The Goa Shops and Establishments Act, 1973 — Physical PDF page 11 of 23

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  shall be allowed the privileges referred to in sub-sections (1) to (6), reduced however
  proportionately to the period for which he was employed continuously in the previous
  year or to the period for which he will be employed continuously in the current year, as
  the case be; and all references to the period of leave in sub-sections (1) and (4) shall be
  construed accordingly, fractions of less than half a day being disregarded.

   24. Other holidays.— 11[(1) Every employee in any establishment shall also be
entitled to seven holidays in a year with wages which shall include the 26th January
(Republic Day), the 1 st May (May Day), the 15th August (Independence Day), the 2nd
October (Gandhi Jayanti) and the 19th December (Liberation Day), in addition to two
holidays to be availed of after prior fixation and declaration made in the prescribed
manner by each establishment in the first month of the year:
   Provided that the employer may require any employee to work in the establishment on
all or any of these days subject to the condition that for such work the employee shall be
paid double the amount of the daily wages and also be granted leave on any other day in
lieu of the holiday.]
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  (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply in respect of any establishment where the
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number of holidays with wages allowed by the employer is more than the holidays
notified by the Government under that sub-section:
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  Provided that every such employer shall send a list of holidays with wages allowed by
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him, which shall include the five holidays specified in sub-section (1), to the Inspector
and shall also display the list at a prominent place of the establishment.
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   25. Pay during leave and holidays.— Every employee shall, for the period of the
leave allowed under sub-sections (1) and (4) of section 23 12[ ], be paid at a rate
equivalent to the daily 13[ ] wages for the days on which actually worked during the
preceding month exclusive of any earnings in respect of over-time.

   26. Power to increase the period of leave allowable under section 23.—
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 23, the Government may, by notification,
increase the total number of days of leave that may be allowed under sub-section (1) of
that section and the maximum number of days upto which such leave may be
accumulated in respect of any establishment or class of establishments.

                                      CHAPTER VII

                                         Wages
  27. Responsibility for payment of wages.— Every employer shall be responsible for
payment to his employees of all wages and sums required to be paid under this Act.
   28. Fixation of wage-period.— (1) Every employer shall fix periods (hereinafter
referred to as wage-periods) in respect of which such wages shall be payable.
  (2) No wage-period shall exceed one month.
   29. Wages for overtime work.— Where any employee in any establishment is
required to work overtime he shall be entitled, in respect of such overtime work, to wages
at twice the ordinary rate of wages:

   Provided that where the normal hours of work in an establishment are ordinarily less
than eight hours a day and forty-eight hours a week, he shall be entitled in respect of