A Comparative Study of Shops and Commercial Establishment Legislations in Different States of India – A need for National Legislation

CONTENTS
Title Page;
Acknowledgements;
Declaration;
Certificate;
Table of Contents;
List of Cases;
List of Abbreviations;
List of Statutes and Primary Sources;
Chapter I;
1. Introduction;
1.1 Shops and Commercial Establishment legislations – The Scheme;
1.2 Post liberalisation scenario;
1.3 Shops and Commercial Establishment – Meaning;
1.4 Variations in Service Conditions;
1.5 Variations in regulation of employment – Dismissal;
1.6 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947;
1.7 Welfare State – Constitutional Provisions;
1.8 Ease of doing business – Recent initiatives of Central Government;
2. The Problem;
3. The Hypothesis;
4. Importance and Utility of the Research;
5. Research Methodology;
6. Literature Review;
7. Research Design;
Chapter II ;
2. Law relating to Termination of Workman in Industry;
2.1 Introduction;
2.2 Comparative analysis of law relating to termination of employment in different State Shops and Commercial Establishment legislations.;
2.3 Terminations under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947;
2.4 Departmental enquiries or Domestic enquiry;
2.5 Inference;
CHAPTER III;
3. Comparative analysis of Service Conditions and Key areas in different States Shops and Commercial Establishment legislations;
3.1 Introduction;
3.2 Comparative analysis of the Service Conditions;
3.3 Comparative analysis of the Key definitions;.
3.4 Comparative analysis of Exemptions;
3.5 Inference;
CHAPTER IV;
4. Compliance requirements under different legislations relating to Shops and Commercial Establishments;
4.1 Introduction;
4.2 Core Compliance requirements by Shops and Establishments;
4.2.1 Registration of Establishment;
4.2.2 Communication of changes;
4.2.3 Renewals;
4.2.4 Case Study;
4.3 Comparative Compliance provisions pertaining to Service Conditions;
4.4 Comparative Compliance provisions pertaining to Regulation of Employment ;
4.5 Enforcement of Compliances;
4.6 Inference ;
CHAPTER V;
5. The Model Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Work) Bill, 2016 – Analysis and its adoption by the Maharashtra Government ;
5.1 Introduction;
5.2 Key difference between Model Bill, 2016 and Other State Shops and Establishment legislations;
5.3 Key difference between Model Bill, 2016 and Maharashtra Shops and Establishment Act, 2017;
5.4 Overall inference;
CHAPTER VI ;
6. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS;
Annexures;
Bibliography;
- List of Articles;
- List of Books;
- List of reports;
- List of websites.