The Union Commerce Ministry July 19, 2022, saidwork from Home(WFH) is allowed for a maximum period of one year in a special economic zone unit and can be extended to 50% of total employees.
The Department of Commerce has notified a new rule 43A for WFH in Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006.
The Ministry said the notification was issued on demand from the 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 incapacitated; employees, who are travelling and who are working offsite, it added. WFH may be extended to a maximum of 50% of total employees, including contractual employees of the unit, it added.