An employee is said to be working overtime if they put in more hours than they would normally. The payroll policy of the business determines how overtime is paid. A few Acts, however, contain provisions pertaining to the payment of overtime to workers, laborers, and employees.
- The Minimum Wages Act of 1948 states in Section 14 that a worker is entitled to hourly overtime compensation if their working hours surpass their regular shift.
- Workers who work more than nine hours a day or more than forty-eight hours a week are entitled to overtime pay based on their regular wage rate, according to section 59 of the Factories Act of 1948.
- Bidi and Cigar Workers Act 1966: Sections 17 and 18 of the Act stipulate that a worker should be paid overtime at their regular wage rate if they work more than 10 hours per day or more than 54 hours per week.
- Building and Construction Workers Act 1996: Sections 28 and 29 of the Act stipulate that employees who perform longer shifts than usual should be paid double their hourly wage as overtime.
- In accordance with section 10 of the Working Journalist and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955, a working journalist who works more than six hours during a day shift and more than five and a half hours during a night shift is entitled to rest hours equal to the number of hours they have put in.
- According to section 19 of the Plantation Labour Act of 1951, an adult worker who works on a plantation for more than 48 hours in a week or for more hours than a typical workday on any given day is entitled to double their regular pay for that overtime. However, no such worker will be permitted to work more than nine hours in a single day or more than fifty-four hours in a single week.
