Leave & Working Hours

Bihar
Leave for Shops and Establishment
Type Of Leave Leave Entitlement Max Carry Forward Days
Sick Leave 12 (half wages on production of medical certificate every year)
Casual Leave (Days)

12 (full pay every year)

Earned / Privileged Leave

18 (After 240 days of continuous service)

45
Working Hours for Shops and Establishment
Normal Working Hours Nine hours in a day and forty eight hours in a week
Interval For Rest After five hours of work interval of rest of at least half and hour
Maximum Over Time Hours One hrs in a day and fifty four hours in a week and the aggregate hours of overtime work shall not exceed one hundred and fifty hours in a year
Spreadover Hours Twelve hours in a day
Rate of OT Wages Twice the ordinary rate wages
Definitions:
Year:  Year commencing on the first day of January
Ordinary Rate of Wages:  Ordinary rate of wages, in relation to an employee means the basic rates of wages and such allowances as the employee is for the time being entitled to but does not include a bonus