Kesoram Industries Ltd vs E.S.I. Corporation & Ors on 31 August, 2015
Remuneration paid to an employee for
working on a holiday constitutes wage as held by a division bench of the
Kerala High Court in The Regional Director, E.S.I. Corporation Trichur v.
Raj Cashew Co. reported in 1991 LAB I.C. 1989, in an unreported decision
of the Supreme Court dated 3rd December, 1997 in Civil Appeal NO. 3851-53
of 1993 Employees' State Insurance Corporation v. Malabar Cashew &
Allied Products following 1997 7 SCC 665 and by a single judge of the
Karnataka High Court in ESI Corporation, Hubli v. Belgaum Milk Union
reported in 2003 LAB I.C 2589] This was also held by our court in
Employees State Insurance Corporation v Ramadhar Jaiswal & Ors.
reported in 2004 III Labour Law Journal page 998.