Govt notifies new rule for work from home; more deets inside

Work from home (WFH) is permitted for a maximum of one year in a special economic zone unit and can be expanded to 50% of all employees, according to a statement from the commerce ministry on Tuesday. The Department of Commerce has notified a new rule 43A for WFH in Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006.

According to the government, the notification was sent in response to requests from the industry to include a provision for a national consistent WFH policy across all Special Economic Zones (SEZs).A certain category of employees of a unit in an SEZ is eligible to work from home under the new rule. Employees of IT/ITeS SEZ units, those who are temporarily disabled, those who are traveling, and those who work remotely are among them, it was stated.