Section 91 of Employment Act CAP 226: Rules
(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Board, make rules providing for all or any of the purposes, for the administration of this Act or that may be necessary or expedient for carrying out the objects or purposes of this Act, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, for all or any of the following purposes—
(a) prescribing anything which under this Act is to be or may be prescribed;
(b) the conditions under which employees may be housed or employed, including sanitary arrangements and water supply;
(c) the feeding of employees in cases where food is to be supplied by
the employer under the contract of service, including the quantity, variety and kind of food to be supplied;
(d) regulating the care of sick and injured employees;
(e) prescribing books to be kept and returns to be rendered by employers;
(f) prescribing—
(i) for any period, the maximum number of hours during which any employee or class of employees, whether generally or in relation to any particular kind of employment, may be required to work;
(ii) the intervals to be allowed to them for meals and rest;
(iii) the holidays or half holiday, with or without pay and travelling expenses to be allowed to employees;
(iv) any other conditions to be observed in relation to their employment; and any such conditions may relate to feeding, housing, medical attendance, education, recreation, discipline or otherwise;
(g) appointing labour supervisors where employees of one employer exceed the maximum prescribed;
(h) the registration and employment of casual employees;
(i) the establishment and administration of employment exchanges, including the procedure to be adopted for the notification of employment vacancies and opportunities;
(j) prescribing the conditions of the employment of women, young persons or children in any specified trade or occupation;
(k) prescribing the age at which a child may be employed;
(l) requiring employers of children to furnish information and return to any specified officer in respect of such children or their employment or the conditions of their employment;
(m) issue by employer or any class of employers to employees or any class of employees, whether generally or in relation to any particular kind of employment, of employment cards, and the forms of such cards;
(n) prescribing particulars to be included in a certificate of service; and
(o) prescribing the form, and providing for the display in places of employment, of notices relating to wages and the terms and conditions of employment.
(2) Any rules made under this section may impose conditions, require acts or things to be performed or done to the satisfaction of an authorised officer or a medical officer, empower any such officer to issue orders either verbally or in writing requiring acts or things to be performed or done or prohibiting acts or things from being performed or done, and may prescribe periods or dates upon, within or before which such acts or things shall be performed or done or such conditions shall be fulfilled.
(3) Any rules made under this section may distinguish between juveniles of different ages and sexes and, in relation to women or juveniles, between different localities, occupations and circumstances.
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