Please advise regarding Standing Order shell applicable to Retail stores.

Respected Members,

Greetings of the day,

Please advise regarding Standing Order applicable to Retail stores.

Are Standing Orders applicable to retail stores where more than 100/200 employees are working?

1. Please suggest any exemptions for Retail Stores.
2. The Standing Orders Act, as applicable, states (e.g., in Karnataka applies to industrial establishments where 50 (fifty) or more workmen are employed at any point in time). Which states are exempted?
3. Is Standing Order applicable for Consultancy services where more than 100 employees are working?

Please refer to the cited discussion on this subject at https://www.citehr.com/419926-applic...rders-act.html.

Dear Babu sir,

You have made a good point. Unfortunately, people don't bother to search the forum. The answers are given in so much detail on that thread.

Dear Members,

Please clarify:

1. Is there any exemption from the Industrial Employment Standing Orders for Retail stores and Health care Industries in Karnataka? (Is it applicable or not?)

2. Is there any exemption from the Industrial Employment Standing Orders for establishments defined under The Karnataka Shops & Establishment Act 1961?

Thank you.

Dear Saswata,

As per the above query, I am specifically asking about the applicability for retail stores where more than 100 employees are working in Karnataka/Maharashtra. If the Industrial Employment Standing Order is applicable, please share a notification.

Every shop and establishment is covered under standing orders if it has more than 50 employees in that particular location.

At one point, they had an exemption for IT and ITES companies, but I am not sure if it has been withdrawn thereafter or extended.