Chief Executive Officer and Staff

(1) The Government shall appoint a Chief Executive Officer for the Board. (2) The Board may appoint such other officers and staff as it may consider necessary for the efficient performance of its functions. (3) The conditions of service and the salary and allowances of the Chief Executive Officer and other officers and staff shall be such as may be prescribed. (1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, constitute with effect from such date as may be specified therein, a Board by name "the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Workers' Welfare Fund Board" for the administration of the Fund and to supervise and management the activities financed from the Fund. (2) The Board shall be a body corporate by name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued. (3) The Board shall consist of fifteen Directors nominated by Government as hereinafter provided:— (i) five members representing worker and self employed persons; (ii) five members representing the employees; (iii) five members representing the Government. (4) One of the Directors of the Board shall be appointed by the Government, to be its Chairman. (1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, constitute with effect from such date as may be specified therein, a Board by name "the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Workers' Welfare Fund Board" for the administration of the Fund and to supervise and management the activities financed from the Fund. (2) The Board shall be a body corporate by name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued. (3) The Board shall consist of fifteen Directors nominated by Government as hereinafter provided:- (i) five members representing worker and self employed persons; (ii) five members representing the employees; (iii) Five members representing the Government. (4) One of the Directors of the Board shall be appointed by the Government, to be its Chairman. (5) The Government shall publish in the Gazette, the names of the Chairman and the Directors of the Board. (6) The Board shall administrate the Fund vested in it, in such manner as may be provided in the scheme. (7) The Board may, with the previous approval of the Government, delegate to the Chairman or to any Director or to the Chief Executive Officer of the Board or any other officer of the Board, such of its powers and functions under this Act or the scheme, as it may consider necessary for the efficient administration of the Fund, subject to any restrictions and conditions, if any, as it may direct. (8) An amount up to seven percentage of the contribution collected by the Board every year or the amount as may be fixed by the Government, from time to time, may be expended towards payment of salary of the Staff of the Board and other approved expenses. The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, constitute a Board to be called as 'The Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Workers' Welfare Fund Board' for the administration of the fund and to carry out the objects of the scheme. The Fund shall be utilized for the welfare of the employees and their dependents through schemes notified by the Government.