The Meghalaya Shops and establishment Act 2003
The Meghalaya Shops and establishment Act 2003
The Meghalaya Shops and Establishment Act regulates working conditions in shops, commercial spaces, and entertainment venues across Meghalaya. It applies to employers and employees in these sectors, excluding government offices, banks, and management personnel. The law matters because it protects worker rights by banning child labor, restricting night work for women, establishing an eight-hour workday, and guaranteeing paid leave, double wages for overtime, and timely pay. It also mandates health, safety, and fire standards. By enforcing registration and penalties for violations, the Act ensures a fair, safe, and structured environment for the state's commercial workforce.
- 1. Short title extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Registration
- 4. Opening and Closing hours
- 5. Hour of work
- 6. Closing of shops
- 7. Prohibition of Employment of Children
- 8. Prohibition of Employment of women and persons below seventeen years during night
- 9. Payment of Wages
- 10. Wages overtime
- 11. Annual leave with wages
- 12. Weekly holiday for employee in a commercial establishment for public entertainment of amusement.
- 13. Leave for attending religious ceremonies etc
- 14. Paid holiday
- 15. Discharged of employees.
- 16. Cleanliness, ventilation and lightning
- 17. Precaution against fire
- 18. Appeals
- 19. Appointment of Inspectors
- 20. Power and duties of Inspectors
- 21. Inspector to be public servant
- 22. Employer to produce registers records etc. For inspection
- 23. Penalties
- 24. Cognizance of offence
- 25. Maintenance of registers and records and display of notice,
- 26. Protection of action taken in good faith.
- 27. Delegation of powers.
- 28. Power of Government to suspend provisions of the Act during fairs and festivals
- 29. Exemption from Application of the Act.
- 30. Power to rules
- 31. Repeal and Saving
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