The Rajasthan Labour Department has, in a Notification dated 27th August 2020, proposed to fix working hours for sales promotion employees of the pharmaceutical companies under the Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976 as follows:
Proposed working hours:
| From 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (including 10:00 am to 11:00 am for one-hour preparation and written work and 3:00 pm to 4:00 PM lunch break) | Municipal corporation area Jaipur (Greater / Heritage), Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur, Bikaner, Ajmer, Bharatpur and Municipal Council area Alwar |
| from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm (including 10:00 am to 11:00 am for one-hour preparation and written work and 3:00 pm to 4:00 PM lunch break) | All other town and council areas apart from the above mentioned Municipal Corporation / towns of Rajasthan |
Further, the Notification also seeks objections and suggestions within a period of one month from the date of its publication in the Gazette.
Objections and suggestions can be sent to Additional Labour Commissioner and Joint Government Secretary, Labour, Rajasthan, Jaipur.
Note: The Notification is in Vernacular Language and we have translated it to the best of our understanding.
Source: Rajasthan Labour Department
