Is October 2nd a Holiday? Let's Discuss What It Means for Our Work Schedule

Hi friends,

Is 2nd October a holiday?

Thanks and Regards,
Lohita

Hi,

It is a declared national holiday apart from the 15th of August and 26th of January. If your industry is of a continuous nature where closing down is not possible, you will have to pay three times the salary/wages to the employee on such a day.

Regards,
Anil Kaushik

Dear Mr. Kaushik,

As you mentioned, for a national holiday, if our industry operates on a continuous process, we are required to pay three times the wages. I encountered this issue in a cement industry that falls under continuous processing. However, as per the UP Establishment National Holidays Act, 1961, if work is undertaken on a national holiday, we must pay double the wages for that day. Alternatively, the employee may opt for wages for the day worked and a substituted holiday with wages within the following month, excluding weekly holidays.

I trust that this clarifies the matter.

Good day,
L.K. Gupta

Can anyone tell me how many days can a factory work continuously as per the Factories Act? Is it 9 or 10 days?

Dear Mr. Gupta,

I wanted to address the simple concept of a national holiday. Employees are entitled to receive their regular wages for the national holiday, and if they are required to work on such a day as overtime, they should be compensated at double their regular rate, amounting to three times the normal pay. I hope this clarifies the issue.

Regards,
Anil Kaushik
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Dear Mr. Kaushik,

Thank you for your comments, but I have already discussed this issue with the Dy. Lab. Commissioner and the Secretary of the union. Ultimately, we are required to pay double the wages for a day or, alternatively, provide wages for that day to the employee as well as a substituted holiday with wages falling within the next calendar month, excluding weekly holidays. This decision has been made.

Thanks once again,

Lalit Kumar Gupta

Hi,

This is good information!

I would like to know if this is applicable to call centers as well. In call centers, I have seen that we have to work on public holidays and we can get a comp off later on, which again depends on availability. If you do not take a comp off, no additional wages are paid.

What should be done in this case? Please reply.

Dear Lalit,

Any agreement between two parties may not always be legally correct. Understanding law and its application is something different from what we practice in a given situation. However, our objective should be running the organization effectively.

Regards,
Anil Kaushik