Bihar Shops & Establishments Act, 1953State Act of Bihar · Act 8 of 1954
Every employee in an establishment shall be allowed—
(a) a holiday on full pay on the Independence Day, the Republic Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday each year; and
(b) such other holidays on full pay upto five days in a year, in connection with such festivals as the State Government may declare from time to time under this Act:
Provided that an employee required to work on any such holiday shall be paid remuneration at double the rate of his normal wages calculated by the hour.]
[For list of holidays under clause (b) see NOTIFICATION at the end of this Act.]