Holiday list
Compulsory, festival, restricted.
Not yet verified against an official source
Goa, Daman and Diu Shops and Establishments Act, 1973
- Weekly holiday
- One whole day in each week. It does not apply to an employee whose total employment in the week, including days on authorised leave, is less than six daysSection 14(1) for establishments; section 8 closes every shop on one day of the week
- Fixing and changing the day
- The employer fixes it at the beginning of the year, notifies the Inspector and displays it prominently, and may not alter it more often than once in three monthsSection 8(1)
- Pay for the holiday
- No deduction may be made on account of the weekly holiday or of any day on which the establishment remained closedSections 8(6) and 14(4)
- Being called in
- It is not lawful for the employer to call an employee to the shop or establishment, or for the employee to go, for any work connected with the business on the closed daySections 8(5) and 14(5)
- Other paid holidays
- Not yet addedThe Act's section 24 provides for other holidays; its terms have not been read in full.