Section 8

Weekly holidays.

The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986

  • Act 61 of 1986
  • Ministry of Labour and Employment
About this Act

An Act to prohibit the engagement of children in all occupations and to prohibit the engagement of adolescents in hazardous occupations and processes and the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

All sections
    Every1[adolescent] employed in an establishment shall be allowed in each week, a holiday of one whole day, which day shall be specified by the occupier in a notice permanently exhibited in a conspicuous place in the establishment and the day so specified shall not be altered by the occupier more than once in three months.

Notes

1. Subs. by s. 12, ibid., for "child" (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).

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