The Labour Department of Madhya Pradesh has directed employers of all industrial and commercial undertakings and businesses to grant paid holiday to their workers / employees (including casual / daily wage workers) who are enrolled as voters in the State for General Assembly Election Constituencies (under Section 135 B* of the Representation of the People Act, 1951), on account of the upcoming General Elections to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly on 17th November 2023.
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*135B. Grant of paid holiday to employees on the day of poll—
(1) Every person employed in any business, trade, industrial undertaking or any other establishment and entitled to vote at an election to the House of the People or the Legislative Assembly of a State shall, on the day of poll, be granted a holiday.
(2) No deduction or abatement of the wages of any such person shall be made on account of a holiday having been granted in accordance with sub-section (1) and if such person is employed on the basis that he would not ordinarily receive wages for such a day, he shall nonetheless be paid for such day the wages he would have drawn had not a holiday been granted to him on that day.
(3) If an employer contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), then such employer shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
(4) This section shall not apply to any elector whose absence may cause danger or substantial loss in respect of the employment in which he is engaged.
A copy of the Notification is attached herewith for your ease of reference.
Source: Government of Madhya Pradesh
