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Working hours rules in Chhattisgarh
What the Shops and Establishments Act applicable in Chhattisgarh sets for daily and weekly hours, spread-over, rest intervals, overtime and night-shift work — the rules that govern employers in Raipur, Bhilai. Every value below links to the source it was verified against.
- Governing Act
- Chhattisgarh Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 (Act 21 of 2018), in force from 13 February 2025, repealing the 1958 Act; amended with effect from 8 July 2026prsindia.org ↗
- Maximum daily hours
- 10 hours a day since 8 July 2026; 9 hours as originally enacted (s.8(1))pcsmgmt.com ↗Secondary source
- Maximum weekly hours
- 48 hours a week (s.8(1)), not amendedprsindia.org ↗
- Spread-over limit
- 12 hours since 8 July 2026. As enacted, s.8(2) capped a shift including the rest interval at 10½ hours, extended to 12 for intermittent or urgent workpcsmgmt.com ↗Secondary source
- Rest interval
- Not less than half an hour after every 6 hours since 8 July 2026; after every 5 hours as originally enacted (s.8(1))pcsmgmt.com ↗Secondary source
- Overtime rate
- Twice the ordinary rate of wages (s.9), and likewise for work on a day of rest (s.10(5))prsindia.org ↗
- Overtime cap
- 144 hours in a quarter since 8 July 2026; 125 hours in three months as originally enacted (s.8(3))pcsmgmt.com ↗Secondary source
- Weekly off
- Per-worker model rather than establishment closure: the shop may work every day provided each worker gets at least 24 consecutive hours of rest (s.10(2)), with compensatory leave within two months if denied (s.10(3))prsindia.org ↗
- Women on night shifts
- s.6(2) restricts women to 6am–9pm. The proviso permits 9pm–6am by notification and with the woman's consent, where the establishment provides shelter, rest room, night creche, ladies' toilet, protection of dignity and safety, protection from sexual harassment, and transport to her doorstepprsindia.org ↗
- IT/ITES exemption
- A statutory hook rather than a live exemption: s.8(5)(e) applies the hours and spread-over limits to highly skilled workers in IT, biotechnology and R&D only to the extent and on the conditions prescribed by rules. Whether the Rules actually prescribe those conditions could not be verifiedprsindia.org ↗
Notes on Chhattisgarh
- →The 2017 Act only came into force in February 2025 — content written before then describes the repealed 1958 Act.
- →The 8 July 2026 amendment figures come from a compliance-vendor summary; the gazette text of the amendment could not be retrieved directly.
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
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