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CS Professional · Labour Laws and Practice · The Labour Laws (Simplification of Procedure for Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Act, 1988

Sunrise Plastics Pvt. Ltd., Pune, runs a factory in which at most 8 persons were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months. It wants to rely on the simplified procedure under the Labour Laws (Simplification of Procedure for Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by certain Establishments) Act, 1988. Which registers must it maintain at the work spot in lieu of the registers under the Scheduled Acts?

Sunrise Plastics is a very small establishment because it employs not more than nine persons. It must maintain only a register in Form III at the work spot, and furnish the annual return in Form I. Form II is required only for small establishments.

  1. ARegisters in Form II and Form III
  2. BA register in Form III onlyCorrect
  3. CA register in Form II only
  4. DRegisters in Form I and Form II

Explanation

An establishment with not more than nine persons is a very small establishment. For such an establishment, the proviso to Section 4(1) requires only a register in Form III at the work spot, plus the annual return in Form I. Form II and Form III together are required only for small establishments.

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