28 October 2013
Was there any notification by The ICAI on the working days of your articleship, when the last exam of IPCE got postponed in May'13 for approx. 10 days?
28 October 2013
icai not released any special notification in this regard . . however icai said that intervening holidays between exam days is treated as working days, . . in general pracitice only one day will be holiday..so in my opinion only one day treated as working day .. remaining days to be considered as leave in my opinion
The working hours for the articled assistants shall be 35 hours in a week excluding the lunch break. The office hours of the Principal for providing article training to the articled assistant shall not be generally before 9.00 a.m. or after 7.00 p.m. The normal working hours for the articled assistant shall not start after 11.00 a.m. or end before 5.00 p.m. The working hours for the articled assistants should not exceed 35 hours in a week excluding the lunch break and normally an articled assistant be required to work during the normal working hours fixed for articled assistants. In case of exigencies of work with Principal, an article assistant may be required to work beyond his/her normal working hours. However, under such circumstances, the aggregate number of working hours shall not exceed 45 hours per week. The requirement to work beyond 35 hours in a week should not be a practice but only in exceptional circumstances. Further, where the articled assistant is required to work beyond normal working hours, and aggregate of such hours exceed 35 hours per week, he/she shall be entitled to compensatory leave calculated with reference to number of completed working hours, over and above, 35 hours per week.