TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

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2025

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CHENNAI,  THURSDAY, MAY 8,  2025

Chithirai 25, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2056

Part II—Section 2

Notifications or Orders of interest to a Section of the public

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

Ex-II-2—(214)

LABOUR WELFARE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

PERMITTING ALL SHOPS AND ESTABLISHMENTS TO KEEP OPEN FOR 24X7 ON ALL DAYS OF THE YEAR

EXTENDED FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF THREE YEARS UNDER THE TAMIL NADU SHOPS AND

ESTABLISHMENTS ACT

[G.O.(D). No.207, Labour Welfare and Skill Development (K2), 8th May 2025,

சித்திரைை 25, விசுவாாவசு, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2056.]

No. II(2)LWSD/441(a)/2025.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 of the Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act, 1947

(Tamil Nadu Act XXXVI of 1947), the Governor of Tamil Nadu, in public interest, hereby exempts all shops and

establishments, employing 10 or more persons, from the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 7 and sub-section

(1) of section 13 of the said Act and permits to keep open for 24x7 on all days of the year, for a period of

three years with effect from 05.06.2025, unless it is revoked, 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 employee shall be provided in ‘Form S’ added to the Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Rules, 1948

and shall be exhibited by the employer in a conspicuous place in the establishments.

(2) Every employer shall exhibit details of the employees who are on holiday / leave, on daily basis,

in a conspicuous place in the establishments.

(3) The wages including overtime wages of the employees shall be credited to their savings bank

account.

(4) An employer shall not require or allow any person employed to work therein for more than eight

hours in any day and forty eight hours in any week and the period of work including over time shall not exceed

ten and a half hours in any day and fifty seven hours in a week.

(5) If employees are found working on any holiday or after normal duty hours without proper indent of

overtime, penal action will be initiated against the employer / manager as laid down in the Tamil Nadu Shops

and Establishments Act, 1947 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXVI of 1947) and the Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments

Rules, 1948.

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(6) Women employees shall not be required to work beyond 8.00 P.M. on any day in normal circumstances.

Provided the employer after obtaining written consent of the women employees may allow them to work

between 8.00 P.M. and 6.00 A.M. subject to providing adequate protection of their dignity, honour and safety.

(7) Transport arrangements shall be provided to the women employee who works in shifts. A notice to

this effect shall be exhibited at the main entrance of the establishment indicating the availability of transport.

(8) The employees shall be provided with restroom, wash room, safety lockers and other basic amenities.

(9) Every employer employing women employees shall constitute Internal Complaints Committee against

sexual harassment of women under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and

Redressal) Act, 2013 (Central Act 14 of 2013) and the said Committee shall be operative.

(10) The above said terms and conditions shall be implemented in addition to those provisions specified

in the Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act, 1947 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXVI of 1947) and the Tamil Nadu

Shops and Establishments Rules, 1948.

(11) In case of violation of any statutory provision or any of the above terms and conditions noticed by

the Inspector or otherwise, necessary penal action will be initiated against the Employer / Manager as laid down

in the Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act, 1947 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXVI of 1947) and the Tamil Nadu

Shops and Establishments Rules, 1948.

K. VEERA RAGHAVA RAO,

Secretary to Government.

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