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Part V-A Extra No. 1 (04-03-2022) L. A Bill No.I of 2022, to mend the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Services) Act, 2017

Published 04 March 2022

Type
Extra - Ordinary
Part
Part 5A (English)
Division
CENTRAL SECTION
Identifier
in.gazette.maharashtra.2022-03-04.Extra-Ordinary_CENTRAL-SECTION_Part-5A-English-
Languages
English, Marathi

RNI No. MAHBIL /2009/40123

सत्यमेव जयते

महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र

असाधारण भाग पाच - अ

वर्ष ८ , अंक १ ]

शुक्रवार , मार्च ४ , २०२२ / फाल्गुन १३, शके १९ ४३

[पृष्ठे ३ किंमत: रुपये ३६.००

असाधारण क्रमांक १

प्राधिकृत प्रकाशन

महाराष्ट्र विधानसभेत व महाराष्ट्र विधानपरिषदेत सादर केलेली विधेयके (इंग्रजी अनुवाद).

MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT

The following Bill was introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on the 4th March , 2022 is published under Rule 117 of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rules :-

L. A. BILL No. I OF 2022 .

A BILL

to amend the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 .

Mah. 2017.

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Maharashtra Shops and LXI of Establishments ( Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service ) Act , 2017 , for the purposes hereinafter appearing ; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy- third Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

1. This Act may be called the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Short title . (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) (Amendment) Act , 2022 .

Mah. 2. In section 1 of the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Amendment LXI of (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service ) Act , 2017 (hereinafter of section 1 of 2017. referred to as " the principal Act " ) , for sub - section ( 3 ) , the following sub - section shall be substituted , namely :- Mah . LXI of 2017 .

(१)

भाग पाच-अ- १-१ महाराष्ट्रशासन राजपत्र, असाधारण भाग पाच-अ, मार्च ४ , २०२२ /फाल्गुन १३ , शके १ ९ ४३

" (3) ( a ) The provisions of this Act , except section 7 , shall apply to the establishments employing ten or more workers .

( b) The provisions of sections 7 and 36A shall apply to the establishments employing less than ten workers . " .

3. In section 17 of the principal Act , clause (g) shall be deleted .

Amendment of section 17 ofMah . LXI of2017 .

4. After section 36 of the principal Act , the following section shall be inserted , namely :-

Insertion of new section 36A in Mah . LXI of 2017 .

Name Board to be in Marathi .

" 36A . (1) The Name Board of every establishment registered under section 6 , or of every establishment to which section 7 apply , shall be in Marathi language in Devnagari script :

Provided that , the employer of such establishment may also have the Name Board in any other language and script in addition to Marathi in Devnagari script :

Provided further that , lettering in Marathi language shall essentially be written in the beginning on the Name Board and the font size of the letters in Marathi Language shall not be smaller than the font size of the letters in any other language .

( 2) No establishment where liquor is served or sold shall have a Name Board in the name of legends or forts . " .

३ महाराष्ट्रशासन राजपत्र, असाधारण भाग पाच-अ, मार्च ४ , २०२२ / फाल्गुन १३, शके १ ९ ४३

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

The Maharashtra Shops and Establishments ( Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act , 2017 (Mah . LXI of 2017 ) ( hereinafter referred to as " the said Act " ) , which provides for regulation of conditions of employment and other conditions of service of workers employed in shops and other establishments , is applicable to the establishments employing ten or more workers .

2. Rule 35 of the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments ( Regulation ofEmployment and Conditions of Service ) Rules , 2018 , made under the said Act , mandates every establishment to display the name board in Marathi in Devnagari script .

It has been brought to the notice of the Government by various associations that some establishments having less than ten workers do not display name boards in Marathi due to the reason that the provisions of the said Act , except section 7 , are not applicable to them . Therefore , there has been consistent demand from various associations to mandate every establishment , whether employing ten or more workers or less than ten workers , to display their name boards in Marathi .

The Government , therefore , considers it expedient to amend the said Act suitably by inserting a new section 36A therein with a view to provide that , every establishment registered under section 6 and every establishment to whom section 7 of the said Act apply shall display their name boards in Marathi in Devnagari script . It is also proposed to provide that the employer of establishment may also have the name board in any other language and script in addition to Marathi in Devnagari script however , lettering in Marathi language shall essentially be written in the beginning on the name board and the font size of the letters in Marathi language shall not be smaller than the font size of the letters in any other language .

3. Clause (g) of section 17 of the said Act provides for containing of Aadhaar Card Number on identity card of every worker . Upon request of Unique Identification Authority of India , the Government considers it expedient to delete the said clause in view of the provisions of sub - section (4) of section 29 of the Aadhaar ( Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies , Benefits and Services ) Act , 2016 ( 18 of 2016 ) and regulation 6 of the Aadhaar ( Sharing of Information) Regulation , 2016 made thereunder .

4. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives .

Mumbai ,

HASAN MUSHRIF , Minister for Labour .

Dated the 22nd February 2022 .

Vidhan Bhavan :

RAJENDRA BHAGWAT ,

Mumbai,

Principal Secretary ,

Dated the 4th March , 2022 .

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly .

ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING , STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION , PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIRECTOR , RUPENDRA DINESH MORE , PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS , 21 -A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD , CHARNI ROAD , MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING , STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS , 21 -A , NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD , CHARNI ROAD , MUMBAI 400 004. EDITOR : DIRECTOR , RUPENDRA DINESH MORE .

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