KEY CHANGES SOME STATES HAVE PROPOSED
ASSAM
Extension of working hours to 12 based on agreement between employer and employee
Overtime wages to be paid for extra hours
Above changes applicable for three months from May 8
Factories Act, Shops and Establishments Act
*As per the Factories Act 1948, a worker cannot work for more than nine hours in a day and 48 hours in a week
GOA
Extension of working hours to 12 in a day and 60 in a week
Overtime hours to be less than 75 in a quarter
Workers can’t work overtime continuously for more than seven days
Overtime charges apply if a person works more than 48 hours in a week
Above changes applicable till July 31
Factories Act
HIMACHAL PRADESH
Extension of working hours to 12 in a day and 72 in a week
Women workers permitted to work night shift (between 7 pm and 6 am)
Current minimum wage to be paid for extra work hours
Above changes applicable till July 20
Factories Act
HARYANA
Extension of working hours to 12 in a day
Wages for overtime to be double the existing wage rate
Above changes applicable till June 30
Factories Act
MAHARASHTRA
Extension of working hours to 12 in a day, 60 in a week
Overtime to be paid for extra four hours
Above changes applicable till June 30
Factories Act
PUNJAB
Extension of working hours to 12
Overtime charges for extra three hours
Above changes applicable for three months
State government withdraws a notification revising minimum wages
Factories Act, Minimum Wages Act
UTTARAKHAND
Extension of working hours to 11
Overtime wage rate to apply for the extra three hours
Overtime work limited to 18 hours per week
Above changes applicable for three months from April 28
Factories Act
GUJARAT
Extension of working hours to 12 in a day and 72 in a week
Regular wage rate for extra four hours
No labour laws for new industries in services and manufacturing sectors for 1,200 days, except three basic Acts — Minimum Wages, Act, Industrial Safety Rules and The Employee Compensation Act (President approval awaited)
The Contract Act will be applicable to establishments and contractors with 20 or more workers (earlier it was 10)
Factories Act, Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act
MADHYA PRADESH
Extension of working hours to 12 in a day and 72 in a week for a period of three months
Overtime wage rate to apply
For all industries, relaxations from all provisions of the Factories Act for next three months, barring the safety clause
Registration, licence for industries to be given in one day (earlier it was 30); authorities to be fined for delay
Factory licence to be renewed once in 10 years, not annually
Under the Contract Labour Act, licence to be valid for the entire duration of the contract rather than for a calendar year
Exempted 11 industries (such as textile, leather, cement, iron and steel, among others) from the Madhya Pradesh Industrial Relations Act
Factories Act, Madhya Pradesh Industrial Relations Act, Contract Labour Act
UTTAR PRADESH
All industries, old and new, exempt from all labour laws, barring provisions related to women and children, bonded labour, minimum wages and payment of wages, for the next three years (Awaiting President’s approval)