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The Delhi government, successful a notification issued connected Thursday (October 23, 2025), allowed the engagement of women workers astatine shops and commercialized establishments successful night shifts with their mandatory written consent, officials said.
The notification besides said each worker volition beryllium entitled to treble wage for overtime and a maximum of 48 hours of play duty, successful accordance with the Delhi Shops and Establishment Act. Internal complaints committees (ICCs) volition besides person to beryllium formed, it said.
Approval to the metropolis government's connection for engaging women workers astatine shops and different commercialized establishments successful nighttime shifts was fixed earlier this twelvemonth by Lieutenant Governor V. K. Saxena.
A caller notification issued by the Delhi government's labour section added 2 entries pertaining to employing women and the conditions of their employment nether the Delhi Shops and Establishment Act, 1954.
The additions laid down that women workers volition beryllium allowed to enactment successful nighttime shifts but their written consent for this volition beryllium mandatory. No worker volition beryllium employed oregon allowed to enactment for much than 9 hours (including the clip for meals and rest) connected immoderate time and for not much than 48 hours a week, the notification said.
The employers volition marque suitable arrangements regarding safety, information and proscription for each employees, who person been asked to enactment overtime oregon successful the nighttime shift, it said.
Further, nary worker volition beryllium allowed to enactment for much than 5 hours astatine a stretch, it said.
"Overtime wages volition beryllium paid to eligible employees astatine treble the mean complaint arsenic provided nether Section 8 of the Delhi Shops and Establishment Act, 1954. Shift working, if any, volition beryllium successful specified a mode that nary worker is forced to enactment successful nighttime displacement only," the notification said.
Importantly, each leader engaging women workers volition represent ICCs nether the Sexual Harassment of Women astatine Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, the notification said.
Further, the employers volition instal CCTV cameras for the videography of the establishment, sphere the footage for not little than a period and taxable it connected request from the main inspector of shops.
The notified entries besides included compensatory permission successful lieu of enactment connected nationalist holidays, play disconnected days, ineligible benefits similar minimum wages, provident fund, security and bonus.
