Government of Assam vide Notification No.GLR.170/2019/Pt./4 has exempted all factories registered under The Factories Act, 1948 in the state from the provision of Section 51 (Weekly Hour), Section 54 (Daily Hour), Section 52 (Weekly Holidays), Section 56 (Spread Hours) and has exempted all establishments registered under The Assam Shops And Establishments Act, 1971 from the provisions of Section 6 (Daily and Weekly hours) with effect from 8th May 2020 subject to the conditions specified, (1) a Total number of the working hour in one day shall not exceed twelve hours (2) The spread over-inclusive of intervals for rest shall not exceed thirteen hours in any one day. Employers and Employee may mutually agree to an extension of working upto a maximum of the twelve-hour subject to payment of overtime wages to the employee and workers. Further referring extension, mutual agreement between employer and employee and workers shall remain valid upto a maximum of three months from the date of issue or withdrawal of the notification. Hence, employers having their factories and shops, establishments in the state of Assam registered under the respective Act may avail the benefit of extended working hours allowed at their factories in adherence to the specific instruction issued hereinabove including payment of overtime wages