Labour Law Pakistan - Working Hours

Working Hours and Holidays
How many weekly holidays am I allowed to have?

If you are working 8 hours/day, you are eligible for one-day holiday in a week. It can be either
day in a week and can also be the day when your establishment is closed. But you need to
remember that if you are made to work on your holiday; you can
consecutively for 10 days without being given a compensatory holiday for full
weekly holidays are paid and your employer cant deduct money for
What if I am asked to work on a weekly holiday/rest day?
Your employer can ask you to work on a weekly holiday (Sunday) however you must have
already been granted a holiday for one whole day in one of the three days immediately before
that Sunday or will be granted a holiday immediately three days after that Sunday. An
organization requiring its workers to work over the weekend must also deliver a notice to
of labor inspector and also display a notice in the factory. There is no overtime premium for work
on weekly holidays.
Moreover, if you are made to work on your holiday; you cant be made to work consecutively for
10 days without being given a compensatory holiday for full one day.
What are compensatory holidays under Factories Act?
If the provincial government passes an order to exempt a factory or a class of workers from
above provisions of weekly rest day and these workers are consequently deprived of any
weekly holidays, those workers will be allowed, as soon as circumstances
holidays of equal number. It is illegal for an employer to give wages to a worker in lieu of
compensatory holidays and make him work during that period.
Factories Act does not require an employer to give compensatory holidays to its workers within
a specified period of time and rather it leaves it to discretion of an employer.
According to Punjab Factories Rules, compensatory holidays should be arranged as such that
there are not more than 2 compensatory holidays in a given week. These holidays are to be
given before a worker is discharged or dismissed.
How many festival holidays are in a year? What is the difference between public, gazetted
and festival holidays?

The provincial government announces festival holidays, and these are usually 12
These are provided on full pay. However, if a holiday falls on Sunday, there is no substitution for
it.

Although law mentions only festival holidays, there is no difference in the public, gazetted and
festival holidays as they are all paid holidays.

The table below shows the expected dates for festival holidays in year 2012. It is important to
remember that the Muslim festivals are subject to the appearance of moon, so these dates may
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slightly change. If you belong to any of the non-Muslim communities, you will be granted holiday
with pay on your festivals. The provincial governments also issue notifications in this
Public/Festival Holidays in 2013
Name of Occasion
Dates during
2013
Eid Milad un Nabi (birth day of the Prophet
Muhammad PBUH)
January 24
Kashmir Day February 05
Pakistan Day March 23
Labor Day May 01
Independence Day August 14
Eid ul Fitr August 9 -11
Eid ul Azha October 15-16
Iqbal Day November 09
Ashura/Muharram November 13-14
Quaid-e-Azam Day/ Christmas December 25

Christian Community Workers
Name of Occasion Dates during 2013 Days
Good Friday March 29 Friday
Easter (Day after) April 01 Monday
Day after Christmas December 26 Monday

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Hindu Community Workers
Holi March 26 Tuesday
Janam Ashtami August 28 Wednesday
Durga Puja October 05 Saturday
Dussehra October 14 Monday
Diwali November 03 Sunday

Sikh Community Workers
Guru Nanak's Birthday November 17 Sunday

Parsi Community Workers
Name of Occasion Dates during 2013
Parsi New Year Day (Nauroze) August 18
Birthday of Khordad Sal (Lord Zoaraster) August 23

What if I have to work on a public holiday?
Your employer can ask you to work on a public holiday. However, work on a festival/public
holiday is compensated at three times (300%) of ordinary rate of pay if substitute and
compensatory holiday are not allowed. ILO also supports compensation for working on public
holidays. In accordance with the ILO convention on working conditions in hotels
if workers are required to work on public holidays, they have to be properly compensated.
Factories Act requires employers to give their workers holidays with pay on all days declared by
the government as festival holidays. A worker may be required to work on a public holiday but
one day's additional compensatory holiday with full pay and a substitute holiday be
him. This equals to 300% of ordinary rate of wages.
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