• 1: Inspection & Enforcement;
• 2: Record keeping by the employers;
• 3: Prohibition of employment of children;
• 4: Dismissal Provisions;
• 5: Working hours, annual leave, weekly holidays;
• 6: Interval for rest;
• 7: Prohibition of employing women & young individuals in the night shift;
• 8: Payment of wages & compensation;
• 9: Opening & closing hours.

• 1 : To stop child labour;
• 2 : To convert unorganised sector into organised;
• 3 : To impose rules based on local culture & empower states;
• 4 : To regulate employees' wages;
• 5 : Maintain a healthy working environment.

• 1: Wholesale and Retail Shops;
• 2: Restaurant or eating house;
• 3: Residential hotels;
• 4: Warehouse, godown, or storeroom;
• 5: Theatre or amusement or place of public entertainment;
• 6: Workhouse or workplace used for trade/business;
• 7: Premises where services are provide to customers including offices;
• 8: Commercial establishment.

• 1: Provides Legal Protection:This Licence provides legal protection to the business and its employees. It also ensures that the business is following all the labour laws and regulations, and protects employees from exploitation & unfair treatment.
• 2: Avoid unethical business practice:Child labour is very common in the unorganized sector. Despite a law prohibiting such activities, adolescents can be found working in a number of industries for extremely low rates from a café to a fabrication industry. The Shop & Establishment Act includes some strong anti-child labour regulations.
• 3: Business Expansion:Essentially, an owner of the business who devotes 100% to the Shop Act's requirements will be able to enjoy unanticipated rewards in the long term. The Shop and Establishment Act gives an entity or a company a legal status, allowing the business owner to have better exposure to a neglected part of the market over time.
• 4: Avail Government Schemes and Subsidies:Many Government subsidies & schemes are available only to businesses that have a valid Shop & Establishment License. Businesses that have Shop & Establishment Act License can take benefit of these subsidies & schemes to lessen their operating costs & grow their business.
• 5: Ease of opening Current bank account of the business:As per RBI regulations, every business must have a separate business account to manage its money. Under the Act, only a Shop and Establishment Act Registration Certificate can be used to create this business account.

• 1 : Identity proof of the Proprietor;
• 2 : PAN Card of the Proprietor;
• 3 : Address proof of the shop or business establishment;
• 4 : Employees’ details;
• 5 : Payment challan;
• 6 : Additional business licences vital for commencing the business.

• For getting the Shop and Establishment Act Registration Certificate online, the owner/proprietor of the shop or business must log into the website of the respective State Labour Department.
• The owner/proprietor must fill the application for the Shop and Establishment Act Registration, upload the documents & pay the prescribed fees, also the prescribed fees differ from state to state.
• Once the application form for the Registration is approved, the Shop and Establishment Act Registration Certificate will be issued online to the business owner or proprietor.
• For obtaining the Certificate offline, the application is to be filled & submitted to the Chief Inspector of the concerned area along with the fees. Then, the Chief Inspector will issue the Certificate to the business owner after being satisfied with the correctness of the application.
• The application form contains the information related to the employer’s name & establishment, complete address & category of the establishment, no. of employees & other vital details as needed.
• The application needs to be renewed before the expiry of the Registration Certificate.

Under the Shop & Establishment Act, penalties vary by state & are generally monetary, imprisonment, or operational-based. Although the monetary value is high, the risk of a closure notice hangs over various non-compliances.