Kohima, May 22 (MExN): The Labour & Employment, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Department today informed that the Government of Nagaland will exempt the inspection of the certain Labour Laws/Acts for five years for those enterprises whose annual turnover is not exceeding Rs.25 crores in any preceding financial year.
These include those enterprises who are working towards innovation development, deployment or commercialization of the product, processes or services driven by the technology or intellectual property.
A notice from the department, issued through the DIPR, said that this would be done in regard to the Startup India action plan promoting a startup ecosystem in the country to incentivize entrepreneurs in setting up new startup venture for creation of employment opportunity through them.
The Labour Laws to be exempted include the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (RE&CS) Act, 1996; Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972; Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970; Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1952; The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948; and Inter-State Migrant Workmen (RE&CS) Act, 1979.
However, the notice informed that inspections may be taken up only when very creditable and verifiable complaints of violation is filed in writing and the approval has been obtained from at least one level senior to the inspecting officer or from the Central Analysis and Intelligent Unit (CAIU) as the case may be.
In this regard, the department informed that to make compliance of Labour Laws and to regulate the Labour Laws Inspection System in case of start-ups, self-certify compliance for five years is hereby made applicable.
This will come into force with immediate effect.
