Holiday list
Compulsory, festival, restricted.
Not yet verified against an official source
Punjab sets holidays twice over, and which set applies turns on what the workplace is. A factory or plantation is an industrial establishment under the 1965 Act; a shop or commercial establishment is under the 1958 Act.
Punjab Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays and Casual and Sick Leave) Act, 1965
- National holidays
- 26 January, 15 August and 2 October, one whole day each, with wagesSection 3(1)(a)
- Festival holidays
- Four in each calendar year, chosen from a schedule of twenty-five festivals. Where at least a tenth of the workers ask, two half holidays may be taken insteadThe Labour Department's published copy of this Act is a combined Punjab and Haryana text: it marks the figures that differ between the two, and its own footnotes cite Haryana notifications. The Punjab figure is the one taken here.Section 3(1)(b)
- Fixing them
- Settled with the workers' representatives before 30 November for the next year, notified to workers before 31 December, and a copy sent to the Inspector before 21 DecemberPunjab Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays and Casual and Sick Leave) Rules, 1966, rule 3
- Working on one
- The worker chooses: twice the average daily wage for the day, or the ordinary wage plus a substituted holiday on full wages within ninety daysSection 5(2)
Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958
- Holidays with wages
- 26 January, 15 August and 2 October, and three other festival holidays that the Government declares by notificationSection 12
- Working on one
- Twice the normal wage, worked out by the hourSection 12, proviso