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    The Kerala Shops and Establishment Act 1960 aims to regulate conditions of work and employment in shops and commercial establishments in Kerala. Its key objectives are to provide for employee welfare and regulate work conditions. The act requires all establishments to register within 60 days of starting and renew their registration certificate annually. It sets limits on daily and weekly work hours to a maximum of 8 hours and 48 hours respectively to ensure employee welfare. It also mandates weekly holidays, rest intervals, various types of paid leave for employees and prohibits employment of children and women during night hours. Non-compliance is punishable as per the Act.

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    The Kerala Shops and Establishment Act 1960 aims to regulate conditions of work and employment in shops and commercial establishments in Kerala. Its key objectives are to provide for employee welfare and regulate work conditions. The act requires all establishments to register within 60 days of starting and renew their registration certificate annually. It sets limits on daily and weekly work hours to a maximum of 8 hours and 48 hours respectively to ensure employee welfare. It also mandates weekly holidays, rest intervals, various types of paid leave for employees and prohibits employment of children and women during night hours. Non-compliance is punishable as per the Act.

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    The Kerala Shops and Establishment Act 1960 aims to regulate conditions of work and employment in shops and commercial establishments in Kerala. Its key objectives are to provide for employee welfare and regulate work conditions. The act requires all establishments to register within 60 days of starting and renew their registration certificate annually. It sets limits on daily and weekly work hours to a maximum of 8 hours and 48 hours respectively to ensure employee welfare. It also mandates weekly holidays, rest intervals, various types of paid leave for employees and prohibits employment of children and women during night hours. Non-compliance is punishable as per the Act.

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    The Kerala Shops and Establishment Act 1960 aims to regulate conditions of work and employment in shops and commercial establishments in Kerala. Its key objectives are to provide for employee welfare and regulate work conditions. The act requires all establishments to register within 60 days of starting and renew their registration certificate annually. It sets limits on daily and weekly work hours to a maximum of 8 hours and 48 hours respectively to ensure employee welfare. It also mandates weekly holidays, rest intervals, various types of paid leave for employees and prohibits employment of children and women during night hours. Non-compliance is punishable as per the Act.

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    KERALA SHOPES AND ESTABLISHMENT ACT

    1960
    An Act to consolidate and amend the law
    relating to the regulation of conditions of work
    and employment in the shops and commercial
    establishments in the State ofKerala
    OBJECTIVE:
    To provide for the welfare of the employees
    employed in the shops and commercial
    establishments and to regulate the conditions of
    their workand employment.
    • REGISTRATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT:

    5A. Registration of establishments.—

    1. The employer of every establishment shall make an


    application to the Government for a registration
    certificate in respect of that establishment.

    2. An application under sub-section (1) shall be made


    within sixty days from the date of commencement of
    this section:

    3. Provided that in the case of an establishment started


    after the commencement of this section, such
    application shall be made within sixty days from the
    date on which the establishment commences its work.
    4 .The application shall specify the following
    particulars, namely:-

    the name of the employer and the


    manager, if any;
    the postal address of the establishment;
    the name, if any, of the establishment;
    the category of the establishment, that
    is to say whether it is a shop or a
    commercial establishment;
    the number and names
    of employees employed in
    the establishment.
    5. On receipt of an application under sub-
    section (1), the competent authority shall,
    duly registered under this Act.
    6. Registration certificate granted under this Act
    shall not be valid beyond the year.
    7. An application for the renewal of a
    registration certificate granted under this
    Act shall be made at least thirty days before
    the expiry of theperiod.
    HOURS OF WORK:
    • DAILY AND WEEKLY HOURS: No employee in any
    establishment shall be required to work for more
    than eight hours in any day and 48 hours in any
    week. The number of hours of which including
    overtime shall not exceed ten hours in any day
    except on stock taking etc.

    • EXTRAWAGES FOR OVERTIME WORK: Where an


    employee works in any establishment for eight
    hours in any day or for more than forty eight hours
    in any week shall in respect of such overtime work
    be entitled to twice the ordinary rate of wages.
    • WEEKLY HOLIDAYS: Every Person employed in
    shops or a commercial establishment shall be
    allowed in each week a holiday of one whole
    day.
    • INTERVALS FOR REST:- No period of work of an
    employee in an establishment shall be given rest
    for at least one hour before work of four hours.
    LEAVE :
    Employees are eligible for leave in lien of:
    • Annual leave for 12 days with wages to
    employees after completion of 12 month
    continuous service.
    • Leave with wages not exceeding twelve days on
    the ground of any sickness or accident sustained
    by him.
    • Casual leave with wages not exceeding twelve
    days.
    EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN
    • Prohibition of employment of children.—No child
    shall be required or allowed to work in any
    establishment except as an apprentice in such
    employment as may be specified by the
    Government.
    • Prohibition of employment of women and
    persons below seventeen years during night.- No
    woman or any person who has not attained the
    age of seventeen shall be required or allowed to
    work whether as an employee or otherwise in
    any establishment before 6
    A. M. or after 7 P.M
    PENALITY :

    Whoever commits a breach of the provisions of


    the Act a rules shall be punishable in according
    with Section-29 and Rule –14 of Kerala shops and
    Commercial Establishments Act 1960 and Rules
    1961
    THANK YOU

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