Information

The Rajasthan Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, and Rules, are applicable to all the shops and commercial establishments in the whole of the Rajasthan State.

The Act is enacted for the purpose of protecting the rights of employees. The Act provides regulations of the payment of wages, terms of services, work hours, rest intervals, overtime work, opening and closing hours, closed days, holidays, leaves, maternity leave and benefits, work conditions, rules for employment of children, records maintenance, etc.

Definitions

Commercial Establishment means a commercial or trading or banking or insurance establishment, an establishment or administrate service in which the persons employed are mainly engaged in office work, a hotel, a restaurant, boarding or eating houses, cafe or any other refreshment house, a theatre or any other place of public amusement or entertainment and includes every such establishment as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a commercial establishment for the purposes of this Act;

Establishment means a shop or a commercial establishment;

Shop means any premises where any trade or business is carried on or where services are rendered to customers, and includes offices, store-rooms, godowns or ware-houses, whether in the same premises or otherwise, used in connection with such trade or business but does not include a commercial establishment or a shop attached to a factory where the persons employed in the shop are allowed the benefits provided for workers under the Factories Act, 1948.

Document Checklist

Documents to be uploaded-

(NOTE: e-filing of application, e-payment, e-submission of document is mandatory, No hard
copies required, Approved certificates are issued online.)
1. Passport Size Photograph of Employer
2. Photo of shop along with owner
3. List of Management Employees (.xls format)
4. Rates of Wages (.xls format)
5. Details of Employees working in Establishment (.xls format)
6. Employee Weekly Holidays(.xls format)
7. Address proof of Establishment [Copy of shop's rent agreement (if on rent) or Shop's
ownership document proof (if owner of shop)]
8. Affidavit (Declaration Form)
9. Photo ID (PAN Card/Driving License/Aadhar Card/Passport)