The Goa Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2025
State Act of Goa · Act 23 of 202543 provisions
The enactment
| Long title | To provide for the regulation of conditions of employment and other conditions of service of workers employed in shops, commercial establishments, residential hotels, restaurants, eating houses, theatres, other places of public amusement or entertainment and other establishments and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. |
|---|---|
| Type | Act |
| Citation | Act 23 of 2025 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Jurisdiction | State of Goa |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 43 |
| Subjects | labour |
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- Section 1 Short title, extent, application and commencement
- Section 2 Definitions
- Section 3 Act not to apply to certain establishments and persons
- Section 4 Application of Act to other establishments and workers
- Section 5 Suspension of all or any of provisions of this Act
- Section 6 Registration of establishments
- Section 7 Intimation of establishment employing less than twenty workers
- Section 8 Cancellation of registration
- Section 9 Change to be communicated to Facilitator-cum-Inspector
- Section 10 Closing of establishment to be communicated to Facilitator-cum-Inspector
- Section 11 Opening and closing hours of establishment
- Section 12 Daily and weekly hours of work in establishment and interval for rest
- Section 13 Spread-over in establishments
- Section 14 Wages for overtime
- Section 15 Weekly holiday for worker
- Section 16 Employment of women
- Section 17 Employment of child
- Section 18 Employment of young persons
- Section 19 Daily and weekly hours of work for young persons
- Section 20 Leave
- Section 21 Health and safety of workers
- Section 22 First-aid
- Section 23 Drinking water
- Section 24 Latrines and urinals
- Section 25 Creche facility
- Section 26 Canteen
- Section 27 Maintenance of registers and records
- Section 28 Annual Return
- Section 29 Appointment Letter
- Section 30 Employer to furnish identity card to worker
- Section 31 Appointment of Chief Facilitator and Facilitator-cum-Inspector and their powers
- Section 32 Penalty for contravention of provisions of this Act
- Section 33 Penalty for contravention of provisions of this Act which resulted in accident
- Section 34 Penalty for obstructions or refusal to provide register, etc
- Section 35 Cognizance of offences
- Section 36 Compounding of offences
- Section 37 Power to exempt
- Section 38 Rights and privileges under other laws etc., not affected
- Section 39 Protection of action taken in good faith
- Section 40 Application of the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923
- Section 41 Power to make rules
- Section 42 Power to remove difficulties
- Section 43 Repeal and savings
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