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Maharashtra Shops: earned leave, casual leave and holidays
Maharashtra Shops Act section 18 reference for earned leave, casual leave, accumulation, festival holidays and payment conditions, connected to the prescribed leave book and notice.
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Maharashtra Shops: earned leave, casual leave and holidays
Maharashtra Shops Act section 18 reference for earned leave, casual leave, accumulation, festival holidays and payment conditions, connected to the prescribed leave book and notice.
Who this applies to
Workers in establishments covered by the relevant Act provisions; check section 1 application, section 3 exclusions and valid exemptions
Applying the leave rules
Separate the 240-day eligibility test from the days which actually earn leave. Section 18(8) allows certain absence categories to count for the qualifying threshold without earning leave for those days.
Record requests and refusals in Form O. The ordinary 45-day accumulation limit must be read with the encashment provision where due leave applied for fifteen days in advance is refused. Do not automatically delete that excess balance.
Apply the precise separation-payment conditions in section 18(6), the holiday exclusions in section 18(9) and wage calculation in section 18(10). The table is not a substitute for those conditions.
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Section 18(1)–(10); final Rules 19–20 / Forms O and P. Section 18 reviewed against the official Act compilation expressly stated as at 31 December 2025, including listed amendments. This is not a claim that every subsequent exemption or notification has been consolidated.
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| Entitlement / issue | Rule and conditions | Source clause |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly holiday | Weekly holiday with wages; also read section 16 for weekly-rest arrangements and its conditions. | 18(1); 16 |
| Casual leave | Eight days with wages per calendar year, credited quarterly; unavailed casual leave lapses at year end. | 18(2) |
| Earned leave | After at least 240 days worked in a calendar year: one day per twenty days of work performed, allowed in the subsequent calendar year. | 18(3), 18(8) |
| Shorter service provision | Subject to subsection (3), at least three months employment: leave of not more than five days per sixty days worked; read the statutory wording before calculation. | 18(4) |
| Accumulation and refusal | Ordinary earned-leave accumulation up to 45 days. Refusal of due leave applied for 15 days in advance gives the statutory right to encash leave in excess of 45 days. | 18(5)–(6) |
| Festival holidays | Eight paid festival holidays: 26 January, 1 May, 15 August, 2 October and four agreed before the year. Working these days requires the specified double pay plus a substituted day. | 18(7) |
| Earned-leave pay | Daily average wages for days actually worked in the preceding three months, excluding overtime; read the separation and holiday-exclusion conditions separately. | 18(6), (9)–(10) |
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Source review and connected references
Section 18 reviewed against the official Act compilation expressly stated as at 31 December 2025, including listed amendments. This is not a claim that every subsequent exemption or notification has been consolidated.
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- Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Act, 2017: official compilation
- Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Rules, 2018
- Maharashtra Shops Form A: Application for registration
- Maharashtra Shops Form B: Registration certificate
- Maharashtra Shops Form C: Register of registered establishments
- Maharashtra Shops Form D: Application for registration renewal
- Maharashtra Shops Form E: Renewed registration certificate
- Maharashtra Shops Form F: Intimation of establishment
- Maharashtra Shops Form G: Receipt of establishment intimation
- Maharashtra Shops Form H: Register of intimated establishments
- Maharashtra Shops Form I: Notice of registration changes
- Maharashtra Shops Form J: Closure intimation for registered establishments
- Maharashtra Shops Form K: Closure intimation for intimation-only establishments
- Maharashtra Shops Form L: Woman worker consent for night shift
- Maharashtra Shops Form M: Notice of hours, rest and weekly holiday
- Maharashtra Shops Form N: Shift schedule and weekly holiday notice
- Maharashtra Shops Form O: Leave book
- Maharashtra Shops Form P: Notice of maximum accumulated leave
- Maharashtra Shops Form Q: Muster-roll cum wage register
- Maharashtra Shops Form R: Annual return
- Maharashtra Shops Form S: Application for compounding an offence
- Maharashtra Shops Form T: Particulars of managerial personnel
- Maharashtra Shops Form U: Particulars of confidential personnel