SHOP ACT REGISTRATION

What is Shop Act Registration?

Firstly, Congratulations on your new venture! Each and every new business in Maharashtra to be established law requires holding a valid Shop Act License to run the business.  Establishment and Shop Act, 1948 is one of the important regulation to which the most businesses in India are subjected to. The Act is designed to regulate the payment of the wages, hours of work, leaves, holidays, terms and service and other work conditions of people employed in the shop and commercial establishments.

The Shop and Establishment Act is regulated by the Department of Labor and regulates premises wherein any trade, business or profession is carried out. The act not only regulates the working of commercial establishments, but also societies, charitable trusts, printing establishments, educational institutions run for gain and premises in which banking, insurance, stock or share brokerage is carried on. This act regulates areas such as working hours, rest interval for employees, opening and closing hours, closed days, national and religious holidays, overtime work, rules for employment of children, annual leave, maternity leave, sickness and casual leave, etc.,

Shop and Establishment Act Regulations

The Shop and Establishment Act regulates a number of aspects relating to the operation of a shop or commercial establishment. Some of the key areas regulated by the shop and establishment act include:

• Hours of work
• Interval for rest and meals
• Prohibition of employment of children
• Employment of young person or women
• Opening and closing hours
• Close days
• Weekly holidays
• Wages for holidays
• Time and conditions of payment of wages
• Deductions from wages
• Leave policy
• Dismissal
• Cleanliness
• Lighting and ventilation
• Precautions against fire
• Accidents
• Record keeping