Amendments in Kerala Shops & Establishments Rules,1961

On 16th September 2015, Labour Department, Govt. of Kerala has issued final notification to amend the Kerala S & CE Rules, 1961.

Some of the salient amended provisions are as follows:

• Non-renewal of registration before its expiry did not invite any excess fee and now the same would now invite 25% excess fee. ( Rule 2B sub rule 2) 

• Application for amendment of registration certificate to be submitted within 7 days of such change. Now it is enough if the same is submitted within one month.(Sec 5A)

• The fee for “Nil employees” is increased from Rs.10 to Rs.50. 

• Duplication registration fee is increased from Rs.5 to Rs.50 

• Cancellation of registration shall be done with the payment (under Sec 5E) of 10% of the total fee applicable under sub rule (1).

• Employers of medium and big establishments shall issue appointment letter to employees in Form BC 

• ID card shall be issued in Form BD 

• Service Certificate shall be issued in Form BE 

• Employer shall pay full wages to those employee who has sustained injuries due to accident for the period of absence , thereof unless he is covered under the employee State Insurance Scheme. 

• Every employer of small & medium establishment shall provide or arrange separate latrine and urinal for the use of male and female and every big establishment shall have at least one latrine each for every twenty female and every male employees.

Every employer of Medium and big establishment shall provide rest room separately for male and female.

• Every employer employing more than 50 employee shall provide or arrange hostel facilities free of cost for men and women employees whose residence is located at the distance of more than 25 KM from establishment .

• Every employer employing more than 20 or more women employee in any day of preceding 12 month shall provide or maintain crèches facility free of cost for their children of employees under six year of age . 

• Every employer of medium and big establishment shall submit an annual welfare returns (Rule 12) in From I to the respective inspector on or before 15th Feb of every year.

• Change In Form BI , Sl. No. 2 in item (iii) for the word “employer “ the words “ employer owing or having ultimate control over the affair of the establishment “ shall be substituted. 

http://innov.in/notifications/Nov%2015/Kerala%20Shops%20&%20Establishments%20Act.pdf