Hi, Certain clarity/advice is required on the below mentioned issues. We are a big retail Format store in Kolkata. As a standard practice here, we engage in our store "Sales-Trainees" and provide them monthly stipend. Now the question is whether we are supposed to pay them stipend, covering Min.Wage?
Pls. note that unlike Mumbai, in West Bengal, Standing Order is not a compulsion for the Commercial Establishments under the W.B.Shops & Establishment Act. Hence we do not have a Standing Order, and there by don't have the scope for classification of different categories of employment (like trainees, apprentices, etc etc.) and declaration of their respective stipend amount, to be given.
Seeking for suggestion pls.
Pls. note that unlike Mumbai, in West Bengal, Standing Order is not a compulsion for the Commercial Establishments under the W.B.Shops & Establishment Act. Hence we do not have a Standing Order, and there by don't have the scope for classification of different categories of employment (like trainees, apprentices, etc etc.) and declaration of their respective stipend amount, to be given.
Seeking for suggestion pls.