Like most other states across the country, the Labour Department in Manipur regulates the Shop Establishment Act, which comes in to play for any premises that carry out, trade, business, or professional work.
The overall Shops Licence Act, not only regulates the working of commercial establishments but also societies, charitable trusts, printing establishments, and educational institutions, running for gain. Furthermore, it includes premises that carry out banking, insurance, stock or share brokerage, among similar other activities.
This Act regulates multiple aspects of these offices like the number of hours spent in the office, the opening and closing schedules, rest intervals for employees, closed days, national and religious holidays, overtime work hours and rules relating to them, the rules relating to the employment of children, annual leave, maternity leave, sickness and casual leave, etc.
It even goes ahead to regulate the conditions of work, lists out the rights of employees in the unorganised sector, and provides a list of obligations for every employer. Furthermore, also mentioned the rights of the employees who have the right to fight for them if they are treated unfairly.
Applicants need to have their documents in place if they are planning on handling the registration for the Shops and Registrations Act. Additionally, getting this certificate is significant, since it is one of the most important documents for any establishment and will be a necessity for most other registrations handled henceforth. According to Government law, the Shop licence has to be publicly displayed at the premises so people know they are dealing with a registered venture.
Applicants have to:
* Provide their PAN cards, identity and address proofs of the Proprietor, Partners, or
Directors
* Provide employee details, including the number of employees at the time of the
registration under the Act
* File the Shops and establishment application with the issuing authority, the local
Municipal Corporation, and Labour Department
* Collect the basic acknowledgement a week after submitting the documents
A few pointers; if the documents are not in order or the inspector asks for additional papers, these have to be submitted since the process begins after implementing the changes, and providing the new ones. Furthermore, the department issues a hard copy within ten days in major cities and 15 to 20 days elsewhere.
Additionally, this entire process can now be accessed through the internet on different websites for each Indian state. However, the rules vary state-wise.
Shop Registration in Manipur is mandatory under the Act, and the certificate can later be used for
various important tasks like applying for a loan or creating a current bank account. Some of the
information on the application is
* Name of the owner
* Name of the shop.
* Address of the shop.
* Validity period of the registration certificate.
* Date of Registration.
* Registration Number
* No of employees
* Nature of business
* Date of commencement of business