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Sundaram Textiles runs a small factory in Coimbatore where 25 persons are employed. Under Section 4 of the Labour Laws (Simplification of Procedure for Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by certain Establishments) Act, 1988, which of the following describes what the employer must do in place of the returns and registers required under the Scheduled Acts?

A small establishment employer must furnish an annual return in Form I and maintain registers in Form II and Form III at the work spot, in lieu of the returns and registers under the Scheduled Acts.

  1. AFurnish an annual return in Form I and maintain registers in Form II and Form IIICorrect
  2. BFurnish an annual return in Form II and maintain a register in Form I only
  3. CFurnish quarterly returns in Form I and maintain registers in Form III only
  4. DMaintain no returns or registers of any kind

Explanation

For a small establishment (10 to 40 persons), the employer furnishes an annual return in Form I and maintains registers in Forms II and III at the work spot. The option with only Form III describes the rule for very small establishments, which is not the case here. Employers are not wholly free of record-keeping.

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