Employed In An Establishment

Employed in an establishment, An employee is defined in S. 2(f) of the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 to mean any person employed directly or through any agency in any establishment and include any labour who is given raw materials by an employer or a contractor at home referred to as the home-worker and any persons employed by an employer or a contractor but working at the premises with the employer or contractor. Therefore, the words 'employed in an establishment' in s. 26 of the Act are referable to home-workers as well, Mangalore Ganesh Beedi Works v. Union of India, (1974) 4 SCC 43: AIR 1974 SC 1832: (1974) 3 SCR 221.