Working Day On 1st MAY

Dear Members,

International Workers' Day is a celebration of labour and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs on May 1st every year. May 1st is a national public holiday in more than 80 countries, but some of those countries have declared the public holiday officially known as Labor Day or some similar variant In India, We, in India,have officially only 3 National Holidays (26th Jan,15th Aug and 2nd Oct) but there is one or two states, where the 1st May have been declared as National Holiday. On this day, the States of Maharashtra and Gujarat celebrate a holiday as both the states have attained statehood in 1960.

However on this day, banks and other public organisations in Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal and Orissa observe a holiday. Most of other states organise some kind of fuctions to celebrate the occassion and for the remebrance of the history behind it.

BS Kalsi

Member since Aug 2011

Manufacturing Units , Industrial establishments will remain closed on May 1st. Organisation may treat this as a restricted holiday since this is not a national holiday thus not mandatory.
Take care,
Sourav Mukherjee

There is no central Act in India covering National & festival holidays .All depend on the provisions of the state laws on this in the concerned state.
Varghese Mathew

Dear All,
I m first time on this portal (discussion).
I have checked with Labour deptt. 1st May leave is an appeal, can be taken as Holiday or we can function also. No legal action can be taken on this.
regards
Sanjay

There are only three national Holidays in our country. 1) Republic Day 2) Independence Day and 3) Mahatma Gandhiji Birthday.
On May 1, Central Government departments works.But the State Governments, Private and Industrial Establishment declare holiday due to Trade Unions

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