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Remuneration

Remuneration, 'remuneration' is only a mere formal version of payment, Bala Subrahmanya Rajaram v. B.C. Patil, AIR 1958 SC 518: (1958) SCR 1504.Payment; compensation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1298.The word 'remuneration' must be given its meaning with reference to the context in which the word occurs in the statute. In the Banking Act the word 'remuneration' has been used in the widest sense. In that sense, it undoubtedly includes bonus, Central Bank of India v. Their Workmen, AIR 1960 SC 12: (1960) 1 SCR 200. [Banking Regulation Act, 1949, s. 10(1)(b)(ii)]The expression 'remuneration' in Article 314 is not used in any limited sense as merely salary. If a person was in receipt of a payment, or in receipt of a percentage, or any kind of payment which would not be actual money payment, the amount he would receive annually in respect of this would be remuneration, Accountant General v. N. Bakshi, AIR 1962 SC 505: (1962) 1 Supp SCR 505.Means the basic wage or salary, and any ad...


Same work or work of a similar nature

Same work or work of a similar nature, means work in respect of which the skill, effort and respon-sibility required are the same, when performed under similar working conditions, by a man or a woman and the differences, if any, between the skill, effort and responsibility required of a man and those required of a woman are not of practical importance in relation to the terms and conditions of employment. [Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976), s. 2(h)]The expression contemplates stress upon the similarity of skill, effort and responsibility when performed under similar conditions, State of Madhya Pradesh v. Pramod Bhartiya, AIR 1993 SC 286 (292). [Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976), s. 2(h)]...


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...


Man and woman

Man and woman, means male and female human beings, respectively, of any age. [Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976), 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...


Salary

Salary, a recompense or consideration generally periodically made to a person for his service in another person's business; also wages, stipend, or annual allowance. See RECEIPT.An agreed compensation for services esp. pro-fessional or some professional services usu. paid at regular intervals on yearly basis, as distinguished from an hourly basis, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1337.The ancients derive the word from sal, salt (Plin. H.N. xxxi. 42)--the most necessary thing to support human life being thus mentioned as a representative of all others.The word 'salary' as used in clause (h) of s. 60 is meant to be confined to the emoluments of labourers and domestic servants. It makes a distinction between salary and the wages of labourers and domestic servants, Raghunandan Sahai v. Jaigobind Sahay, AIR 1942 Pat 194.The word 'salary' as used in proviso (1) to s. 60, Civil Procedure Code must be construed as meaning the total monthly emoluments to which a public servant is entitled, ...


Establishment

Establishment, includes a shop, commercial estab-lishment, workshop, farm, residential hotel, restaurant, eating house, theatre or other place of public amusement or entertainment. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, s. 2(iv)]1. The act of establishing, the state or condition of being established, 2. An institution or place of business, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 566.It includes any place where any industry is carried on [and where an establishment consists of different departments or have branches, whether situated in the same place or at different places, all such departments or branches shall be treated as part of that establishment. [Apprentices Act, 1961 (52 of 1961), s. 2(g)]It means a corporation established by or under a Central, Provincial or State Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided by the government or a local authority or a Government company as defined in s. 617 of the Companies Act 1956 and includes Departments of a Gove...


Salary or wages

Salary or wages, means all remuneration (other than remuneration in respect of over-time work) capable of being expressed in terms of money, which would, if the terms of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled, be payable to an employee in respect of his employment or of work done in such employment and includes dearness allowance (that is to say, all cash payments, by whatever name called, paid to an employee on account of a rise in the cost of living), but does not include--(i) any other allowance which the employee is for the time being entitled to;(ii) the value of any house accommodation or of supply of light, water, medical attendance or other amenity or of any service or of any concessional supply of foodgrains or other articles.(iii) any travelling concession;(iv) any bonus (including incentive, production and attendance bonus);(v) any contribution paid or payable by the employer to any pension fund or provident fund or for the benefit of the employee under any law for t...


Dealer

Dealer, in relation to any dangerous machine or any part thereof, means a person who, or a firm or a Hindu undivided family which, carries on, directly or otherwise, the business of buying, selling, supplying or distributing any dangerous machine or any part thereof, whether for cash or for deferred payment or for commission, remuneration or other valuable consideration, and includes-(i) a commission agent who carries on such business on behalf of any principal;(ii) an importer who sells, supplies, distributes or otherwise delivers any dangerous machine to any user, manufacturer, repairer, consumer or any other person. But does not include a manufacturer who sells, supplies, distributes or otherwise delivers any dangerous machine or any part thereof to any person or category of persons referred to in this clause. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3 (e)](2) includes a person who is engaged--(a) in building bodies for attachment to chassis; or (S. 2 (8)(b) The M...


Public servant

Public servant, has the same meaning as in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959), s. 2(1)(j)]Public servant has the same meaning as in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), s. 2]Public servant shall have the meaning assigned to it in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (10 of 1994), s. 2 ]The chairman of the managing committee of a muni-cipality is a 'public servant' within the meaning of the s. 2; Maharudrappa Danappa Kesarappanavar v. State of Mysore, AIR 1961 SC 785: (1962) 1 SCR 129.(ii) The Minister is a 'public servant'. In accordance with the instructions issued by the Government he was to preside over the meetings of the Advisory Committee. He was doing so as a Minister andin execution and discharge of his duty as such public servant, Dattatraya Narayan Patil v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1975 SC 1685: (1976) 1 SCC 11: (1975) Supp SCR 145.(iii) For the purposes of this Act, 'public servant' me...


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