(1)

Every establishment shall remain closed for one day of the week. The employer shall fix such date at the beginning of the year, [or within thirty days from the date of commencement of establishments, as the case may be] [Inserted by Act 25 of 1997 w.e.f. 12.2.1998.] notify it to the Inspector and specify it in a notice prominently displayed in a conspicuous place in the establishment. The employer shall not alter such date more often than once in three months, shall notify the alteration to the Inspector, and shall make the necessary change in the notice in the establishment.

(2)

Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the State Government may allow an establishment to remain open throughout the week if it is satisfied that the establishment employs additional staff for meeting the requirements of sub-section (3) of this section.

(3)

Every employee in an establishment shall be given at least one whole day in a week as a holiday for rest:

Provided that in establishments in which rest for one-and-a-half days in a week is allowed, such period of rest shall be continued.

(4)

It shall not be lawful for an employer to call an employee at, or for an employee to go to, his establishment or any other place for any work in connection with the business of his establishment on a weekly holiday given to the employee under sub-section (3) or on a day on which such establishment remains closed.

(5)

No deduction shall be made from the wages of an employee in any establishment on account of the holiday given to him under sub-section (3). If any employee is employed on daily wages, he shall nonetheless be paid his wages for the weekly holiday.