The Inspector may require an employer to produce an authentic extract from the records of any school, village munsiff, panchayat or municipality or other local body and in the absence of such extract, at least a certificate in Form No. V-A from a Registered Medical Practitioner showing the age of any person employed by such employer.]
*4[22. Periodical medical, examination of employees.] - (1) Every employee shall be examined once in a year by a Registered Medical Practitioner specified in rule 9 and the results of the examination shall be entered in the records maintained by the employer for the purpose. If on such examination, he is found to be affected with any disease in a communicable form or is a carrier of such disease, he shall cease to work in the catering establishment immediately.
(2) The fee to be paid by the employer to the Registered Medical Practitioner for medical examination of the employee under sub-rule (1) shall be at the rate of rupee one per employee.
(3) The renewal of medical certificate shall be made within one month after the expiry of one year from the date of issue of original medical certificate.]
*23. Reporting of illness. - (1) An employee suffering from any infectious disease or any other illness shall report the fact to the employer.
(2) The employer shall as far as practicable ascertain whether any employee is suffering from any illness either by personal inquiries or by examination of the employee at the time the employee reports himself for duty each day at the catering establishment, or if any employee does not report himself for duty as aforesaid on any day, by making necessary enquiries in the residential quarters, if any provided by the employer in which the employee resides.
1 Subs. by S.R.O. A-1/76, dated the 30th December, 1975 2 The words “in Form No. VI” omitted vide G.O.(D) No. 1088, Labour and Employment (H-1), dated the 19th August, 2004 (w.e.f. 16th March, 2005) 3 Ins. by G.O. Ms. No. 415, dated the 25th May, 1974, as rule 9-A and re-numbered by S.R.O.
A-1/76, dated 30th December, 1975.
4 Subs. vide S.R.O. No. A-428 of 1966, dated the 12th April, 1966.
* Re-numbered by S.R.O. A-1/76, dated the 30th December, 1975.
9 *24. Reporting of illness of employee to Health Officer. - The employer as soon as he is informed or becomes aware that an employee is suffering from any infectious disease or illness shall inform the Health Officer in the Madras Public Health Service having jurisdiction over the area in which the catering establishment is situated of such disease or illness for such action as such Health Officer deems fit. The employee who is affected with any disease in a communicable form or is a carrier of such disease shall not be allowed to work in the catering establishment till he is completely cured of such disease.
*1[25. Scale of dress to be supplied to the employees. - The employee shall keep his person and dress in a clean and tidy condition. Each employee with not less than six months continuous service shall be supplied by the employer with the dress as specified below:
1. Servers. - Either two pants or at the option of the employee four dhoties of 2[1.83 metres] each and two shirts with half sleeves for every 12 months.
2. Cleaners. - Two half pants and two shirts with half sleeves for every 12 months.
3. Kitchen Staff. - Two aprons for every 12 months.]
3[26. Unless the employer makes at his own cost adequate arrangements for the washing of uniforms provided by him to the employees of the catering establishments, the employees shall be paid all allowance for washing of such uniforms at the rate of rupees three per month, in arrears on the day on which the wages or salary of the employees are paid.]