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La Gazette de L' État de Poudouchéry

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No. 67 Poudouchéry Mardi

19

Août

2025

No.

Puducherry

Tuesday

19th

August

2025

(28 Sravana 1947)

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

LABOUR DEPARTMENT

(G.O. Ms. No. 10, Puducherry, dated 14th August 2025)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred under section 6 of the

Puducherry Shops and Establishments Act, 1964, and in supersession

of the G.O. Ms. No. 16/AIL/Lab./G/2022, dated 27-10-2022 of the Labour

Department, Government of Puducherry, save as respects things done

or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Lieutenant-Governor

of Puducherry, hereby exempts all Shops and Establishments employing

50 or more persons, from the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 10

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and sub-section (1) of section 16 of the said Act, and permits the Shops

and Establishments to be open for 24x7 hours on all the days of the

year, with effect from the date of publication of this Notification, subject

to the following conditions, namely :–

(1) Every employee shall be given one day holiday in a week on

rotation basis, and the details of every such employee shall be provided

in ‘Form IX’ appended to the Puducherry Shops and Establishments

Rules, 1964 and shall be exhibited by the employer in the conspicuous

place in the shop/establishment.

(2) Every employer shall exhibit details of the employees who

are availing holiday / leave on daily basis, in a conspicuous place in

the shop / establishment.

(3) The wages including overtime wages of the employees shall

be credited to their respective Savings Bank Account.

(4) If, employees are found working on any holiday or after

normal duty hours without proper indent of overtime, appropriate action

shall be initiated against the Employer / Manager as laid down in the

Puducherry Shops and Establishments Act, 1964 and the Puducherry

Shops and Establishments Rules, 1964.

(5) The following conditions shall be met for employment of

women during night shift, i.e., between 8.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m. on any

given day, namely:-

(i) The written consent of the women worker shall be taken;

(ii) No women shall be employed against the maternity benefit

provisions laid down under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961;

(iii) The workplace including passage towards conveniences

or facilities concerning toilet, washrooms, drinking water, entry

and exit of women worker shall be maintained with sufficient and

suitable lighting, natural or artificial or both as provided in

section 17 of the Factories Act, 1948;

(iv) The toilet(s), washroom(s) and drinking facilities, shall

be within the workplace premises where such women workers

are employed;

(v) CCTVs shall be installed in the premises as a safety and

security measure;

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(vi) The provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at

Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

(Central Act No. l4 of 2013) as applicable to the shops/

establishments, shall be complied with.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

R. SMITHA, I.A.S.,

Secretary to Government (Labour).

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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

LABOUR DEPARTMENT

(G.O. Ms. No. 11, Puducherry, dated 14th August 2025)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred under section 6 of the Puducherry

Shops and Establishments Act, 1964, the Lieutenant-Governor of

Puducherry, is pleased to exempt all shops and establishments employing

less than 50 employees from all the provisions of the Act, and also

exempts all shops and establishments employing 50 or more workmen

from the provisions of sections 12(1), 12(2), 17(1) and 17(2) of the Act,

with effect from the date of publication of this Notification in the Official

Gazette of the Government of Puducherry, subject to the following

conditions:–

(a) No person, employed in any shop or establishment shall be

required or allowed to work therein for more than 12 hours in any day

and 48 hours in any week:

Provided that any such person, may be allowed to work in such

shop or establishment for any period in excess of limit fixed under this

Notification, subject to payment of overtime wages and such overtime

work shall not exceed 180 hours in a quarter.

(b) Every person employed in any shop or establishment, shall

be provided with two rest intervals of 30 minutes each in a day, after

every 4 hours from the commencement of work.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

R. SMITHA, I.A.S.,

Secretary to Government (Labour).

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