5. Duty of the employer to maintain a register

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

(1)

The employer of a worker in any industry or service shall from and after the date of the coming into operation of this Act, maintain and keep in the premises in which that industry or service is carried on, a register setting out—

(a)

the name of each worker employed by him;

(b)

the class of work performed by each worker employed by him; and

(c)

the amount paid to each such worker as allowance in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(2)

Every register maintained under subsection (1) shall be preserved for a period of six years by the employer. Every employer shall when required by the Commissioner-General, produce such register for inspection or furnish a true copy thereof or permit a copy of such register to be made.

(3)

Where an employer of any worker in any industry or service has failed to maintain and keep in the premises where that industry or service is carried on the register required to be kept under subsection (1) or fails, when required to do so under subsection (2) to produce such register for inspection, the

Commissioner-General is hereby empowered to assess the allowance or the short payment of allowances, as the case may be, payable to such worker under this Act on the basis of all the evidence, both oral and documentary, available to him and the provisions of section 11 shall apply where default is made in the payment of any such allowance.

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