INDUSTRIES, ENERGY, LABOUR AND MINING DEPARTMENT

Mantralaya, Madam Cama Marg, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk,

Mumbai 400 032, dated the 1st October 2025.

MAHARASHTRA ORDINANCE No. VIII OF 2025.

AN ORDINANCE

further to amend the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments

(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017.

WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session ;

AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that

circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action

further to amend the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of

Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017, for the purposes hereinafter

appearing ;

Mah.

LXI of

2017.

RNI No. MAHENG /2009/35528

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NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of

article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Maharashtra is hereby

pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance, namely :—

1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Maharashtra Shops and

Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service)

(Amendment) Ordinance, 2025.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. In section 1 of the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation

of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as

“the principal Act”), in sub-section (3),—

(1) in clause (a), for the word “ten” the word “twenty” shall be

substituted;

(2) in clause (b), for the word “ten” the word “twenty” shall be

substituted.

3. In section 6 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the word “ten”

the word “twenty” shall be substituted.

4. In section 7 of the principal Act,—

(1) in sub-section (1),—

(a) for the word “ten” the word “twenty” shall be substituted;

(b) in the first proviso, for the word “ten” the word “twenty” shall

be substituted;

(2) in sub-section (2), for the word “ten” the word “twenty” shall be

substituted;

(3) in the marginal note, for the word “ten” the word “twenty” shall

be substituted.

5. In section 12 of the principal Act,—

(1) for the word “nine” the word “ten” shall be substituted;

(2) for the word “five” the word “six” shall be substituted;

(3) the existing proviso shall be deleted.

6. For section 14 of the principal Act, the following section shall be

substituted, namely :—

“14. The spread-over of a worker in the establishment shall not

exceed twelve hours in any day.”.

7. In section 15 of the principal Act, for the words “one hundred and

twenty-five hours” the words “one hundred and forty-four hours” shall be

substituted.

Short title and

commencement.

Amendment

of section 1 of

Mah. LXI of

2017.

Amendment

of section 6 of

Mah. LXI of

2017.

Amendment

of section 7 of

Mah. LXI of

2017.

Amendment

of section 12

of Mah. LXI of

2017.

Substitution

of section 14

of Mah. LXI of

2017.

Spread-over in

establishments.

Amendment

of section 15

of Mah. LXI of

2017.

Mah.

LXI of

2017.

STATEMENT

The State of Maharashtra is India’s most economically dynamic State

which accomodate enormous industrial and service sectors employing large

number of workers. It is an endeavour of the State to reduce compliance burden

for small businesses for promoting economic growth while ensuring continued

protection for workers under various labour laws. The regulatory reforms in

operational flexibility and reduction in compliance burden will eventually lead

to economic growth of the State.

2. To align with the reform of regulations and procedures related to Ease

of Doing Business and Ease of Living it is considered necessary to reduce the

compliance burden on smaller establishments. It is also considered necessary to

provide operational flexibility of working hours without changing the fixed limit

of weekly forty-eight hours of work. For the above purposes, the Government

considers it expedient to amend the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments

(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017( Mah. LXI of

2017), suitably.

3. The salient features of the proposed amendments are as follows,

namely :—

(a) to increase threshold limit of 10 or more employees to 20 or more

employees in any establishment for registration and other regulatory

provisions of the said Act in order to reduce compliance burden for

smaller businesses, encourage job creation and eliminate the fear of non-

compliance. Establishments with less than 20 workers will no longer

need a registration certificate from the Facilitator but they will only need

to provide an intimation of their business. However, the other statutory

protections to their workers remain the same;

(b) to increase the daily hours of work from the existing nine hours

upto ten hours, inclusive of rest intervals, subject to a maximum of forty-

eight hours in any week. This measure aims to create greater economic

activity, enhance employment opportunities and give establishments the

flexibility to handle emergencies, peak demand or staff shortages without

disruption;

and a half hours to twelve hours in a day to accommodate the increased

daily working hours and to provide greater scheduling in establishment;

(d) to increase the maximum continuous working hours without a

rest interval from five to six hours, to provide flexibility and smoother

adjustments to the daily maximum hours of work;

(e) to increase overtime period within quarter from 125 hours to 144

hours so that establishments will be allowed to engage workers in overtime

for an increased period per quarter to address exceptional work pressure.

This change will increase workers’ earning potential and formalize

overtime practices, ensuring that all additional hours are properly recorded

and compensated, which will help in preventing exploitation of workers.

However the overtime working will not be mandatory for the workers.

4. As both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session and the

Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it

necessary for him to take immediate action further to amend the Maharashtra

Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of

Service) Act, 2017, for the purposes aforesaid, this Ordinance is promulgated.

Mumbai,

ACHARYA DEVVRAT,

Dated the 28th September 2025.

Governor of Maharashtra.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Maharashtra,

I. A. KUNDAN,

Principal Secretary to Government.

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21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004. EDITOR : DIRECTOR, RUPENDRA DINESH MORE.