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15. The question is that subsequent to the suspension operation, whether all the workers in these Writ Petitions were addressed by the management to come for duty. On the other hand, a perusal of the documents shows that there was no such communication sent to the present petitioners when the situation has been made and therefore the workmen can come back for their alleged work. It is immaterial that subsequent to the apprentice period, whether they have been given any assurance of their employment as that arose in this dispute regarding the non-employment of the individual dispute by Section 2-A(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act. The termination of the workmen as evidenced under Section 2(s) of the Industrial Disputes Act includes even the apprentice. Therefore, there is no dispute that the workmen are covered by the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act. In this case, the only issue before the Labour Court was that whether on 7.5.1998 the workers denied employment or from 7.5.1998, the management stopped them from coming to work.