Under Section 26 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, no worker shall ordinarily be allowed to work in an establishment for more than six days in any one week; however, in any motor transport undertaking, an employer may require a worker to work on a weekly holiday, provided the worker does not work for more than how many consecutive days without an intervening holiday for a whole day?

Section 26(1) of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 provides that no worker shall be allowed to work in an establishment for more than six days in any one week, thereby guaranteeing a weekly rest day. The proviso, however, carves out a specific exception for motor transport undertakings: to prevent dislocation of a motor transport service, an employer may require a worker to work on a day that would otherwise be his weekly holiday, provided this is arranged such that the worker does not work for more than ten consecutive days without an intervening holiday for a whole day. Section 26(3) further requires that where a worker is deprived of a weekly holiday due to any exemption order or rule, he must be granted compensatory holidays of an equal number within the same month or within the two months immediately following, ensuring the rest entitlement is not permanently lost, only deferred.