Work from residence allowed for optimum one 12 months in particular financial zone: Commerce Ministry

The commerce ministry on Tuesday stated earn a living from home (WFH) is allowed for a most interval of 1 12 months in a particular financial zone unit and will be prolonged to 50 per cent of complete workers.

The Department of Commerce has notified a brand new rule 43A for WFH in Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006.

The ministry stated the notification was issued on demand from the trade to make a provision for a national uniform WFH coverage throughout all Special Economic Zones (SEZs).

The new rule offers earn a living from home for a sure class of workers of a unit in SEZ.

These embody workers of IT/ITeS SEZ models; workers, who’re quickly incapacitated; workers, who’re travelling and who’re working offsite, it added.

WFH could also be prolonged to a most of fifty per cent of complete workers, together with contractual workers of the unit, it added.

It additionally stated that there’s flexibility granted to the Development Commissioner (DC) of SEZs to approve a better variety of workers (greater than 50 per cent) for any bonafide motive to be recorded in writing.

“Work From Home is now allowed for a maximum period of one year. However, same may further be extended for a period of one year at a time by the DC on the request of units,” the ministry stated.

In respect of SEZ models whose workers are already working from residence, the notification has offered a transition interval of 90 days to hunt approval, it added.

“SEZ Units will provide equipment and secured connectivity for the purpose of WFH to perform authorised operations of the units and the permission to take out the equipment is co-terminus with the permission granted to an employee,” the ministry stated.