Provisions under the Delhi Shops and Establishment Act

Summary of Main provisions under the Delhi Shops and Establishment Act and the Rules

Sl. No.	Provision	Section/Rule	Remarks
1	Set up of CIS Section	Section.36/17	This section is headed by DLC (CIS), Chief Inspector of Shops and Labour Inspector(Shops). The Labour Inspectors are posted in 9 Districts, each district is headed by DLC/ALC/LO
2	Registration of Shops and Establishments	Section 5	Not required since kept in abeyance w.e.f. 23.11.89
3	Closed Day	Section 16	One day in a week
4	Opening and Closing hours	Section 15	No shop or commercial establishment be opened earlier than such hour or closed later than as may be prescribed i.e. 9.00 AM and 7.00 PM in winter, 9.30 AM to 7.30 PM in summer and 8.00 AM to 6.00 PM for establishment.
5	Appointment letters	Section 34	On appointment/joining of the job
6	Working hours	Section 8	48 hours a week or 9 hours a day
7	Compulsory rest	Section 10	Half an hour after 5 hours of work
8	Spread over of working hours including rest	Section 11	12 hours in shops and 10 and a half hours in an establishment
9	Restriction on working of women/Young person	Section 14	In summer 9.00 PM to 7.00AM and in winter 8.00 PM to 9.00AM
10	Earned/privileged leave	Section 22	15 days
11	Accumulation of earned leave	Section 22	45 days
12	Casual/sick leave	Section 22	12 days
13	Intimation in writing for availing earned leave	Rule 10	15 days in advance
14	Availing of casual/sick leave	Rule 10	As soon as possible
15	Payment of wages	Section 19	7th of the following month
16	Wages for holidays of a piece rated employee		A piece rated employee is also entitled to the average of the wages received by him during the previous month.
17	Payment of wages	Section 19(4)	The wages are to be paid in cash
18	Cleanliness	Section 25	The premises of every establishment shall be kept clean.
19	Employment of children (12 years and below)	Section 12	No child shall be allowed to work whether as an employee or otherwise in any establishment.

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District

Dated

 

1	Name of the Establishment
2	Address
3	Nature of activity of Business
4	i.	Name of proprietor / partner / Directors/occupiers
	ii.	Whether Registered under Factories Act, 1948	Yes		No
5	No. of workmen/employees employed		Regular	Daily Wages	Piece Rate
	i.	No of Male
	ii.	No .of Female
	iii.	Total
6	Category of employees/workmen & their nos.
	i.	Unskilled
	ii.	Semi-skilled
	iii.	Skilled
	vi.	Supervisor
	v.	Managerial
7	Whether contractual workmen employed		Yes		No
	i.	No. of Contract Labour employed
	ii.	Name & address of the contractor
	iii.	Whether Licence obtained under Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970.	Yes		No
	iv.	Whether principal employer has obtained registration certificate under Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970.	Yes		No
8	Whether following statutory records are maintained.
	i.	Appointment letter issued	Yes		No
	ii.	Wages Register	Yes		No
	iii.	Attendance Register/card,	Yes		No
	iv.	Wage slip	Yes		No
	v.	O.T. Register	Yes		No
	vi.	Leave Card	Yes		No
	vii.	Fine Register	Yes		No
	viii.	Whether Leave book/leave card beingmaintained	Yes		No
9	Coverage of employees under ESIC 1948. if applicable, if employing more than 10 workers.		Yes		No
10	Coverage of employees under EPF & MPA 1952, if applicable. If employing more than 20 workers		Yes		No
11	Whether Register A. B. C under Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 is maintained		Yes		No
12	Whether Register maintained by the occupier u/s 11 of Child Labour (R&A) Act, 1986.		Yes		No
13	Whether abstract of Minimum Wages Act. 1948, displayed		Yes		No
14	Potential No. of workers assessed on the basis of machines installed, area of the factory, packaging needs and no. of shifts.		Yes		No
15	Remarks, if any.

 

Name & Sign of Inspector
	Name & Sign of Occupier /
Proprietor/partner/Director/
	Manager/Employees