Is a Shops & Establishment Certificate Needed for a Single Employee in Chennai?

Hi, we are Corporate House based in Delhi and have one of our employees operating from our group company in Chennai. Is it mandatory to get the Shops & Establishment Certificate for him if the group company is already registered with them? Need immediate help.

Thanks in advance for the support.

Regards,
Pankaj

If you have a separate branch office set up, then you have to comply with the Shops & Establishment and other allied Acts. Otherwise, you need to check the applicability of the Contract Labour Act. For this, we need some additional information to decide the applicability of the Act.

If you have a separate branch office set up, then you have to comply with the Shops & Establishments Act and other related Acts. Otherwise, you need to check the applicability of the Contract Labour Act. For this, we need some additional information to determine the Act's applicability. Please write to us if you are seeking any professional support.

Regards

Although you have a Corporate Office in Delhi, your branch office in Chennai operates as a separate entity altogether. Hence, your office/establishment must have a separate license under Shops & Establishments for operating the said business. If you obtain a license from the State Government, you will have legitimacy in your business. Moreover, you will need to produce this license to all Government bodies when you apply for Sales tax, Service Tax, Telephone Exchange, Electricity, etc.

Regards,
Sidhesh.

Under the Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act, there is no provision for obtaining a license or any requirement to register under this Act.

With regards,

We have an office in Mumbai where only two salespeople are working. As per IEC and other registrations, there is only one branch office, i.e., in Pune. For Mumbai, we have not taken any registration. However, the labor inspector is asking us to take the shop & establishment registration for the Mumbai office also, which is not used for any activity other than just sales of technical services. All the invoicing, etc., is done from the Gurgaon office.

Can you please clarify whether we require to take the registration for the Mumbai office also?

Hi All HR Folks, Our head office is in Mumbai, and we have completed the registration for Shops and Establishments under Maharashtra. Our sales representatives are based out of our sister concern offices in different locations across India, including Noida, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad.

Please advise if we need to apply for Shops and Establishment Certificates for all these locations. Additionally, do we need to apply for Professional Tax registration for these locations as well?

Thank you.