CS Professional · Labour Laws and Practice · The Labour Laws (Simplification of Procedure for Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Act, 1988
Greenleaf Plantations employs 25 persons and keeps its Form I return and Form II and III registers on a computer. An Inspector visits and asks to see the registers. What must the employer do under the 1988 Act?
The employer must make a printout of the returns and registers, or the relevant portion, available to the Inspector on demand. Electronic maintenance is allowed under section 4(2), but this printout condition applies, and no prior approval is needed.
- ASwitch to physical registers permanently, as electronic records are not permitted
- BMake a printout of the returns and registers, or the relevant portion, available to the Inspector on demandCorrect
- CSend the Inspector the computer for examination
- DObtain prior approval from the State Government for electronic records
Explanation
Section 4(2) permits physical or electronic maintenance, but the proviso requires that a printout of the returns, registers, books and records, or a portion, be made available to the Inspector on demand. No prior approval is required, and the Act does not require handing over the computer.
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