under:-
"The Law is well settled that apprentices engaged under Apprentices Act
1961 or under the Standing Orders of the establishment are not employees ... avoid the financial liability.
I, therefore, decide that these apprentices are not really apprentices but
actually workers engaged in or in connection with the work
work of the establishment;
(ii) engaged as an apprentice, not being an apprentice
engaged under the Apprentices Act, 1961 (52 of 1961), or
under ... apprentice‟ engaged under the Apprentice
Act, 1961 or under the Standing Orders. The above proposition specifically
excludes an „apprentice‟ engaged under the Apprentices Act from
that apprentices are covered by the provisions of the EPF Act except those apprentices who are employed under the provisions of the Apprentices ... case of an apprentice engaged under the Apprentices Act or under the Standing Orders. Under the model standing orders an apprentice is described
March, 2003 inviting applications for apprenticeship training. A
stipend was to be paid to the apprentices who were selected. The
petitioners were selected
took place. The deceased, according to the
defendants, was working as an apprentice earning only a paltry sum and that
RFA 139/2006 ... could have received Rs. 60 per
day as stipend or allowance for having been employed as apprentice under
PW.2 Krishnan, who was the proprietor
Bharath Hotel (supra), this Court
considered the question whether the stipend disbursed to the
trainees in an establishment can be considered as wages within ... wages' so as to include the stipend paid to
trainees, the amendment by which the apprentices were
brought under the definition of 'employee
only apprentice trainee and he was in
ll"'-..A>»ti':"~tifiiog period. He was also admittediy paid stipend ... specified in
the contract of such it was held that
apprentice sh0l1l.de;*5;'pe his employer during the
period of appr_entic
appointment letter is to
the effect that appointment is only as an apprentice/trainee (temporary
appointee), and the trainee will be appointed to the working ... initial temporary appointment was in the post of trainee/apprentice
Fireman(A) at stipend of Rs.900-20-920/- per month in the scale
period of his training.
11. The Apprentices Act defines an apprentice as follows:
2. (aa) apprentice means a person who is undergoing apprenticeship training ... case of an apprentice engaged under the Apprentices Act or under the Standing Orders. Under the model standing orders an apprentice is described
specifically mentioned that they would be taken as apprentices under the Apprentices Act, 1961 and the Union also agreed to that position. Further, the Union ... Standard, others were found to be unqualified for appointment as Apprentices under the Apprentices Act, 1961 . However, taking a very lenient and labour-oriented view
