Section 20: Apprenticeship scheme and training policy of employees. ― The Controller shall―

20. Apprenticeship scheme and training policy of employees. ― The Controller shall― (i) ensure that apprentices in a hotel or restaurant do not exceed ten per cent of the employees in any specified trade ; (ii) fix, with due regard to the salaries of the regularly employed staff, the stipend to be paid to an apprentice over and above the cost of his training and determine the duration of his apprenticeship ; (iii) lay down the age limit, educational qualifications, standards of physical fitness and psychological and mental health of apprentices ; (iv) direct the programming for training various categories of employees of hotels and restaurants at a recognised vocational institution at the various specialised courses run thereat so that the percentage of qualified trained staff in a hotel or restaurant attains, within a reasonable time, the minimum standard as may be determined by the Controller ; and (v) lay down the maximum percentage of untrained staff that may be employed at a hotel or restaurant at any time.

Effective date: 1976-01-01

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