(1) If sick leave is for more than two days, it shall be granted on application supported by a medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner;
Provided that the employer may require the worker to get countersigned such medical certificate from the authorized medical officer of the Industrial Establishment, of any, or form the Doctor incharge of the Government Hospital of the area and the fee for getting the medical certificate countersigned shall be borne by the employer.
(2) In case a worker is suspended to be suffering from any contagious or infectious disease, he may got medically examined by the employer at his (employer’s) expense and allo0wed to proceed on leave as though the worker had applied for being sent on leave him self.
Maintenance of Records. Section 15(2)(O) -- (1) Every employer shall submit to the Inspector of the area a statement of Festival Holidays to be allowed to the workers during the calendar year before the 31st. December of the preceding year in Form ‘A’. A copy of this statement will be exhibited on a Notice board to be kept in the industrial establishment at conspicuous place and shall be available for inspection at all times.
(2) The amount of festival holidays, casual leave and sick leave shall be maintained in Form ‘D’.