Labour License Or Registration of Shops Establishments

Every commercial establishment / business is liable to Labor Law Compliances. Infact, Indian Businesses are subjected to a plethora of Labor compliances Acts. An audit carried on a Hospital / Health care organization revealed that a Hospital Business is liable to implement more than 5000 acts with respect to Labor Law Compliances. Hence, the need of a professional help to whom you can outsource all your Labor Law Compliances is paramount. In an Indian scenario, where the Business Owner or the Director of the company is personally & criminally liable, the need of Labor Law Compliances cannot be undermined.

The Labour Department is headed by Secretary (Labour), who is assisted by Commissioner, Special Labour Commissioner, Addl. Labour Commissioner, Joint Labour Commissioner, Deputy Labour Commissioners, Assistant Labour Commissioners, Chief Inspector of Factories, Electrical Inspector, Chief Inspector of Boilers, Chief Inspector of Shops and Establishments, Labour Officers, Welfare Officer and other supporting staff.

The department works towards providing services to protect the working community and Environment from Industrial Occupational Hazards by disseminating the knowledge of information to all the stake holders and to ensure greater awareness and participation of all the stakeholders in achieving industrial safety, better health and work environment by undertaking capacity building measures.

Purpose & Object:

Shops and Establishment Acts have been enacted by the states to regulate conditions of work and to provide for statutory obligations of the employers and rights of the employees in un-organized sector of employment such as shops, commercial establishments, residential hotels, restaurants, eating houses, theatres and other establishments in their jurisdiction.

Applicability:

It is applicable to all persons employed in an establishment with or without wages, except the members of the employes’family.

Salient Features:

• Provides for compulsory registration of shops / establishments
• Provides for communication of closure of shops / establishments
• Lays down the hours of work-per day & week, guidelines for rest interval, opening and closing hours, closed days, national and religious holidays, overtime work
• Lays down rules for employment of children, young persons and women, annual leaves, maternity leaves, sickness and casual leaves, employment and termination of service etc.
• Provides for maintenance of statutory registers & records and display of notices
• Provides for obligations of employers as well as employees.