Weekly holidays: generally no more than six working days; compensatory holidays required if exemptions remove holidays. Prohibits work exceeding six days per week as the default rule, with a motor transport exception allowing work on weekly holidays provided no worker works more than ten consecutive days without a whole-day holiday. The Government may exempt workers or establishments by notification under prescribed conditions. If an exemption deprives a worker of weekly holidays, the worker must receive compensatory holidays equal to those lost within the month the holidays were due or within the two succeeding months.
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Weekly holidays: generally no more than six working days; compensatory holidays required if exemptions remove holidays.
Prohibits work exceeding six days per week as the default rule, with a motor transport exception allowing work on weekly holidays provided no worker works more than ten consecutive days without a whole-day holiday. The Government may exempt workers or establishments by notification under prescribed conditions. If an exemption deprives a worker of weekly holidays, the worker must receive compensatory holidays equal to those lost within the month the holidays were due or within the two succeeding months.
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