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Govt raises workday to 10 hrs, OKs night shift for women
The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar
|September 30, 2025
THE state government on Monday extended the maximum daily work hours for all categories of commercial establishments from existing nine to 10 while allowing women employees to work night shifts and enhancing overtime wages for the workers.
The state cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved proposals for amendments to the Factories Act, 1948 and the Odisha Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1956 to maximise productivity, ease-of-doing-business and enhance economic activities.
Announcing the decisions after the cabinet meeting, the chief minister said the maximum daily work time will now be 10 hours subject to an upper-limit of 48 hours in a week. The amendments will be applicable to all groups or classes of industries and factories as well as shops and commercial establishments.
This story is from the September 30, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar.
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