Central government employees work hours may increase! All critical details here
Government employees may soon have to work for 9 hours a day as the Centre has come up with a new proposal. According to a draft by Government of India's Ministry of Labour & Employment, Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi, "The Ministry of Labour & Employment has prepared a preliminary draft rule under Section 67 of the Code on Wages, 2019."
Government employees may soon have to work for 9 hours a day as the Centre has come up with a new proposal. According to a draft by Government of India's Ministry of Labour & Employment, Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi, "The Ministry of Labour & Employment has prepared a preliminary draft rule under Section 67 of the Code on Wages, 2019."
Here are the top things to know about the work hours of government employees:-
As per the draft issued by Government of India's Ministry of Labour & Employment, Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi:-
Number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day.—
(1) The number of hours which shall constitute a normal working day under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 13, shall be nine hours.
(2) The working day of an employee shall be so arranged that inclusive of the intervals of rest, if
any, it shall not spread over more than twelve hours on any day.
(3) The provisions of sub-rules (1) and (2) shall, in the case of an employee employed in agricultural employment, be subject to such modifications as may, from time to time, be determined by the Central Government.
(4) Nothing in this rule shall be deemed to affect the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948).
"The draft Central rule is hereby placed on the Ministry's website for inviting inputs/comments/suggestions of various stakeholders including general public," the notification added.
Inputs/comments/suggestions invited
Moreover, the draft says, "It has been decided to receive the inputs/comments/suggestions within a period of one month from the date of its upload on the website and the same may be addressed to Rajiv Ranjan (rajiv.ranja76@gov.in), Deputy Director, and Bikash Kumar Mallick (mallick.bikash@gov.in), Assistant Director, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India."
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