The Kerala Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays) Act, 1958
The Kerala Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays) Act, 1958
The Kerala Industrial Establishments Act of 1958 regulates paid national and festival holidays for workers in the state of Kerala. It applies to employees in factories, plantations, and commercial businesses employing twenty or more people, excluding management staff and central government workers. The law guarantees employees four national holidays and nine festival holidays each calendar year. This legislation matters because it secures the right to paid rest during key cultural and patriotic celebrations. If employers require work on these days, they must compensate employees with double wages and provide a substituted day off, protecting labor rights across the state.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Grant of National and Festival Holidays.
- 4. Employer to display statement of holidays.
- 4A. Power of employer to require employee to work on holidays.
- 5. Wages.
- 6. Inspectors.
- 7. Powers of Inspectors.
- 8. Penalties.
- 9. Penalty for obstructing Inspector.
- 10. Exemptions.
- 11. Rights and privileges under other laws, etc., not affected.
- 12. Power to make rules.
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