Purpose & Object	Shops and Establishment Acts have been enacted by the states to regulate conditions of work and to provide for statutory obligations of the employers and rights of the employees in un-organized sector of employment such as shops, commercial establishments, residential hotels, restaurants, eating houses, theatres and other establishments in their jurisdiction.
Applicability	It is applicable to all persons employed in an establishment with or without wages, except the members of the employersâ€™ family.
Salient Features	Provides for compulsory registration of shops / establishments Provides for communication of closure of shops / establishments Lays down the hours of work - per day & week; guidelines for rest interval, opening and closing hours, closed days, national and religious holidays, overtime work Lays down Rules for employment of children, young persons and women; annual leaves, maternity leaves, sickness and casual leaves; employment and termination of service etc. Provides for maintenance of statutory registers & records and display of notices Provides for obligations of employers as well as employees.

Almost all states have enacted their own Shops and Establishment Acts. However, many states have adopted laws of a different state governing Shops & Establishments. The state specific laws dealing with Shops & Establishments are listed herein below:
Andhra Pradesh Shops & Establishments Act, 1988
Bihar Shops and Establishments Act, 1953
Delhi Shops & Establishments Act, 1954
Punjab Shops And Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 [Also applicable in Chandigarh & Haryana]
Goa, Daman & Diu Shops and Establishments Act, 1973
Bombay Shops & Establishments Act, 1948 [Also applicable in Gujarat]
Himachal Pradesh Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1969
Jharkhand Shops and Establishments Act, 2000
Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Acts, 1961
Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1960
Madhya Pradesh Shops and Establishments Act, 1958
Manipur Shops & Establishments Act, 1972
Meghalaya Shops & Establishments Act, 2003
Nagaland Shops and Establishments Act, 1986
Orissa Shops & Commercial Establishments Act, 1956
Rajasthan Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958
Sikkim Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1983
Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act, 1947
Tamil Nadu Catering Establishments Act, 1958
U. P. Dookan aur Vanijay Adhisthan Adhiniyan, 1962
West Bengal Shops and Establishments Act, 1963

Services We Offer

We are Labour Law Consultants and at PCS, we provide following services in compliance to the provisions of state specific Shops & Establishments Acts:
Providing day to day consultancy on matters pertaining to the Act;
Registration of Shops and Establishments under the Act;
Correspondence / Liaisoning with concerned authorities under the Act;
Assistance to establishments in complying various provisions of the Act related to Display, Notices, Disclosures,
Preparation and Maintenance of various Records as prescribed under the Act;
Preparation and Maintenance of various Registers like Register of Fines, Register of Deductions, Register of Employment, Register of Wages, records as prescribed under the Act;
Replying / Satisfying Show Cause Notices issued by Inspector;
Representing Shops / Establishments before Inspector;
Assistance to establishments at the time of inspection and search of any Shop / Establishment by the Inspector;
Representing establishments at the enquiries conducted by Inspector.