Inspections Under Various Labour Laws To Facilitate Ease Of Doing Business In Meghalaya

Government of Meghalaya vide No. LBG.39/2014/Pt/228 has issued an order to introduce computerized systems of Risk Assessment based Inspections with random allocation of Inspecting Officers to facilitate the Ease of Doing Business in the State.

As per the order, inspection will be carried out by respective Inspection Officers to categorized establishments as Very Low Risk / Low Risk / Medium Risk / High Risk depending upon the number of workers employed.

The frequency for inspection for establishments under the Low-Risk category will be once in three years and Medium Risk Category is once in two years and for establishments under the High-Risk category inspections will be done once in a year. 

Therefore, the aforementioned scheme shall be applicable w.e.f. 14 October 2020 to the following acts - 

(1) The Minimum Wages Act, 1948,

(2) The Payment Of Wages Act, 1936,\

(3) The Equal Remuneration Act 1976

(4) The Payment of Bonus Act 1965

(5) The Payment of Gratuity Act 1972

(6) The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961

(7) The Contract Labour (Regulation And Abolition) Act, 1970

(8) The Meghalaya Shops And Establishments Act, 2003

(9) The Child And Adolescent Labour (Prohibition And Regulation) Act, 1986

(10) The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment & Condition of Service) Act 1979.

Please refer to the notification for more details.

Notification:-
Inspections_Under_Various_Labour_Laws_To_Facilitate_Ease_Of_Doing_Business_In_Meghalaya.pdf