6(1)
Subject to the provisions of this rule, an employee shall be allowed rest for one day in every week (hereinafter referred to as “the rest day”), in case of six-day working week which shall ordinarily be a Sunday and in case of less than six-days w o r k i n g week, t h e rest d a y shall include Saturday and Sunday, however, the employer may fix any other day of the week as the rest day for any employee or class of employees: Provided that in a six-days working week or less than six days working week, as the case may be, the remaining days of the week shall be paid rest days for such employees: Provided further that an employee shall be entitled for the rest day under this sub-rule, if he has worked under the same employer in case of six-days working week for a continuous period of not less than six days and in case of less than six-days working week for a continuous period of the stipulated number of working days, as the case may be: Provided also that the employee shall be informed of the day fixed as the rest day and of any subsequent change in the rest day before the change is effected, by display of a notice to that effect at a conspicuous place in the place of employment or electronically. Explanation.- For the purpose of computation of the continuous period of not less than six days or the stipulated number of days worked in a week specified in the second proviso to this sub-rule,
6(1)(a) any day on which an employee is required to attend for work but is given only an allowance for attendance and is not provided with work;
6(1)(b) any day on which an employee is laid off on payment of compensation under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020), and;
6(1)(c) any leave or holiday, with or without pay, granted by the employer to an employee in the period of six days or during the stipulated number of working days of a week, as the case may be, immediately preceding the rest days.