The Manipur government on Wednesday declared that the poll days on April 19 and 26 will be paid holiday for all the employees engaged in commercial and industrial establishments in the private sector.
They include shops, hotels, restaurants, workshops, educational institutions, printing press, newspaper establishments, training institutions, financial institutions, motor transport undertaking etc. as per a notice signed by deputy labour commissioner, Manipur, Peter Salam.
The private sector employees engaged in commercial and industrial establishments located within the area of 47 Assembly Constituencies will get paid holiday on the first phase of polls on April 19, it stated.
It stated that the second phase of polls to be held on April 26 will also be paid holiday for all the employees engaged in commercial and industrial establishments in the private sector located within the area of 13 Assembly Constituencies.
The same is issued in pursuance of the Government of Manipur, Secretariat General Administrative Department (Record & Library Section) Order No. ESTT-301/3/2024-GAD-GAD dated April 8, 2024, and as per Section 135B of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 in connection with General elections to 18th Lok Sabha, 2024, it mentioned.
It further ordered that no deduction or abatement of wages of any such persons shall be made for the above-mentioned poll days on account of a holiday having been granted to the person in accordance with law. If a holiday had been granted to a person without payment of wages for such a day, he shall nonetheless be paid in full for the poll day, the wages he would have drawn had not a holiday be granted to him/her on that day, it added.
It also ordered employers of all commercial and industrial establishments in private sector to allow employees who are electors/voters of the 47 Assembly Constituencies but working elsewhere and of the 17 Assembly Constituencies but working elsewhere to obtain leave of absence with full wages on the poll days to cast their vote/exercise right of franchise in the Lok Sabha General Elections.
