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Main provisions as regards Hours of Employment are as follows:

The staff governed by Hours of Employment Regulations will be employed as per the
rostered hours of duty which will in no way exceed the statutory limit of hours of
employment. The statutory limit of hours of employment and the rostered hours of duty will
be as under:

2.4 Statutory Limit of Hours of Employment

(a) A railway servant whose employment is Intensive shall not be employed for more than
45 hours a week and he shall be granted each week commencing an Sunday, a periodical
rest of not less than 30 consecutive hours.

(b) A Railway servant whose employment is Essentially Intermittent shall not be employed
for more than 75 hours in any week and he shall be granted each week, commencing on
Sunday, a periodical rest of not less than 24 consecutive hours including a full night.

(c) A railway servant whose employment is continuous shall not be employed for more than
54 hours a week and he shall be granted each week commencing on Sunday, a periodical
rest of not less than 30 consecutive hours.

(d) The staff treated as excluded shall have no limitation of hours of employment and there
is no statutory provision for their periodic rest.

2.5 Rostered Hours of Duty

(a) The hours of work shall consist of standard hours of duty as under-

(i) 42 hours a week in case of Intensive workers.
(ii) 48 hours a week in case of Continuous Workers.

(iii) In case of E. I. Workers 48 hours a week plus additional hours of work per week
which will be subject to the prescribed maximum.

(b) In addition to working hours for the three classifications of workers as in (i) above, the
time required for Preparatory and/or Complementary work which includes the work, if
any, of handing and/or taking over charge and has necessarily to be carried on outside
the standard duty hours vide (i) above.

(c) Office staff are rostered for 8 hours a day including half-an-hour's break, i.e., 7-1/2 hours
a day. They enjoy weekly rest on Saturdays and Sundays and holidays as declared by the
administration.

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