............................................................................................................................. Description • Latest Notifications in full text • Amendments/Orders/Circulars • More than 600 Case laws and 200 GOs • Tips for Employers/Employees/Inspectors • Officers specified for various services • Procedure for various services • Notifications on IT, ITeS, Private Hospitals etc. • Working conditions of women • Exempted persons and Estts. under the Act • Minimum Wages payable to the employees • Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2005 • Designated officers of Labour Dept. under Right to Information Act, 2005 • Notn. on prohibition of Child Labour - as domestic workers or servants - In hotels , restaurants , tea shops, etc. • Comprehensive and authoritative book for Law Practitioners, Enforceme Officers, Trade Unions, Employers, Government and Judiciary ............................................................................................................................. Contents Part I - Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Act • Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1960 • Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Rules, 1961 • Important provisions of the Act and Rules at a glance • Authorities under the Act and Rules • Authorities to be contacted for the services under the Act and Rules • Procedure to be adopted for the services under the Act and Rules • Tips for employers to maintain registers and records • Tips for employees to ensure entitlements • Tips for the Inspectors to ensure compliance of the provisions of the Act and Rules • Persons/Establishments exempted under the Act and Rules • Applicability to IT and ITeS • Applicability to Doctors' consulting rooms, Dispensaries, Hospitals etc. Notifications (i) Travancore-Cochin Shops and Establishments Act, 1125 (ii) Madras Shops and Establishments Act, 1947 (iii) Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Act and Rules (iv) Notifications appointing Authorities Part II - Enactments applicable to Shops and Establishments • Enactments applicable to Shops and Establishments • Authorities and services provided under various labour enactments • Important Notifications issued under various enactments • Important cases under various enactments Part III - Kerala Labour Welfare Fund Act • Kerala Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1976 • Kerala Labour Welfare Fund Rules, 1977 • Notifications under Kerala Labour Welfare Fund Act and Rules Part IV - Minimum Wages Payable to the Employees • Minimum wages payable to the employees in shops and establishments • Minimum wages payable to the employees in private hospitals, dispensaries etc. Part V - Miscellaneous • The Right to Information Act, 2005 - Authorities in Labour Department • Circular on serving of summons through officers of Labour Department • The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2005 (Act 41 of 2005) • Notification on Prohibition of Child Labour in Domestic Work, Hotels, Restaurants, Resorts etc… Subject Index ............................................................................................................................. Author Details The author, an officer in the Labour Department is now on deputation in the General Administration (MGPM) Department, Government of Kerala. Earlier, he had worked as Fellow (Labour) in the Kerala Institute of Labourand Employment (KILE). He has worked with various Public, Private and Non Government Organisations and also practiced as lawyer in the Courts of Kerala for a brief tenure before joining the Labour Department. He has more than two decades of experience in the field of management and law in various capacities including in enforcement of Labour legislations. Apart from being author of more than fifty articles on Labour, Employment, Industry and Law, he has also played his part in the drafting of a number of Labour Welfare legislations and various reform initiatives undertaken in the State. He was one of the principal architects in the drafting of the Kerala Loading and Unloading (Regulation of Wages and Restriction of Unlawful Practices) Act, 2002, He has undergone a training programme on "Effective Quality Undertaking and Improvement Process (EQUIP) in the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN), Malaysia. Above all he is a guest faculty in various organizations / institutes in the State. "The Kerala Loading and Unloading (Regulation of Wages and Restriction of Unlawful Practices) Act, 2002 with rules and notifications" is another book authored by him. ............................................................................................................................. |