Break in working day

Wherever the daily hours of work exceed six hours, the employer shall grant workers employed by him a break of not less than one hour in the middle of the working day, and the said break shall not be included in the computation of the hours of Provided that under conditions of continuous shift working in which the Commissioner is satisfied it would not be practicable to grant workers a break of one hour’s duration, he may approve some other basis of working which seems to him fair and reasonable the special circumstances.