NEW DELHI: Bringing cheer to lakhs of bank employees , the government has accepted the long-pending demand of workers to declare second and fourth Saturdays holidays , with effect from September 1. At present, all PSU and private sector banks work half-day on Saturdays.

“This s a welcome move. This will be a big relief to employees and I hope that this will improve the productivity,“ AIBEA general secretary C H Venkatachalam said.

In case of a month having five Saturdays, banks will be closed only on second and fourth Saturdays.

