Section 39: Sanitary conveniences

39. Sanitary conveniences (1) In any building where work is carried on, sufficient and suitable sanitary conveniences for the employees shall be provided. (2) Where persons of both sexes are or are intended to be employed, there shall be provided for each sex— (a) separate accommodation for the sanitary conveniences; (b) separate approaches to the sanitary conveniences; and (c) a notice conspicuously placed indicating the location of the sanitary conveniences. (3) Subsection (2) shall not apply to a workplace where only the members of the same family are employed. [Issue 1] O2 – 30 Revised Laws of Mauritius (4) Every sanitary convenience shall be sufficiently lighted and ventilated and shall not communicate with any workroom, restroom or mess except through an open or through an intervening ventilated space. (5) Every sanitary convenience, other than a urinal, shall be under cover, have a proper door and fastenings and be so partitioned off as to secure privacy. (6) Every urinal shall be so placed or so screened as not to be visible from other parts of the building where persons work or pass. (7) The sanitary conveniences shall be so arranged as to be conveniently accessible to the employees at all times while they are at the place of work. (8) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1)— (a) at least one sanitary convenience shall be provided for every 25 females; (b) at least one sanitary convenience, not being a convenience suitable only as a urinal, shall be provided for every 25 males; (c) where the number of males employed in a building exceeds 100 and enough urinal accommodation is also provided, it shall be sufficient if there is one sanitary convenience provided for every 25 males up to 100 and one for every 40 males above 100. (9) For the purposes of this section, any number of persons less than 25 or 40 shall be reckoned as 25 or 40 as the case may be. (10) All sanitary conveniences and urinals shall be maintained and kept clean at all times.