rates of minimum wages should have been fixed for adolescents, children and apprentices.
(xiv) The valuation of food provided to employees (for purposes of deduction
special contribution under the Act in respect of wages paid to apprentices and casual employees employed by it. The sum so demanded ... workmen are not employees under S. 2(9) of the Act;
(ii) Apprentices are not employees under S. 2(9) of the Act and allowance
appellant that prior to the amendment, the law was to exempt an apprentice but he must satisfy the definition of apprentice as is found ... Commissioner referred to this very Supreme Court Decision and held that the apprentice must Be given restricted meaning. Therefore, the order of the learned single
fixed in the contract. 'Trainee' will include the 'Apprentice' defined under the Apprenticeship Act, 1961 for the purpose of Section ... Standing Order, a 'trainee' will include an 'apprentice' appointed under Apprenticeship Act, 1961.
3. The EPF Act his been enacted
rates of minimum wages should have been fixed for adolescents, children and apprentices.
(xiv) The valuation of food provided to employees (for purposes of deduction
workman' as
under:
"Workman" means any person (including
an apprentice) employed in any industry to do
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any manual, unskilled, skilled, technical ... Division Bench of this court while
considering the claim of an apprentice to the status of a
workman observed thus:
"It is clear from
case of the employer that, the appellants were appointed as 'Apprentices' under the Apprentices Act, 1961 . The term 'Apprentice' has been ... defined in Section 2(a) of the Apprentices Act, 1961, as to mean 'a person who is undergoing Apprenticeship training in the designated trade
employer's factory had, inter alia made an observation that the apprentices/trainees working in the employer's factory were covered under ... agreement between it and persons whom it claimed to be apprentices in its factory. The employer sent a copy of such agreement and also addressed
terms:
"2. (s) 'workman' means any person
(including an apprentice) employed in
any industry to do any manual,
unskilled, skilled, technical,
operational ... been working on a
daily-wage basis prior to his
appointment as apprentice trainee
(shop assistant), at least from 3-5-
1990 till
under
Section 2(s) 2 and it means any person, including an
apprentice, who is employed in any industry ... workman" means any person (including an apprentice) employed
in any industry to do any manual, unskilled, skilled, technical, operational,
clerical or supervisory work
