S.L. 452.92 Art. 10Other duties of the employer.

(1) An employer who employs a young person shall:

(a) before employing the young person, require the production of a birth certificate, or other satisfactory evidence attesting to the age of the young person;

(b) before employing a young person, obtain the written permission of a parent of the young person; and

(c) maintain a register, or other satisfactory record, including, in relation to every young person employed, the following particulars:

(i) full name;

(ii) date of birth;

(iii) the time the young person commences and finishes work each day;

(iv) the rate of wages or salary due to the young person for his or her normal working hours each day, week, month or year, as the case may be; and

(v) the total amount actually paid to each young person by way of wages or salary.

(2) An employer shall keep, at the place where a young person is employed, such records as are necessary to show that the provisions of these regulations are being complied with. Such records shall be retained by the employer for at least three years.

(3) Where -

(a) there is a dispute between an employer and employee, or

(b) there is a prosecution for an offence under these regulations, and the records required to be kept by an employer under the preceding subregulations are not available, apart from being guilty of an offence in terms of the provisions of subregulations (1) and (2), the onus of proof that the provisions of any other regulation has been complied with shall lie on the employer.