Commercial establishments are allowed 10-hour workdays
- July 5, 2025
- Posted by: AscentHR
- Categories: Notification, Telangana
The Government of Telangana, vide notification no. G.O.Rt . No.282, dated 5th July 2025, has increased the daily working hour limit for commercial establishments (other than shops) in the state from eight hours to ten hours, subject to the following conditions:
1. An employee’s daily hours shall not exceed 10 hours, and weekly working hours shall be 48 hours. For work done beyond 48 hours, the employee is entitled to overtime wages.
2. No employee shall be required or allowed to work for more than six hours in any day unless he/she has had an interval for rest of not less than 30 minutes.
3. The periods of work of an employee in an establishment shall be so arranged that, along with his/her interval for rest, they shall not spread over more than twelve hours on any day.
4. Any employee may be required or allowed to work in an establishment for any period in excess of 48 hours per week on payment of overtime wages, subject to a maximum of 144 hours in any quarter of a year.
Please refer below to the notification:
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