The commerce ministry said work from home (WFH) is allow for a maximum period of one year in a special economic zone unit and can be extend to 50% of total employees. Department of Commerce has notified a new rule 43A for WFH in Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006.
The ministry said the notification was issue on demand from the industry to make a provision for a countrywide uniform WFH policy across all Special Economic Zones (SEZs).
The new rule provides work from home for a certain category of employees of a unit in SEZ.
These include employees of IT/ITeS SEZ units; employees, who are temporarily incapacitate, employees, who are travelling and who are working offsite, it added.
WFH may be extend to a maximum of 50% of total employees, including contractual employees of the unit, it added.
It also said that there is flexibility grant to the Development Commissioner (DC) of SEZs to approve a higher number of employees (more than 50%) for any bonafide reason to be record in writing.
Ministry Said :
In respect of SEZ units whose employees are already working from home, the notification has provide a transition period of 90 days to seek approval, it added.