Latest Compliance Updates For West Bengal
Declaration of Paid Holiday on 26 June 2022, West Bengal
16 Jun, 2022West Bengal Labour Department has published a notification that all shops, commercial and industrial establishments (that has 26 June 2022 as a working day) in the areas in all areas pertaining to Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad in the district of Darjeeling, to which elections have been notified, to grant paid holiday on 26.06.2022 (Sunday).
🏷️ West Bengal Shops and Establishments Act-1963West Bengal extends Professional Tax filing timeline
29 Apr, 2022The Directorate of Commercial Taxes, West Bengal has allowed the return filing in Form III, for the year end period of 31 March 2022, through electronic form to 31 May 2022 and paper form to 07 June 2022.
Due to certain compelling circumstances, the Directorate had made it necessary to consider an extension of the last date for filing the return under Form III of the West Bengal State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act and Rules.
🏷️ West Bengal PT ActDeclaration of paid holiday for bye-election
04 Apr, 2022The West Bengal Government has declared 12 April 2022 as a paid holiday on account of bye-election.
🏷️ West Bengal Shops and Establishments Act-1963Paid Holiday to Workers in West Bengal for Municipal General Elections
17 Feb, 2022The West Bengal Labour Department has issued a notification for ensuring a public holiday to workers of all business, trade, industrial undertaking or any other shops, commercial establishments on the polling day for the General Elections in the Municipalities situated in West Bengal i.e. on Sunday i.e. 27th February 2022.
🏷️ West Bengal Shops and Establishments Act-1963West Bengal extends Professional Tax e-filing to 31 Aug 2021 and paper form to 07 Sep 2021
28 Jun, 2021The Directorate of Commercial Taxes, West Bengal has allowed the return filing in Form III, for the year end period of 31 March 2021, through electronic form to 31 August 2021 and paper form to 07 September 2021.
🏷️ West Bengal PT ActMore Notifications
West Bengal extends Professional Tax e-filing to 30 June 2021 and paper form to 15 July 2021
Leave Rules For West Bengal
Here is a snapshot of various leave rules as per the West Bengal Shops & Establishments Act.
| Item | Qty | Remarks |
| Annual / Privileged / Earned Leave (AL/PL/EL) | 14 days | After 12 months of continuous service |
| Casual Leave (CL) | 10 days | full pay every year |
| Sick Leave (SL) | 14 days | half pay every year |
| Maximum AL/PL that can be carried forward | 28 days | |
| Working hours in a day | 8.5 | |
| Total hours in a week | 48 | |
| Rest Interval | 1 hour | Rest after 5 hours of work |
About West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India along the Bay of Bengal. With over 91 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous state and the fourteenth-largest state by area in India. Covering an area of 88,752 km2 (34,267 sq mi), it is also the seventh-most populous country subdivision of the world. Part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam.