Section 64
Work on rest day
(1)
Subject to section 65(2), no employee shall be compelled to work on a rest day unless he is engaged in work which by reason of its nature requires to be carried on continuously by a succession of shifts.
(2)
In the event of any dispute, the Commissioner may decide whether or not an employee is engaged in work which by reason of its nature requires to be carried on continuously by a succession of shifts.
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(3)
Any employee who at his own request works on a rest day or a public holiday shall be paid for that day —
(a)
if the period of work does not exceed one-half of his normal hours of work, a sum at the basic rate of pay for half a day’s work;
(b)
if the period of work is more than one-half but does not exceed his normal hours of work, a sum of the basic rate of pay for one day’s work;
(c)
if the period of work exceeds his normal hours of work for one day —
(i)
a sum at the basic rate of pay for one day’s work; and
(ii)
a sum at the rate of not less than one and one-half times his hourly basic rate of pay for each hour or part thereof that the period of work exceeds his normal hours of work for one day.
(4)
Any employee who at the request of his employer works on a rest day or a public holiday shall be paid for that day —
(a)
if the period of work does not exceed one-half of his normal hours of work, a sum at the basic rate of pay for one day’s work;
(b)
if the period of work is more than one-half but does not exceed his normal hours of work, a sum at the basic rate of pay for 2 days’ work;
(c)
if the period of work exceeds his normal hours of work for one day —
(i)
a sum at the basic rate of pay for 2 days’ work; and
(ii)
a sum at the rate of not less than one and one-half times his hourly basic rate of pay for each hour or part thereof that the period of work exceeds his normal hours of work for one day.
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(5)
In this section —
(a)
“hourly basic rate of pay” of an employee is to be calculated in the same manner as for the purpose of calculating payment due to an employee under section 65 for working overtime;
(b)
“normal hours of work” means the number of hours of work (not exceeding the limits applicable to an employee under section 65 or 67, as the case may be) that is agreed between an employer and an employee to be the usual hours of work per day;
or in the absence of any such agreement, is deemed to be 8 hours a day.
(6)
Subsection (3) does not apply to any employee who is employed by the Government or a statutory body in any of the essential services as defined in section 3(3) of the Internal Security Act (Chapter 133)
for the purposes of that section, but any such employee who at the request of his employer works on a rest day or part thereof shall be given a day or part of a day off, as the case may be, in substitution for such a rest day or part thereof.