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Tamil Nadu Shops: annual, sick and casual leave
Tamil Nadu Shops Act section 25 reference for annual leave, sick and casual leave, the 45-day annual-leave accumulation limit, qualifying service and specified discharge-payment conditions.
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Tamil Nadu Shops: annual, sick and casual leave
Tamil Nadu Shops Act section 25 reference for annual leave, sick and casual leave, the 45-day annual-leave accumulation limit, qualifying service and specified discharge-payment conditions.
Who this applies to
Persons employed in establishments covered by the Tamil Nadu Shops Act; check exclusions, valid exemptions and more favourable benefits
Qualifying service and payroll
Annual leave follows twelve months continuous service; sick and casual leave are addressed separately during the first and subsequent twelve-month service periods. Do not assume all three balances accrue under the annual-leave qualification.
Apply the service-continuity rules, special educational-hostel provision, statutory wage calculation and the precise discharge or refused-leave conditions. A statement that all unused leave is always payable on every resignation would overstate section 25.
Source and version
Sections 25–28; G.O. Ms. No.162 dated 14 November 2018. Section 25 and the archive compilation footnote increasing annual-leave accumulation to 45 days were reviewed. The connected 2025 amending Act concerns penalties rather than replacing section 25. This reference is not a complete consolidation of every later notification.
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| Entitlement / issue | Rule and conditions | Source clause |
|---|---|---|
| Annual leave | Twelve paid days in the subsequent twelve-month period after twelve months continuous service. | 25(1) |
| Annual accumulation | Annual holidays with wages may accumulate to a maximum of 45 days under the cited 2018 substitution. | 25(1) proviso; G.O. Ms.162/2018 |
| Sick / accident leave | Paid leave not exceeding twelve days for sickness or accident during the first and each subsequent twelve-month service period. | 25(2)(a) |
| Casual leave | Paid casual leave not exceeding twelve days on a reasonable ground during the first and each subsequent twelve-month service period. | 25(2)(b) |
| Payment on specified separation | Annual leave is payable on the discharge or refused-leave quitting conditions in subsection (3); sick-leave payment on discharge while sick or injured has the separate subsection (4) condition. | 25(3)–(4) |
| Continuous service | Specified sickness, accident and authorised-leave interruptions up to ninety days, lockout, lawful strike and limited involuntary unemployment are dealt with expressly; special hostel employment may be proportionate. | 25(5)–(7) |
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Source review and connected references
Section 25 and the archive compilation footnote increasing annual-leave accumulation to 45 days were reviewed. The connected 2025 amending Act concerns penalties rather than replacing section 25. This reference is not a complete consolidation of every later notification.
Original source pages · PDF ↗Continue researching
- Tamil Nadu Shops (Amendment) Act, 2025: enacted text
- Tamil Nadu Shops: combined annual return by 31 January
- Tamil Nadu Shops annual-return rules: final 2025 amendment
- Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act, 1947: reference
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form Y: Registration application
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form Z: Registration certificate
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form ZA: Register of shops and establishments
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form ZB: Intimation by an existing establishment
- Tamil Nadu Shops Form ZC: Combined annual return
- Tamil Nadu Shops registration rules: July 2024 amendment