Industrial and Labour Law Compliances

Objective:
Regulation & Control of training of apprentices; Creation of trained manpower with skills through theoretical and practical training in number of prescribed trades and occupation.
Primarily deals with matters like:
a) Training & Stipend of Apprentices; their health and safety, working hours, conditions of service, leaves etc.
b) Record of trainings
c) Maintenance of Registers
d) Filing of Records & Returns
e) Contract of Apprenticeship

Establishment where 20 or more workman are employed on any day of the preceding 12 months as contract labour Contractor who employs or who employed on any day of the preceding 12 months, 20 or more workmen

Objective:
Regulation of provident fund, pension fund and deposit-linked insurance fund for employees in factories and other establishments.
Primarily deals with matters like:
a) Calculations & deposit of provident fund(PF) within prescribed statutory period;
b) Filing of statutory returns (now reduced owing to Monthly ECR)
c) PF Transfer, Loan against PF, Pension payments etc.

Every factory/ establishment in which 20 or more persons are employed or as notified by the Central Government, even to an establishment having less than 20 persons.

Objective:
Compulsory notification of all vacancies in the establishments of private sector (25 or more persons employed) & all establishments of public sector to the employment exchanges, except the following:
a) Vacancies proposed to be filled through promotion or absorption of surplus staff of any branch or department of the same establishment
b) On the result of any exam/interview conducted or interview held by or on recommendation of any independent agency e.g. UPSC etc.
c) Employment in Private Sector(in agriculture); Employment in domestic service or to do Unskilled Job; Total duration of employment is less than 3 months.
Primarily deals with matters like:
▪ Notification of vacancies (15 days in advance of filling up); Notification of selection result (within 15 days of selection) to Employment Exchange.
▪ Submission of Quarterly Return; Biennial Return, Display of Abstract of Act (English & Local language)

All establishments of private sector (wherein 25 or more persons employed) & all establishments of public sector

Objective:
Compulsory insurance of a specified class of wage earners against certain inevitable risks. Primarily deals with matters like:
a) Calculations & deposit of ESI contribution (ESI) within prescribed statutory period;
b) Filing of statutory returns (now reduced owing to electronic filings)
c) Medical benefits, old age medical care, maternity benefit/bonus, unemployment allowances, dependants benefits etc.

Applicable to all factories and establishments other than seasonal factories (in which 10 or more workers are employed)

Objective:
Payment of bonus to persons employed in establishments/factory on the basis of profits or on the basis of production or productivity.
Primarily deals with matters like:
a) Eligibility of Bonus (employees/workers drawing salary/remuneration of Rs. 21,000/- per month), Computation of gross profits/ availability surplus of the establishment; Payment of Minimum (8.33% of Salary) & Maximum Bonus (20% of Salary); Payment within statutory time limit of 8 months of close of financial year.
b) Maintenance of Registers/Records(Form A, Form B, Form C); Filing of Annual Returns(Form D)

a) Applicable to every factory (as defined under Factories Act)
b) Establishment in which 20 or more persons are employed on any day during an accounting year.(CG may specify lesser no. of employees)

Objective:
Compensation to certain classes of workmen/employees by their employers for injury which may be suffered by them, as a result of an accident during the course of employment. Primarily deals with matters like:
a) Amount of compensation, liability of compensation, reporting of fatal accidents etc.
b) Filing of Report of fatal accident etc., Annual Return as to compensation, Display of abstract of Act.

Applicable to factories/establishments, when personal injury is caused to employee (as defined in Act) resulting in total or partial disablement of the employee for a period exceeding three days by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment.

Objective:
Fixing minimum rates of wages in certain scheduled employments.
Primarily deals with matters like:
a) Payment of minimum wages, fixing hours of normal work, overtime etc.
b) Maintenance of Registers & Records, issue of wage slips etc.

Applicable to all scheduled employments (as specified in the schedule and the entries of the state government in the schedule, e.g. factories, commercial establishments etc.)

Objective:
For regulation of employment of inter state migrant workman & provide for their conditions of service and matters connected therewith. Primarily deals with matters like:
a) Registration of establishments
b) License of Contractors, welfare and other facilities provided to the inter state workmen etc.

Toeveryestablishment/contractors employing five or more Inter-State migrant workmen on any day of the preceding twelve months.

Objective:
Defining the conditions of employment by the employers in industrial establishments and make the said conditions known to workmen employed by them
Primarily deals with matters like:
▪ Submission of draft Standing Orders to the certifying officer and getting the same approved.
▪ Standing orders to cover matters like classification of workmen, hours of work, holidays, leaves, misconduct, suspension/termination rules etc.
▪ Display of certified Standing Orders

Every industrial establishment wherein 50/100 or more workmen are employed

Objective:
To protect and prevent women from any sexual harassment in their places of work & to aid them in leading a healthy and safe professional life in the society while protecting their constitutional rights and maintaining their dignity
Primarily deals with matters like:
a) Constitution of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), with majority constitution of women and an external nominee who is familiar with issues of sexual harassment
b) Issuance of order of ICC constitution
c) Conduct awareness workshops at regular intervals
d) Display of penal consequences of sexual harassment

This act is applicable if an employer has employed a women workmen in workplace

Objective:
To regulate payment of wages of certain classes of employed persons Primarily deals with matters like:
▪ Display of abstract of acts & rules
▪ Maintenance of registers, filing of returns etc
▪ Payment of wages within 7 days/ 10 days of succeeding month

Factories, Industrial Establishment, Air transport services, inland vessels etc

Objective:
To provide for payment of equal remuneration to men & women workers & for the prevention of discrimination on ground of sex against women in matters of employment and for connected or incidental matters
Primarily deals with matters like:
▪ Register maintenance
▪ Prohibition of discrimination of recruiting women & Payment of equal remuneration to me & women

Applicable to all establishment and factories

Objective:
It is a social security measure for employee who have rendered continuous service for five years or more
Primarily deals with matters like:
▪ Registration of establishment
▪ Payment of Gratuity
▪ Display of notice/abstract of act & rules etc

• Factory, company, shop, establishment, education institution, employing 10 or more employees

Objective:
Regulation of Factories
Primarily deals with matters like:
a)Safety measures, welfare measures (clean drinking water, rest shelter, canteen, OHS etc.)
b)working hours, spread over, over time etc.

Applicable to all factories wherein 10 or more persons are/were employed with the aid of power or 20 or more workers are/were employed without the aid of power, on any day in the preceding 12 months.

Objective:
To provide full and healthy maintenance of woman and her child when she is not working
Primarily deals with matters like:
a) Conditions for claiming benefits,
b) Leave for illness arising out of pregnancy etc.
c) Grant of maternity leaves, with benefits

For all women employees either employed directly or through contractor in factories, other establishments etc.

Objective:
Regulation of conditions of work and employment in Shops and commercial establishments
Primarily deals with matters like:
a) Registration of establishment,
b) Hours of employment, overtime wages, Condition of employment of women, spreadover, leaves, overtime etc.
c) Display of licence
d) Maintenance of Registers in prescribed format

Applicable to all establishments/ commercial establishments