The Labour Department has registered cases against 85 shops, eateries, commercial establishments, and transport companies for not declaring a holiday for employees on October 2 (Thursday), Gandhi Jayanthi and for not paying them double wages.

In a release, K. Jeyalakshmi, Assistant Commissioner of Labour (Enforcement), said officials inspected 106 establishments in Erode, Bhavani, Perundurai, Gobichettipalayam, and Sathyamangalam on Thursday. Of these, 85 neither declared a holiday for employees nor paid double wages to those who worked.

The release further stated that prior permission had also not been obtained to provide an alternative holiday within three days for employees who worked on Gandhi Jayanthi. Hence, cases were registered against the establishments, it added.