A. Night Shifts:-Where a worker in a scheduled employment works on a shift which extends beyond midnight— 1 Sub-rule (5) omitted and sub-rule (6) renumbered as sub-rule (5) by G.S.R. 158, dated 10-1-1979. 2 Sub-rule (5) omitted and sub-rule (6) renumbered as sub-rule (5) by G.S.R. 158, dated 10-1-1979. 3 Inserted by S.R.O. 3304, dated 2-10-1954. 4 Added by S.R.O. 1932, dated 6-10-1954. 30 The Minimum Wages (Central) Rules, 1950 Rule 25 (a) a holiday for the whole day for the purposes of rule 23 shall in his case mean a period of twenty-four consecutive hours beginning from the time when his shift ends; and (b) the following day in such a case shall be deemed to be the period of twenty-four hours beginning from the time when such shift ends, and the hours after midnight during which such worker was engaged in work shall be counted towards the previous day. 1[25. Extra wages for overtime:-(1) When a worker works in an employment for more than nine hours on any day or for more than forty-eight hours in any week, he shall, in respect of such overtime work, be entitled to wages at double the “ordinary rate of wages”. (a) in the case of employment in agriculture, at one and a half times the ordinary rate of wages; (b) in the case of any other scheduled employment, at double the ordinary rate of wages. Explanation.—The expression “ordinary rate of wages” means the basic wage plus such allowances including the cash equivalent of the advantages accruing through the concessional sale to the person employed of foodgrains and other articles as the person employed is for the time being entitled to but does not include a bonus.] 2[(2) A register of overtime shall be maintained by every employer in Form IV in which entries under the columns specified therein shall be made as and when overtime is worked in any establishment. The register shall be kept at the work- spot and maintained uptodate. Where no overtime has been worked in any wage period, a „nil‟ entry shall be made across the body of the register at the end of the wage period indicating also in precise terms the wage period to which the „nil‟ entry relates].