In connection with the General Election to Puducherry Legislative Assembly, 2021 scheduled to be held on 6th April 2021 (Tuesday) in the Union Territory of Puducherry, the Government of Puducherry vide notification no.169/AIL/Lab/G/2021 has informed that the occupiers/employers of all Factories, Industries, Shops, and other Establishments located in the entire Union territory are instructed to grant a paid holiday to all their employees on Tuesday, 6th April 2021. Furthermore, no deduction or abatement of the wages of any such person shall be made on account of a holiday having been granted under the law 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.
