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Kaveri Plantations, a small establishment, files the annual return in Form I and maintains the prescribed registers. Its HR head believes the employer is now freed from all other obligations under the Scheduled Acts. Which of the following obligations does the Act expressly say the employer must still continue to perform?

The employer must still issue prescribed wage slips and file accident returns under the Factories Act, 1948 and the Plantations Labour Act, 1951. The simplification replaces only the routine returns and registers, not these specified obligations.

  1. AFurnishing monthly muster returns to the Inspector
  2. BFiling accident returns under the relevant sections of the Factories Act, 1948 and the Plantations Labour Act, 1951Correct
  3. CMaintaining a separate register in every Scheduled Act
  4. DSubmitting returns only in physical form to the Inspector

Explanation

The second proviso to section 4(1) requires employers to continue issuing wage slips in the prescribed form and to file accident returns under the Factories Act and Plantations Labour Act. Monthly muster returns and separate registers under each Act are replaced by the simplified forms. Electronic furnishing is also permitted, so the last option is wrong.

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