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Kerala National & Festival Holidays

Kerala – National & Festival Holiday Matrix
Act The Kerala Industrial Establishments (National And Festival Holidays) Act, 1958
Applicability to Factory Shops Plantation
Yes Yes Yes
Eligibility Criteria
  • Festival Holidays: 30 days services within a continuous period of 90 days immediately preceding such festival holiday
  • National Holidays: Eligible from day one itself
List of National Holidays 4
  • 26th January (Republic Day)
  • 1st May (May Day)
  • 15th August (Independence Day)
  • 2nd October (Gandhi Jayanti)
Festival Holidays 9 As specified in the schedule
Total Number of National & Festival Holidays in a year 13
Provision if worked on NH/FH Twice the wages and to avail a substituted holiday on any other day
Time Limit to Avail Compensatory Off Not Specified
Notice to Labour Inspector Notice must be sent to the Labour Inspector in case an employee is made to work on a holiday
Forms to be maintained -
Penal Consequences Punishable with fine which may extend to Rs. 250/- – Section 8
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