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Apprentice [fr. apprendre, Fr., to learn], a person bound by indentures of apprenticeship to a tradesman or artificer ,who covenants to teach him his trade or mystery. The master is bound to instruct his apprentice, and to make him master of the art so far as his capacity to learn will permit. If the master die, or become bankrupt, or abandon the trade, the obligation of the apprentice is at an end. Conversely, that the apprentice has done anything incompatible with faithful service, is a just cause of dismissal, Pearce v. Foster, (1886) 17 QBD 536 CA, and see Learoyd v. Brooks, 1891 (1) QB 431. An infant can bind himself by a deed of apprenticeship, Green v. Thompson, 1899 (2) QB 1. With regard to apprentices for the mercantile marine, see The (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60). Apprentices are within the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, ss. 3 and 35. Justices of the peace have jurisdiction in many questions between master and apprentice. For instance, the (E...
Graduate or technician apprentice
Graduate or technician apprentice, means an apprentice who holds, or is undergoing training in order that he may hold a degree or diploma in engineering or technology or equivalent qualifica-tion granted by any institution recognised by the Government and undergoes apprenticeship train-ing in any such subject field in engineering or technology as may be prescribed. [Apprentices Act, 1961 (52 of 1961), s. 2 (j)]...
Trade apprentice
Trade apprentice, means an apprentice who under-goes apprenticeship training in any such trade or occupation as may be prescribed. [Apprentices Act, 1961 (52 of 1961), s. 2 (q)]...
Parish Apprentices
Parish Apprentices, persons who were bound out by the overseers of parishes, or by the guardians of the poor. The children of poor persons could be apprenticed out by the overseers, with consent of two justices, and by the guardians without such consent, till twenty-one years of age, to such persons as were thought fitting; who were no longer, however, compellable to take them, Poor Law Amendment Act, 1844, s. 13. This was repealed by the Poor Law Act, 1927, now repealed. For the present law, see Poor Law Act, 1930 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 17), ss. 59 to 66, also s. 69 (naval service for boys), and the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), s. 393 (merchant service); and see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Poor (Apprentices).'...
Apprentice en la ley
Apprentice en la ley, See last title....
Employee
Employee, includes not only persons employed directly by the employer but also persons employed through a contractor. Moreover, they include not only persons employed in the factory but also persons employed in connection with the work of the factory, P.M. Patel and Sons v. Union of India, (1986) 1 SCC 32: AIR 1987 SC 447: (1985) Supp 3 SCR 55.A person who works in the service of another person (the employer) under an express or implied contract of hire under which the employer has the right to control the details of work performance, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 543.Means a person appointed to or borne on thecadre of staff of the Corporation, other thanperson on deputation. [Employees' State Insurance Corporation (General Provident Fund) Rules, 1995, s. 2(1)(e)]Means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers and other staff of the University, Manipur University Act, 2005, s. 2(k).In relation to the University, means a person other than a teacher or an office...
Apprenticeship training
Apprenticeship training, means a course of training in any industry or establishment undergone in pursuance of a contract of apprenticeship and under prescribed terms and conditions which maybe different for different categories of apprentices. [Apprentices Act, 1961 (52 of 1961), s. 2 (aaa)]...
Craftsman
Craftsman, is a worker who is 20 years of age or over and holds a valid craft certificate or is a qualified former Board apprentice and hold a valid craft certificate or is a qualified former Council apprentice and holds a valid certificate of proficiency or a certificate of completion of apprenticeship, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(2), para 933, p. 569....
Master and servant
Master and servant, a relation whereby a person calls in the assistance of others, where his own skill and labour are not sufficient to carry out his own business or purpose. See LABOURERS.Servants are of several descriptions:- 1st Servants in husbandry. These are very generally hired by the year, as from Michaelmas to Michaelmas, and this is an entire hiring for a year; and, unless otherwise stipulated, no wages are payable until the end of the year. Consult Burn's Justice, tit. 'Servants.'2nd Servants in particular trades. These (who are now more frequently termed 'workmen,' their masters being termed 'employers') are subject to the control of the magistrates under the (English) Employers and Workmen Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 90), and by the Truck Acts (see that title) their wages must be paid in coin.3rd Apprentices. These are placed with the master to learn his trade, with a view hereafter of following it themselves. See APPRENTICE.4th Menial or domestic servants. If no terms be ...
Worker
Worker, means a person employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship. [Insecticides Act., 1968 (46 of 1968), s. 3 (r)]It means a person employed, directly or by or through any agency (including a contractor) with or without the knowledge of the principal employer, whether for remuneration or not, in any manufacturing process, or in cleaning any part of the machinery or premises used for a manufacturing process, or in any other kind of work incidental to, or connected with, the manufacturing process, or the subject o the manufacturing process but does not include any member of the armed forces of the Union. [Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), s. 2 (l)]Means a worker in any establishment or employ-ment in respect of which this Act has come into force. [Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976), s. 2 (i)]Means any person who is employed for wages in any kind of work and who gets his wages directly from the employer but shall not include an apprentice referred to in clause (aa). [A...
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