New business hours in GMC area

GUWAHATI, Dec 5: The Assam Government has fixed the opening hour of all establishments in Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) area at 8 am and closing hour at 12 midnight.  It has also notified that no adult worker shall be required or allowed to work in any establishment for more than 48 hours a week and 9 hours a day and no worker shall be asked to work continuously for more than 4 hours at a stretch unless he/she has been given a break of not less than an hour. Further the total number of hours of work of an employee in an establishment shall be so fixed, that inclusive of his interval of rest, shall not spread over more than 10 hours and a and half a day. Provided that any working hour beyond 8 hours a day and 48 hours a week shall be treated as overtime and the total number of overtime hours shall not exceed 78 hours in 3 months, the government notified today.