Section 17
Sick employees being admitted to a Government hospital
of Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990
If an employee at the time of his admission to a Government hospital was employed and residing on any estate, the employer shall pay the expenses of maintenance and treatment in such hospital of such employee and of any dependant of such employee at such rate as the Minister may, from time to time, prescribe by notification in the Gazette.
(2)
The expenses incurred under subsection (1) shall, whatever be the amount, be recoverable from the employer in a Civil Court at the suit of the Medical Officer in charge of such hospital, and the certificate of such Medical Officer shall be sufficient prima facie evidence that the amount therein specified is due from the employer:
Provided that not more than thirty days’ expenses in hospital in respect of any employee or dependant shall be recoverable.
(3)
No expenses paid by an employer under subsection (1) shall be recoverable from any employee.