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Working hours rules in Uttarakhand
What the Shops and Establishments Act applicable in Uttarakhand sets for daily and weekly hours, spread-over, rest intervals, overtime and night-shift work — the rules that govern employers in Dehradun, Haridwar, Rudrapur. Every value below links to the source it was verified against.
- Governing Act
- Uttarakhand Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 (Uttarakhand Act 3 of 2018), as amended by Act 6 of 2026 (gazette notification 129/XXXVI(3)/2026, 17 April 2026, in force at once)prsindia.org ↗
- Maximum daily hours
- 10 hours in any day (s.8(1), raised from 9 by the 2026 amendment)prsindia.org ↗
- Maximum weekly hours
- 48 hours in any week (s.8(1), untouched by the amendment)prsindia.org ↗
- Spread-over limit
- Total hours in a shift including the rest interval must not exceed 12 hours (s.8(2), wholly replaced in 2026)prsindia.org ↗
- Rest interval
- At least half an hour after no more than 6 hours of continuous work (s.8(1), raised from 5 hours in 2026)prsindia.org ↗
- Overtime rate
- Twice the ordinary rate of wages, now triggered beyond 10 hours a day or 48 a week (ss.8(3) and 9)prsindia.org ↗
- Overtime cap
- 144 hours in a period of three months (s.8(3), raised from 125 in 2026)prsindia.org ↗
- Weekly off
- A weekly holiday with wages (s.11(1)). A shop may open all week provided every worker gets at least 24 consecutive hours of rest (s.10(2)), with compensatory leave within two months if denied (s.10(3)) and twice ordinary wages for work on a rest day (s.10(5))prsindia.org ↗
- Women on night shifts
- No woman to work except between 6am and 9pm (s.6(2)); with her consent, 9pm–6am is permitted where the employer provides protection of dignity and safety, protection from sexual harassment, and transport to the doorstep of her residenceprsindia.org ↗
- IT/ITES exemption
- Built into the Act rather than granted by notification: s.8(5)(e) applies the daily-hours and spread-over limits to highly skilled workers in information technology, biotechnology and R&D only to the extent and on the conditions prescribed by rulesprsindia.org ↗
Notes on Uttarakhand
- →A clarification dated 17 February 2026 confirms there are no restrictions on opening and closing hours — establishments may run 24×7 — but employee working hours and holidays must still follow the Act.
- →Some vendor pages still quote 8 hours a day for Uttarakhand. That is wrong on the face of the statute: the 2017 Act said nine, and since Act 6 of 2026 it says ten.
Verify before you rely on it. State rules are amended by notification, exemptions for IT/ITES establishments are often time-bound and renewed separately, and the Labour Codes continue to be brought into force state by state. This page records what we could verify against a named source at the time of writing — it is general information, not legal advice, and it does not replace reading your state's current rules or asking your compliance advisor.
Keeping to these limits in practice
Limits are only enforceable against a record. Workclave captures every work session with its start, stop and breaks, applies your workspace's shift and break rules, and produces the statutory attendance register from the same data — so daily, weekly and overtime totals are computed as work happens rather than reconstructed at month end. Multi-state employers can configure rules per workspace.
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