| Working Hours for Shops & Establishment | |
| Normal Working Hours | Eight hours in a day |
| Interval For Rest | After five hours of work, interval of rest of half and hour |
| Maximum Over Time Hours | Two hours in a day and fifty hours in a quarter |
| Spreadover Hours | Twelve hours in a day |
| Rate of OT Wages | Twice the ordinary rate wages |
Definitions:
Quarter : Quarter means a period of three consecutive months beginning on the 1st of January, the 1st of April, the 1st of July or the 1st of October
Ordinary rate of wages : Ordinary rate means the basic wages plus such allowances, including the cash equivalent of the advantage accruing through the concessional sale to employees of food grains and other articles, as the employee is for the time being entitled to, but does not include bonus