Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651)

Section 42 - Weekly rest period

A worker shall, in addition to the rest periods provided in sections 40 and 41, be given a rest period of forty-eight consecutive hours, in every seven days of normal working hours, and the rest period may, for preference, start from Saturday and end on the Sunday following and shall wherever possible, be granted to all of the workers of the undertaking.

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