(a) (1) The employer of every establishment in which women are employed shall prepare and maintain a muster roll in Form ‘A’ and shall enter therein particulars of all women workers from whom notices of confinement have been received.
(2) All entries in the muster-roll shall be made in ink and maintained up-todate and it shall always be available for inspection by the Inspector during working hours.
(b) The employer of every establishment shall on or before the 31st day of January in each year submit to the Inspector a return in Form ‘K’ giving information as to the particulars specified in respect of the preceding year.
------- FORM K (See sub-rule (1) of rule 16)
1. Name of the establishment with the postal address:
2. Name of the employer with his postal address:
3. Name of the Manager with his postal address:
4. Aggregate number of women permanently or temporarily employed during the year:
5. Number of women who worked for a period of not less than one hundred and sixty days in the twelve months immediately preceding the date of delivery:
6. Number of women who gave notice under section 6:
7. Number of women who were granted permission to absent on receipt of notice of confinement:
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8. Claims for maternity benefit paid:
Number Amount paid
9. Claims or maternity benefit rejected:
Number Amount paid
10. Claims for medical bonus paid(Section 8):
Number Amount paid
11. Claims for medical bonus rejected:
Number Amount paid
12. Cases in which leave for miscarriage was granted:
Number Amount paid
13. Cases in which leave for miscarriage was applied for but was rejected:
Number Amount paid
14. Cases in which additional leave for illness under section 10 was granted:
Number Amount paid
15. Cases in which additional leave for illness under section 10 was applied for but was rejected:
Number Amount paid
16. Cases in which payment was made to persons other than the woman concerned:
Number Amount paid
17. Women deprived of maternity benefit and/or medical bonus under proviso to sub-section (2) of section 12:
Number Amount paid
18. Cases in which payment was made on the order of the Appellate Authority or Inspector:
Number Amount paid
19. Number of cases ehere prenatal confinement and postnatal care was provided by the management free of charge (Section 8):
20. Number of women who died:
(a) before delivery:
(b) after delivery:
21. Number of woman discharged or dismissed while working:
18 1[FORM L (See rule 3 (4) ] SELF-CERTIFICATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDING
1. Name and address of the Information Technology Establishment :
Phone No:
Fax:
E-mail:
2. Name and address of the Employer
3. Maximum Number of Persons employed on any day :
(i) Male :
(ii) Female:
Total:
4. Maternity Benefit:
(a) Whether maternity benefit paid in advance to the eligible women employees?
(b) Whether subsequent maternity benefit paid?
(c) Whether subsequent maternity benefit paid?
(d) Whether leave wages paid as per Section 9?
(d) Whether leave wages paid as per Section 10?
Signature of Employer 1 Added by G.O. Ms.No.38, Labour and Employment (C), dated 24th March, 2006.
19 CERTIFICATE Certified that during the half-year ending……………………………………………., we have complied with all the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and the Rules made thereunder, in addition of those specifically mentioned above and we are the authorized persons to issue the above certificate and the above certificate is issued with full knowledge of the Statute. We are jointly and severally responsible for any information found incorrect subsequently and liable for prosecution under the provisions of the said Act and Rules made thereunder, for furnishing incorrect information.
Signature of the Manager Signature of Employer Name: Name :
Designation : Designation :
Office Seal : Office Seal :
Accepted : Date :
Assistant Inspector of Labour] --------- _________________________________________________________________________ The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 ---- notification under Sec. 2 (1) [G.O. Ms. No.849, Labour and Employment, 7th December, 1977] 1 No.II (2)/LE/6313/77.-----In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to subsection (1) of section 2 of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (Central Act 53 of 1961), the Governor of Tamil Nadu, having already given two months’ notice as required there under, with the approval of the Central Government, hereby declares that all the provisions of the said Act, shall apply to the establishments as defined in clause (6) of section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act, 1947 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXVI of 1947), and to the catering establishments as defined in clause (1) of section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Catering Establishments Act, 1958 (Tamil Nadu Act XIII of 1958).
-------- _________________________________________________________________________ 1 Vide the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Pt. II, Sec. 2, dated the 28th December, 1977 at p. 747.
20 APPENDIX Appointment of certain Officers as Inspectors and specifying their local limits [G.O.(D) 844, Labour and Employment (C), 27th June, 2005]
1NO.II (2)/LE/718/2005.--- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Maternity Benefit Act,1961 (Central Act 53 of 1961) and in supersession of the Labour and Employment Notification No.II (2)/LE/507/2000*, published at page 243 of Part 11 - Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated the 10th May, 2000, the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby appoints the officers specified in column (1) of the Table below, to be Inspectors for the purposes of the said Act and defines the local limits of the jurisdiction specified in the corresponding entries in Column(2) thereof, within which they shall exercise their functions under the said Act.
THE TABLE Sl.No Officers Local Limits
(1) (2)
1. Deputy Commissioner of Labour (Inspections) Chennai.
Whole of the State of Tamil Nadu
2. Regional Deputy Commissioners of Labour.
Local limits assigned to them under subsection (1) of section 27 of the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (Central Act XXI of 1965).
3. Inspectress of Labour, Tirunelveli. Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari and Virudhunagar Districts.
4. Inspectress of Labour, Coimbatore. Coimbatore and the Nilgiris Districts
5. Inspectress of Labour, Chennai. Chennai, Vellore, Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai and Tiruvallur Districts.
6. Inspectors of Plantation Local limits assigned to them under the Plantation Labour Act, 1951 (Central Act LXIX of 1951).
7. Inspectors of Plantation Local limits assigned to them under the Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985 (Central Act 54 of 1985).
8. Deputy Inspectors of Labour 21
9. Assistant Inspectors of Labour. Local limits assigned to them under the Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985 (Central Act 54 of 1985).
10. Development Commissioners, Special Economic Zones in Tamil Nadu.
Special Economic Zone concerned.
11. Chief Inspector of Factories The Whole State of Tamil Nadu.
12. Additional Chief Inspector of Factories.
13. Joint Chief Inspector of Factories (Productivity Cell)
14. Joint Chief Inspector of Factories.
15. Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories
16. Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories (Health and Safety)
17. Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories in the Office of the Joint Chief Inspector of Factories.
18. Inspector of Factories (Productivity Cell)
19. Assistant Inspector of Factories (Productivity Cell).
20. Assistant Inspector of Factories (Health and Safety).
21. Inspectors of Factories.
Local limits assigned to them under subsection (1) of Section 8 of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act LXIII of 1948).
22. Assistant Inspectors of Factories.
-------- _________________________________________________________________________ 1 Added Vide G.O. Ms. No. 167, dated the 30th November, 2006. For Gazette extract of Notification, see Digest of Labour Cases, 2007 at p. 73.
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