Section 643: Prohibition of employing for more than eight hours

1) A person may not employ another person in work under this Chapter normally for more than eight hours a day.

2) If a person need to employ another in a work for a period more than that set forth in sub-section (1), the consent of the employee shall be obtained, and while so employing him or her in the work, that person shall pay additional wages for each hour in proportion to a day by calculating eight hours as one day.

3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the provisions of that sub-section shall not apply to the employment of a domestic helper.

Explanation: For the purposes of this Chapter, the term “domestic helper” means a person so employed in work that he or she may be employed in household work at any time as per necessity.