28. Fixing hours for normal working
day, etc.- (1) The appropriate Government
may, by rules.-
(a) fix the number of hours
of work which shall constitute normal working
day for a building worker, inclusive of one
or more specified intervals;
(b) provide for a day of rest
in every period of seven days which shall be
allowed to all building workers and for the
payment of remuneration in respect of such days
of rest;
(c) provide for payment of
work on a day of rest at a rate not less than
the overtime rate specified in section 29.
(2) The provisions of sub-section
(1) shall, in relation to the following classes
of building workers, apply only to such extent,
and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed,
namely:-
(a) persons engaged on urgent
work, or in any emergency which could not have
been foreseen or prevented;
(b) persons engaged in a work
in the nature of preparatory or complementary
work which must necessarily be carried on outside
the normal hours of work laid down in the rules;
(c) persons engaged in any
work which for technical reasons has to be completed
before the day is over:
(d) persons engaged in a work
which could not be carried on except at times
dependant on the irregular action of natural
forces.
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