3. Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution, in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of that section, for the words "a period of less than one year; or", of the words and figures " a period of less than one hundred and eighty days inclusive of
| (i) every day of absence on any ground approved by the employer; |
|
| (ii) every day of absence due to any injury to the workman caused by an accident arising out of, and in the course of his employment; |
|
| (iii) every day of absence due to anthrax or any occupational disease specified in Schedule III of the Workman's Compensation Ordinance (Chapter 139) ; |
|
| (iv) every day on which the employer fails to provide work for the workman ; |
|
| (v) every day of absence due to a lockout, or strike that is not illegal, if such days do not in the aggregate exceed thirty days ; and |
|
| (vi) every holiday or day of absence from work to which a workman is entitled, by or under, the provisions of any written law, |
|
in the continuous period of twelve months commencing from the date of employment if such termination takes place within that period of twelve months ; or ". |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts