Assam Govt fixes new biz hours for establishments in GMC

Assam Government has fixed new business hours for all establishments in Guwahati Municipal Corporation area with the opening hour at 8 AM and closing hour at 12 midnight.
The Government today also notified that no adult worker shall be required or allowed to work in an establishment for more than 48 hours in any week and nine hours in a day.
And no worker shall be asked to work continuously for more than four hours at a stretch unless he has been given a break of not less than one hour, said a government release here.
Further, the total number of hours of work of an employee in an establishment shall be so fixed, inclusive of his interval of rest and shall not spread over more than ten and half hours in any day, the release said.

Any working hour beyond eight hours in a day and 48 hours in a week shall be treated as overtime and the total number of overtime hours shall not exceed 78 hours in a period of three months, it said.
The notification comes into force with immediate effect, it added.