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Home Dictionary Name: employment Page: 2 Page 2 of about 957 results (0.002 seconds)Re-employment
Re-employment, means retention in service, con-tinued employment in the service in which an employee has been serving is quite a different thing from re-employment of an employee after he has retired. Consequently, a decision not to re-employ is very different from a decision not to retain, Basantkumar Pal v. Chief Electrical Engineer, AIR 1958 Cal 657....
Non-employment
Non-employment, word 'non-employment' would include retrenchment as well and a person whose services have been terminated or discharged albeit illegal cannot at all be said to be a person in service, much less in continuous service. The period of non-employment or the period after discharge cannot be counted for the purpose of giving continuity of service, State of Tamil Nadu v. Nellai Cotton Mills Ltd., (1990) 2 SCC 518 (523). [T.N. Industrial Establishments (Conferment of Permanent Status to Workmen) Act, 1981 (46 of 1981), s. 3(2)] [S. 2(g), Trade Union Act]...
In the course of employment
In the course of employment, the words 'In the course of employment' mean in the course of the work which the workman is employed to do and which is incidental to it', Mackinnon Machenzie and Co. (P) Ltd. v. Ibrahim Mahommad Issak, AIR 1970 SC 1906 (1908): (1969) 2 SCC 607: (1970) 1 SCR 869.The dictionary meaning of 'in the course of' is 'during (in the course of time, as time goes by), while doing' (The Concise Oxford Dictionary, New Seventh Edition). The dictionary meaning indicates that the accident must take place within or during the period of employment, Regional Director, ESI Corpn. v. Francis De Costa, AIR 1997 SC 432: (1996) 6 SCC 1. [ESI Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), s. 2(8)...
Employment injury
Employment injury, means a personal injury to an employee caused by accident or an occupational disease arising out of and is the course of his employment, being an insurable employment, whether the accident occurs or the occupational disease in contracted within or outside the territorial limits of India. [Employee's State Insurance Act, 1948, (34 of 1948, s. 2(8)]...
Compensation for loss of employment
Compensation for loss of employment, expression 'compensation for loss of employment' used in explanation 2 to s. 7 refers to any payment made, whether under a legal liability or voluntarily, to compensate or act as a solatium for the loss of employment suffered by the employee', Commissioner of Income Tax v. E.D. Sheppard, AIR 1963 SC 1343 (1347): (1964) 1 SCR 163. (Income-tax Act 1922, s. 7, Expl. 2)...
scope of employment
scope of employment :the range of conduct and activity within which an employee can reasonably be considered to be carrying out the business of his or her employer [workers' compensation for injuries arising out of the course and scope of employment] see also respondeat superior NOTE: The liability of an employer for an act committed by an employee depends on whether the act falls within the scope of employment. ...
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 ...
Person employed
Person employed, 'person employed' means - (a) in the case of a factory or an industrial undertaking, a member of the clerical staff employed in such factory or undertaking; (b) in the case of a commercial establishment other than a clerical department of a factory or an industrial undertak-ing, a person wholly or principally employed in connection with the business of the establishment, and includes a peon, T. Devadasan v. Gordon Woodroffe and Co. (P) Ltd., AIR 1972 SC 1479: (1972) 3 SCC 700: (1973) 1 SCR 213. [T.N. Shops and Establishment Act, 1947, s. 2 (12) (iii)](ii) According to the definition in s. 2(14) of the Andhra Pradesh (Telengana Area) Shops and Establishments Act, 1951 even if a person is not wholly employed, if he is principally employed in connection with the business of the shop, he will be a 'person employed' within the meaning of the sub-section, Silver Jubilee Tailoring House v. Chief Inspector of Shops and Establishments, AIR 1974 SC 37 (44, 45): (1974) 3 SCC 498:...
age discrimination in employment act
age discrimination in employment act Federal legislation prohibiting unfair and discriminatory treatment in employment on the basis of age. The Act generally covers individuals at least 40 years of age. (29 U.S.C. Sec. 621) Source: FindLaw ...
age discrimination in employment act (adea)
age discrimination in employment act (adea) A federal law that protects older employees from employment discrimination on the basis of age ...
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