CHENNAI: The

has issued an order permitting all

and establishments in the state to remain open for 24X7 -- initially for a period of three years -- with certain conditions. The order will be notified on Friday.

The Union ministry of labour and employment had sent a model bill of the Shops and Establishment (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service Bill), 2016, saying that the state could modify the State Shops and Establishments Act either by adopting the said model bill as it is or after modifying the provisions as per the requirement of the state.

“In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 6 of the

Shops and Establishments Act, 1947, the Government of Tamil Nadu, in public interest hereby exempts all shops and establishments employing 10 or more people from the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 7 and sub-section (1) of Section 13 of the said Act and permits to remain open for 24X7 on all days of the year, for a period of three years with effect from the date of publication of this notification, unless it is revoked, subject to the following conditions,” the order issued by labour and employment department said.

As per the notification, an

shall not require or allow any person employed to work therein for more than eight hours in any day and 48 hours in any week. Period of work including overtime shall not exceed ten and a half hours in any day and fifty-seven hours in a week.

It said woman employee shall not be required to work beyond 8pm on any day in normal circumstances. After obtaining a written consent of a woman employee, the employer shall allow her to work between 8pm and 6am subject to providing adequate protection to her.

Every employee shall be given one day holiday in a week on a rotation basis, and the employer shall exhibit details of

who are on holiday/leave on a daily basis in a conspicuous place in the establishment.

The wages, including overtime wages, of the employees shall be credited to their savings bank account.

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 Act.

Transport arrangements shall be provided to the woman employee who works in shifts.

Every employer employing woman employee shall constitute internal complaints committee against sexual harassment of women under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, and the said committee shall be operative.