Weekly rest day provisions voilated by employer

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 13 November 2017 This query is : Resolved
In a coal mines under SECL, where Sunday is a declared weekly rest day for all employees, but in practice , management used to put a notice on every Saturday intimating that Sunday will be working day for coal production , this practice is followed,since 26 years I.e. from start of mine. Practically no employee was allowed rest on Sundays,
The employees were paid wages at the rate double to normal working days, for sunday's.
Compensatory weekly day of rest was given on other days of week.
So, employees were getting wages for all days of month, against six days actual weekly working and one day weekly rest,
Mine was also producing coal for all days of a month.
Now, from two months management has closed production on Sundays, employees are not allowed to work on Sundays, this has resulted in loss of salary for one day per week, even when workers are working for same number of days in month as earlier.

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Guest (Expert) 13 November 2017
Legally the decision of the Mines to declare sunday as holiday can not be objected.

Rajendra K Goyal (Expert) 13 November 2017
No advice to an author who is anonymous.

You can post the query in fresh thread with your identity and material facts.

Guest (Expert) 13 November 2017
Even as per your description, no violation is noticed on the part of the employer.

The peculiarity of your problem is not understood. On the one hand you have showed concern over non grant of weekly off day and on the other, when fixed weekly off is being allowed, you have showed concern on reduction of wages in lieu of the weekly off day. Both cannot be allowed at one time. You can get either weekly off or increased wage in lieu of that.

So, what exactly is your problem and how you are concerned with the case for the workers?