Punjab Act No. 15 of 1958
Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 (Punjab Act No. 15 of 1958), as the Punjab Labour Department publishes it
- Notification number
- Punjab Act No. 15 of 1958
- Issued for
- Punjab
- Date
- 1 May 1958
- Topic
- Act
What it says
Punjab's shops Act, assented on 25 April 1958 and published in the Punjab Government Gazette of 1 May 1958. Nine hours a day and forty-eight a week; overtime at twice the hourly rate, capped at fifty hours a quarter; rest after five hours and a ten-hour spread-over; Sunday closing unless substituted or notified; earned leave of one day per twenty worked, carried forward up to thirty days, plus seven days of casual and seven of sick leave; three national and three notified festival holidays with wages; wages within seven days of falling due; registration renewable by 31 March; no woman at night
What was taken from it
The figures and statements this desk reads off this document, as extracted. Each one is shown on the topic page it belongs to: Holiday list · Punjab, Working hours · Punjab, Leaves — CL / SL / EL / ML · Punjab, Shops and Establishment Act · Punjab, Overtime · Punjab, Salary payment day · Punjab, Timing of establishment · Punjab, Women workers · Punjab.
- Shops.Holidays
- Three national holidays and three notified festival holidays, with wages
- Hours.Daily
- 9 hours a day
- Hours.Weekly
- 48 hours a week
- Leave.Carry
- Up to 30 days
- Leave.Casual
- 7 days casual and 7 days sick leave
- Leave.Earned
- One day for every 20 days worked
- Registration.Renewal
- By 31 March each year
- Overtime.Cap
- 50 hours in a quarter
- Overtime.Rate
- Twice the normal wage, by the hour
- Wages.Due
- Before the seventh day after they fall due
- Closed.Day
- Sunday
- Night.Work
- No woman may work at night