Metal Powder Co. Ltd., Tirumangalam And ... vs The State Of Tamil Nadu And Anr. on
were appointed on probation and about 115 workers were designated as Apprentices and 97 workers called as "under observation" without any designation. They ... safety and long lasting. 258 employees are employed namely, 16 Probationers, 150 Apprentices and 102 casuals under observation. This was necessary to verify their willingness
follows:
"Employees" means any person (including an apprentice) employed in the Company to do any skilled or unskilled, manual, supervisory, technical or clerical ... learned senior counsel contended mat "trainees" are called "apprentices", hence, in view of the definition of workman in Section
Section 2(e) of "the Act" only excludes an apprentice from the application of the payment of gratuity. The petitioner being a trainee ... decisive. According to the petitioner, when he was appointed as an apprentice on 2.6.84, he was treated as a full member of the department
argument was then advanced that workmen who are badlis or apprentices are also sought to be brought within the purview of Section ... shall first deal with the question as to whether the apprentices are covered by Section 3 . Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that apprentices
industry is as follows:-
Management Staff [Officers] 153
Operators 93
Trainees 32
Apprentices under the --
Apprentices Act
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Total 278
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Out of the above employees ... employed in the 4th respondent company including Managers, Management Staff, Workmen, and Apprentices (Trainees) and the work of packing, house keeping and warehousing has been
proceed to bring home the need to make the investment in apprentice trainees useful to the society, which would be so when the training received ... direction is also spending of money on imparting the training to the apprentice, which aspect is relevant as already alluded, and which we propose
claims made in all these writ petitions. The Parliament has enacted the Apprentices Act, 1961 , Central Act, 52 of 1961, hereinafter referred ... order to provide for the regulation and control of training of apprentices and for matters connected therewith. Pursuant to the same, the Government of Tamil
records were produced to show that the workmen were all apprentices. Even the settlement under Section 12(3) is ultra vires and against ... Labour and Employment Department, dated 04.10.1977 defining the term 'Apprentice'. Under Model Standing Order 2(h), the term 'apprentice' is defined
both sides. The petitioners in the above writ petitions were appointed as apprentices in the 1st Respondent/Management ... respectively. Later, after their tenure as apprentice, they were engaged as Casual labours for a monthly salary of Rs.1,410/- and they were denied