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The Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2019

The Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2019

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This Gujarat law sets rules for how businesses operate and treat their workers. It applies to shops, hotels, restaurants, and other service businesses in the state, covering both small places with fewer than ten employees and larger ones with ten or more. The Act ensures fair working conditions by regulating employment, leave, holidays, and working hours. It requires businesses to register and maintain records, helping to protect workers' rights and promote orderly business practices across the state.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent, application and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Act not to apply to certain persons and premises
  4. 4. Application of the Act to other establishments and workers
  5. 5. Suspension of the operation of provisions of the Act
  6. 6. Registration of shops or establishments
  7. 7. Intimation by establishment having less than ten workers
  8. 8. Cancellation of registration of shop or establishment
  9. 9. Notice of change in particulars
  10. 10. Notice for closure of business
  11. 11. Health and safety of worker
  12. 12. Fixing of hours of work
  13. 13. Prohibition of discrimination of women
  14. 14. Spread-over of hours of work
  15. 15. Payment of wages for overtime
  16. 16. Shift working and establishment
  17. 17. Furnishing identity card to worker
  18. 18. Annual leave, casual and sick leave and other holidays
  19. 19. Drinking water
  20. 20. Latrines and urinals
  21. 21. Creche facility
  22. 22. First-aid
  23. 23. Canteen
  24. 24. Provisions for handing over enforcement of Act to authorities
  25. 25. Powers and duties of Inspectors
  26. 26. Maintenance of registers and records
  27. 27. Annual returns
  28. 28. Penalty for non-registration of shop or establishment
  29. 29. Penalty for contravention of the provisions of the Act
  30. 30. Penalty for contravention of the provisions of the Act resulting in accident
  31. 31. Offences by companies
  32. 32. Penalty for obstructions or refusal to provide register, etc
  33. 33. Cognizance of offences
  34. 34. Compounding of offences
  35. 35. Opening and closing hours
  36. 36. Protection of rights of workers under any other law, etc.
  37. 37. Protection of action taken in good faith
  38. 38. Act not in derogation of any other law
  39. 39. Power to make rules
  40. 40. Power to remove difficulties
  41. 41. Repeal and saving

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