# Overtime Payment in Mumbai

**URL:** <https://community.greythr.com/t/overtime-payment-in-mumbai/4644>\
**Category:** Statutory Compliance\
**Tags:** compliance, statutory, code-on-wages\
**Created:** [April 15, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/overtime-payment-in-mumbai/4644 "2022-04-15T04:19:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Shruti13a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Shruti13a](https://community.greythr.com/u/Shruti13a)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/overtime-payment-in-mumbai/4644/1 "2022-04-15T04:19:25Z")

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Hi everyone,  
Needed guidance around overtime pay for a 5-day working setup with 9 hours shift (including a 1-hour break) company. We need a team to work for 6 days a week for 2 months as per the business requirements.  
Wanted to know what is the statutory guidelines for overtime pay for a Mumbai-based IT company. We do not want to give a comp off.  
And what are the hourly overtime wages for stretching 2-3 hours on a normal working day.

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**Author:** ![Bhuvana\_Anand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.greythr.com/bhuvana_anand/32/4444_2.png) [@Bhuvana\_Anand](https://community.greythr.com/u/Bhuvana_Anand)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/overtime-payment-in-mumbai/4644/2 "2022-04-15T11:38:35Z")

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Hi Shruti,

As per Section 15 of Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Act,

> Where a worker in any establishment is required to work beyond nine hours a day or forty-eight hours a week, he shall be entitled, in respect of the overtime work, **wages at the rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages.**  
> The total number of overtime hours shall not exceed one hundred and twenty five hours in a period of three months.

> **[Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Act](https://www.greythr.com/wiki/acts/maharashtra-shops-commercial-establishments-act/)**
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> Maharashtra shops and establishment act is important compliance for most businesses. Check this simple & easy reference guide to the Shop Act for Maharashtra State

Regards,  
Bhuvana Anand