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Employment, the word 'employment' is not a word with a single fixed meaning but it has many connotations. On the one side it may bear the narrow meaning of relationship of employer and employee and on the other, it may mean in its widest connotation any engagement or any work in which one is engaged. If the former be the sense in which the word 'employment' is used in clause (d) of Article 319, the office of Governor would certainly not be an employment, because the Governor of a State is not an employee or servant of anyone, Hargovind Pant v. Dr. Raghukul Tilak, (1979) 3 SCC 458: (1979) 3 SCR 972.The word 'employment' must be construed as emp-loyment in the regular course of business of the establishment. Such employment obviously would not include employment of a few persons for a short period on account of some passing necessity or some temporary emergency beyond the control of the company, P.F. Inspector v. T.S. Hariharan, AIR 1971 SC 1519 (1524): (1971) 2 SCC 68.The concept of emp...
Matters relating to employment
Matters relating to employment, It is now well settled that the expression 'matters relating to employment' used in Article 16(1) is not confined to initial matters prior to the act of employment, but comprehends all matters in relation to employment both prior, and subsequent, to the employment which are incidental to the employment and from part of the terms and conditions of such employment, such as, provisions as to salary, increments, leave, gratuity, pension, age of superannuation, promotion and even termination of employment. It is further well established that Articles 14, 15(1) and 16(1) from part of the same constitutional code of guarantees and supplement each other. If any authority is needed for the above enunciation, reference may be made to the observations made by Gajendragadkar, J., as he then was, in General Manager, Southern Railway v. Rangachari. The Manager, Government Branch Press v. D.B.Belliappa, AIR 1979 SC 429: (1979) 1 SCC 477: (1979) 2 SCR 458....
Arising out of his employment
Arising out of his employment, Literal construction of the phrase 'arising out of his employment conveys the idea that there must be some sort of connection between the employment and the injury caused to a workman due to the accident. But it is wide enough to cover the case where there may not necessarily be a direct connection of the workman. There may be circumstances tending to show that the workman received personal injury due to the accident that arose during the course of or out of his employment. It would not mean that personal injury only must have resulted from the mere nature of the employment, nor it be limited to cases where the personal injury is referable to duties which the employee has to discharge. The phrase 'arising out of the employment' applies to employment as such-to its nature, its conditions, by reason of which its workman is brought within the zone of danger and resultant injury, disease or death, Regional Director, ESI Corpn v. Francis De Costa, 1993 Supp (4...
Local Employment Exchange
Local Employment Exchange, means--(a) in the whole of India except the Union territory of Chandigarh that Employment Exchange (other than the Central Employment Exchange) notified in the Official Gazette by the State Government or the Administration of the Union territory as having jurisdiction over the area in which the establishments concerned is situated or over specified classes or categories of establishments or vacancies; and(b) in the Union territory of Chandigarh that Employment Exchange established either by the Union territory Administration of Chandigarh or by the State Government of Punjab or Haryana notified in the States respective Official Gazette as having jurisdiction over specified clauses or categories of establishments, or vacancies, provided that the employment exchanges established by the State Government of Punjab or Haryana shall not have jurisdiction over--(i) the public sector offices/establishments other than those belonging to the respective States; and(ii) ...
Common employment
Common employment. The general rule that a master is liable for damage caused by the negligence of his servant has the exception that where the person injured is the fellow-servant of and engaged in common employment with the person whose negligence causes the injury, the master is not liable in an action at Common law. The principle upon which the exception rests is that 'a servant who engages for the performance of services for compensation does as an implied part of the contract take upon himself, as between himself and his master, the natural risks and perils incident to the performance of such services; the presumption of law being that the compensation was adjusted accordingly, or, in other words, that these risks are considered in the wages' [per Balckburn, J., Morgan v. Vale of Neath R. Co., (1864) 5 B&S 578]. For review of cases, see Bray, J., in Cribb v. Kynoch, Ltd., (1907) 2 KB 548. The doctrine applies in spite of difference in rank or grade between the two servants, e.g.,...
zone of employment
zone of employment :the area in and around a place of employment that is under the control of the employer NOTE: For workers' compensation purposes, an injury to an employee going to or coming from work in the zone of employment is sometimes considered to have occurred in the course of employment. ...
By the reason of termination of employment
By the reason of termination of employment, The expression 'by reason of the termination of employment' must, in the context, have the same meaning as the expression 'payable on the termination of employment' which is used in sub-clause (6). In other words, gratuity which may be payable to an employee by reason of the termination of his employment would fall under sub-clause (d), provided it is shown that it is payable under any law, contract, or instrument, Purshottam H. Judye v. V.B. Potdar, (1966) 2 SCR 353: AIR 1966 SC 856. [Payment of Wages Act (4 of 1936), s. 2 (vi) (d)]...
Employment Exchange
Employment Exchange, means any office or place established and maintained by the Government for the collection and furnishing of information, either by the keeping of registers or otherwise, respecting:(i) persons who seek to engage employees,(ii) persons who seek employment, and(iii) vacancies to which persons seeking employment may be appointed. [Employment Exchanges (Com-pulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 (31 of 1959), s. 2 (d)]...
Employer
Employer, means (i) a company; (ii) a firm; (iii) an association of persons or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, but excluding any fund or trust or institution eligible for exemption under clause (23C) of section 10 or registered under section 12AA; (iv) a local authority; and (v) every artificial judicial person, not falling within any of the preceding sub-clauses. [Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 115W(a)]Employer, means:A person who controls and direct a worker under an express or implied contract of hire and who pays the workers salary or wages, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.(a) in relation to contract labour, the principal employer, and(b) in relation to other labour, the person who has the ultimate control over the affairs of any establishment or who has, by reason of his advancing money, supplying goods or otherwise, a substantial interest in the control of the affairs of any establishment, and includes any other person to whom the affairs of the establi...
at-will employment
at-will employment A type of employment relationship in which there is no contractual agreement and either party may end the employment relationship at any time, for any reason or for no reason at all, without incurring a penalty ...
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