Section 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 a 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.