Mr. X owns a bakery where he employs Y, a 16-year-old adolescent. At first, X gives Y every Sunday off as his weekly holiday. After two months, X decides to change the weekly holiday to Wednesday and pastes a notice about this change on the bakery wall. According to the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, this change is :
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Under the Factories Act, weekly holidays for adolescent workers (15-18 years) cannot be altered before completing a notice period. The employer's substitution of a different day as weekly holiday is INVALID if done without following the statutory procedure of advance notice and display in the establishment.