Plea to formulate uniform policy guaranteeing mandatory two-day weekly off for public, private sector workers

The Madras High Court has requested a response from the State government regarding a petition for a mandatory two-day weekly off for all workers. The petitioner argues that a six-day work week negatively impacts the health and fundamental rights of employees.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday sought response from the State government to a public interest litigation petition seeking a direction to the government to formulate and enforce a uniform policy guaranteeing a mandatory two-day weekly off for all categories of public and private sector workers across the State.
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