Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 · Chapter VII: Hours of Work and Annual Leave With Wages
Section 28: Night shifts
Where a worker in an establishment works on a shift which extends beyond midnight,—-
(a) for the purposes of section 26, a weekly holiday for a whole day shall mean in his case a period of twenty-four consecutive hours beginning when his shift ends;
(b) the following day for him shall be deemed to be the period of twenty-four hours beginning when such shift ends, and the hours he has worked after midnight shall be counted in the previous day.
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