(1) Every employee shall be allowed in each week a holiday of one whole day.
(2) Every employee shall be allowed in each calendar year a holiday of one whole day on the 26th January, the 15th August, the 16th August and the 2nd October and four holidays each of one whole day for such festivals as the Inspector may, in consultation with the employer and the employees, specify in respect of any catering establishment.
(3) (a) Notwithstanding any contract to the contrary, no deduction shall be made from the wages of any employee on account of any holiday allowed to him under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2).
(b) Every employee shall be paid wages at the ordinary rates of wages as defined in the Explanation to section 8 for each of the holidays allowed to him under sub-section (2).
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(4) Where an employee works on any holidays allowed under sub-section
(2), he shall, at his option, be entitled --
(a) to wages at twice the ordinary rate of wages as defined in the
Explanation to section 8 for such day, or
(b) to wages at the ordinary rate of wages defined as aforesaid for such day and to avail himself of a substituted holiday with wages on any other day.