No deduction from wages for public holidays

(1) No deduction shall be made from the wages of a worker paid by the month or the week for time not worked on a public (2) Workers paid by the hour, by the day or on a piece work or task work basis shall be paid at single time rate the wages of a normal working day for a public holiday which falls on a scheduled workday, that is to say a day on which he would have worked were it not a public holiday, if he is at work on the scheduled workday immediately preceding and that immediately following the public holiday or, where he has been laid off within six days before the public holiday, he is re- employed within six days after the holiday, Provided that this shall not apply to workers who are remunerated by the piece or by the task and are not subject to continuous supervision. 80 (3) All work done on public holidays other than Christmas Day, Good Friday and Easter Monday, which fall on a scheduled work day on which a worker would have worked but for the public holiday, shall be paid for at one and one-half times his ordinary rate of pay. (4) All work done on Christmas Day, Good Friday and Easter Monday, which fall on a scheduled work day, that is to say, a day on which the worker would have worked but for the public holiday, shall be paid for at double his ordinary rate of pay. (5) For the purpose of sub-section (2), “wages for a normal working day” shall not be less than the acknowledged basic day’s wages paid by the industry in which the worker is employed and which in any event shall not be less than eight times the hourly wage, Provided that this section shall not apply to any industry where a wage council is established providing effective machinery for fixing of remuneration and the provision of paid public holidays for workers in that industry.