Friday, October 24, 2008

Night Shift Allowance for Industrial Employees



NIGHT DUTY ALLOWANCE (NDA) & NIGHT SHIFT BONUS (NSB)

Night Duty Allowance :

Workers are entitled to get Night Duty Allowance @ 10 minutes for each hour of work done between 22.00 hrs. to 06.00 hrs.
In the night shift. The prescribed hourly rate for NightDuty Allowance is
(Pay + DA + CCA) / 200.
(For Night duty performed between 2200 hrs and 0600 hrs Calculated on the basis of Weightage.
Weightage is given as 10 minutes for every 1 hr of night duty
While calculating number of hours of Night Duty, than 30 minutes.....
rounded of to 1 hour.
Less than 30 minutes.....ignored.)

NDA is calculated on the Weightage with a specific Rate. This Rate is determined by the Govt. from time to time
Example:
An Industrial Employee is working in Night Shift between 22.00 hrs & 07.00 hrs.
The total working hours will be 9.00 hrs. But Night Duty Hours calculate from 2200 to 600 only, Night Duty hrs is 7 hrs.
Weightage is 7 x 10 = 70mts
Note : Night Duty hrs does not include * Recess time *

Shift leave * performed during Night duty hours.
The prescribed hourly rate for (rate calculated asper the formula) For one hour = (BasicPay + DA ) / 200.

(Railway Employees are getting modified rate But, still Ordnance Employees are getting as per the V th pay commission pay scale)

Night Shift Bonus
PWs who perform night shift are paid an extra 1/2hr pay called Night Shift Bonus.
The hourly rate is.... 1/200 of the total of Basic pay, DA (But, still getting as per the IV th pay commission pay scale)