Applies to this profile · Night work needs consent, safety, transport

Women workers

Night work, maternity, equal pay.

This Act commences by notification, and that notification is not held here

Section 1(4) brings the Act into force on such date as the State Government appoints by notification, and the Act was gazetted on 23 August 2018 without one. Two things are on file. The Labour Department's own services list offers “छत्तीसगढ़ दुकान एवं स्थापना अधिनियम 2017” as a live service, which is the State operating under this Act rather than the 1958 one it replaces. And the same department still publishes, on its ease-of-doing-business page, a notification of 5 August 2019 that amends the 1959 Rules under the 1958 Act — a page left standing rather than a rule still running, since section 30 repeals that Act. What could not be obtained from any Chhattisgarh or central channel is the commencement notification itself, or the Rules made under section 28. So no commencement date is stated here as a figure, and everything below is the Act's own authorised English text.

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Chhattisgarh Shops and Establishments Act, 2017

Who the Act applies to: Shops and establishments employing ten or more workers. Below ten it does not apply at all, so nothing on this page reaches a smaller shopSection 1(3)
Discrimination: No woman worker may be discriminated against in recruitment, training, transfers, promotions or wagesSection 6(1)
Night work: No woman may be required or allowed to work except between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.Section 6(2)
When that can be relaxed: Only where the State Government, or a person it authorises, is satisfied that the establishment provides shelter, a rest room, a night crèche, a ladies' toilet, adequate protection of dignity, honour and safety, protection from sexual harassment, and transport from the establishment to the door step of her residence — and then only by notification, after obtaining the woman worker's consent, and subject to the conditions the notification specifiesProviso to section 6(2)
Crèche: Every shop or establishment with thirty or more women workers employed, or fifty or more workers ordinarily employed, must provide and maintain a suitable room as a crèche for their children. A group of establishments may run a common crèche within one kilometre if the Chief Facilitator permits it by orderSection 14
In a factory, the State's own night-work notification: Separately from the shops Act, the State Government has declared under section 66(1)(b) of the Factories Act, 1948 that women workers may be employed in factories between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., on conditions prescribed for their health, safety and welfare, where the Chief Inspector of Factories permits it on the occupier's application after consulting the women workers and obtaining their consentNotification F-10-15/2018/16, Atal Nagar, 25.09.2018

Central

Night work under the OSH Code: With the woman's consent, subject to the safety, holiday and working-hours conditions the government prescribesOccupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 s.43
Maternity leave: 26 weeks for the first two surviving children; 12 weeks otherwiseCode on Social Security, 2020