E&Y does not have Shop Act Licence since 2007, Pune labour commissioner’s office finds in probe into employee’s death

“A Shop Act Licence is indispensable for each constitution that employs implicit 10 radical and is not a manufacturing unit. It dictates the moving conditions and the measures the constitution has to instrumentality for the payment of its employees. It is astonishing that an auditing steadfast did not renew its licence,” an authoritative from the labour commissionerate said.

Ernst and Young had not renewed its Shop Act Licence since 2007, officials said.

When asked astir this omission, the institution said that SRBC & Co. LLP, a subordinate steadfast of EY Global, is providing its afloat practice to the Ministry of Labour successful its investigation. “We cannot remark further portion the probe is ongoing,” the institution said successful an email.

The inspection was conducted aft Perayil’s parent alleged successful a missive to EY India caput Rajiv Memani that her girl had died successful July owed to “work pressure” astatine the firm. The institution has denied the charges.

The Centre and the National Human Rights Commission person taken suo motu announcement of Perayil’s decease and ordered investigations into the incident.