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Health worker, means a person engaged in health care for mothers, infants or pregnant women. [Infant Milk substitutes Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992, (41 of 1992), s. 2(e)]...
Health care system
Health care system, means an institution or organisation engaged, either directly or indirectly, in health care for mothers, infants or pregnant women, and includes a health worker in private practice, a pharmacy, drug store and any association of health workers. [Infant Milk Substitutes Feeding Bottle and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 (41 of 1992), s. 2(d)]...
medicaid
A program controlled by the United States government to provide health care for the needy It is funded by contributions from the salaries of workers and is therefore a form of health insurance...
Health
Health, The state of being sound or whole in body, mind, or soul; freedom from pain or sickness, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Health, See QUARANTINE; ADULTERATION; VACCINATION; and PUBLIC HEALTH.The term health implies more than an absence of sickness. Medical care and health facilities not only protect against sickness but also ensures stable manpower for economic development. Facilities of health and medical care generate devotion and dedication to give the workers' best, physically as well as mentally, in productivity. It enables the worker to enjoy the fruit of his labour, to keep him physically fit and mentally alert for leading a successful, economic, social and cultural life. The medical facilities are, therefore, part of social security and like gilt-edged security, it would yield immediate return in the increased production or at any rate reduce absenteeism on grounds of sickness, etc. Health is thus a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely ...
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...
Dock worker
Dock worker, means a person employed or to be employed directly or by or through any agency (including a contractor) with or without know-ledge of the principal employer, whether for remuneration or not, on dock work. [Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 (54 of 1986), s. 2 (e)]It means a person employed or to be employed in, or in the vicinity of, any port on work in connection with the loading, unloading, movement or storage of cargoes, or work in connection with the preparation of ships or other vessels for the receipt or discharge of cargoes or leaving port. [Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948, s. 2 (b)]...
Cargo
Cargo [fr. Cargo, Sp., the load of a ship; charge, Fr.], the lading of a ship, the merchandise or wares contained and conveyed in a ship.Includes anything carried or to be carried in a ship or other vessel. [Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948 (9 of 1948), s. 2 (aa) includes anything carried or to be carried in a ship or other vessel. Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 (54 of 1986), s. 2 (b)]Cargo is expressly defined therein to mean property other than baggage. There is, therefore, no way by which 'cargo' can be read to include baggage, International Airport Authority of India v. Ashok Dhawan, (1997) 11 SCC 343 (344). [International Airports Authority (Storage and Processing of Goods) Regulations, 1980, Regn. 2(b) and (g)]Cargo, includes mail, Halsbury's Laws of England Vol. 2, para 1092, p. 525 [Civil Aviation Act, 1982, s. 105(1) (UK)]....
Principal employer
Principal employer, in relation to a dock worker employed or to be employed by or through any agency (including a contractor), means the person in connection with whose work he is employed or is to be employed by such agency. [Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 (54 of 1986) s. 2(g)]...
national interest waiver
national interest waiver This is for physicians and doctors who work in an area without adequate health care workers or who work in Veterans Affairs' facilities. These physicians and doctors can file immigrant visa petitions for themselves without first applying for a labor certification. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
Appropriate government
Appropriate government, means in relation to public authority which is established, constituted, owned, controlled or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly--(i) by the Central Government or the Union Territory administration, the Central Government, (ii) by the State Government, the State Government [Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), s. 2(a)]The Appropriate Government means, in relation to fees or stamp relating to documents presented or to be presented before any officer serving under the Central Government, that Government, and in relation to any other fees or stamps, the State Government. [Court-Fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), s. 1A]Means as respects any matter--(i) enumerated in List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution. (ii) relating to any State law enacted under List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution. [Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2 (1) (e)]Means in relation to any major port the Central Government, an...
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