SECTION VI - COMPANY STORE Article 42
The "company store" is defined as any establishment where the employer directly or indirectly sells his workers or their families foodstuffs and merchandise of any kind, for their personal needs.
Company stores are authorised under the four conditions as follows:
1. The workers are not obliged to shop just there.
2. The employer or his attendant is not allowed to make a profit from the sale of the merchandise.
3. The accounting of each company store is to be entirely distinctive of that of the enterprise.
4. The price of items on sale is to be displayed visibly.
Article 43
The opening of a company store is determined by a Prakas of the Ministry in charge of
Labour.
The Labour Inspector monitors the operation of company stores whose management is also shared by the elected representatives of the concerned workers. The Labour Inspector has the authority to order a temporary shutdown of a company store until a final decision is made by the Ministry in charge of Labour.