Section 6A: Festival holidays

1[6A. Festival holidays.— (1) Every worker shall be entitled to festival holidays with full wages for twelve days in a year and the employer shall notify the days and dates for such holidays to workers within a week,— (a) in the case of a road transport service operating immediately before the commencement of the Road Transport Workers (Amendment) Act, 1975,— 1Ins. by Act No. XII of 1975, s.4. (i) for the year 1975, of the commencement of the said Act; and (ii) for subsequent years, of the beginning of each calendar year; and (b) in the case of a road transport service which starts operating after the commencement of the said Act,__ (i) for the year in which it starts operating, of the starting of its operation; and (ii) for subsequent years, of the beginning of each calendar year. (2) A worker may be required to work on any festival holiday but a substitute holiday shall be allowed to him within ten days of the festival holiday, or, at his option, he shall be paid wages in respect of such work at double the ordinary rate of wages payable to him.

Effective date: 1961-01-01

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