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Labourer, according to the dictionary meaning, this indicates a person who is engaged in the performance of unskilled labour, generally speaking. A person who is called upon to do some work which requires some amount of skill, however little that may be, is not to be regarded as a labourer, G. Venkatachalam Pillai v. Labour and Co. (Pte.) Ltd., AIR 1961 Mad 358 (359). [Limitation Act, 1908, Art. 7]Means servants in husbandry or manufactures, not living intra m'nia. Various repealed Acts of (English) Parliament (see, e.g., 5 Eliz. c. 4) have vested in the justices of the peace the power of com-pelling persons not having any visible livelihood to go out to service in husbandry, or in certain specific trades, for the promotion of honest industry. A 'labourer' is a man who digs and does other work of that kind with his hands (per Brett, M.R., Morgan v. London General Omnibus Co., (1884) 53 LJQB 352); but a farmer is not a labourer within the Sunday Observance Act, 1677 (29 Car. 2, c. 7) [R...
Bonded labourer
Bonded labourer, means a labourer who incurs, or has, or is presumed to have, incurred a bonded debt. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976), s. 2 (f)]...
unfair labor practice
unfair labor practice : any of various acts by an employer or labor organization that violate a right or protection under applicable labor laws NOTE: The unfair labor practices that are specified in the National Labor Relations Act are the following: 1) the interference, restraint, or coercion of employees in the exercise of their rights by an employer; 2) domination of a labor organization by an employer; 3) encouragement or discouragement of union membership by discrimination in hiring or conditions of employment by an employer; 4) discrimination against an employee for filing charges of or testifying regarding an unfair labor practice by an employer; 5) refusal of an employer to bargain with the collective bargaining agent; 6) restraint or coercion of employers or employees by a labor organization; 7) coercion of an employer by a labor organization to discriminate against an employee; 8) refusal of a labor organization to bargain collectively with an employer; 9) engaging in ill...
Forced labour
Forced labour, where a person provides labour or service to another for remuneration which is less than the minimum wage, the labour or service provided by him clearly falls within the meaning of the words 'forced labour' and attracts the condemnation of Article 23, Sanjit Roy v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1983 SC 328 (332). (Constitution of India, Article 23)It may be physical force which may compel a person to provide labour or service to another or it may be force exerted through a legal provision such as a provision for imprisonment or fine in case the employee fails to provide labour or service or it may even be compulsion arising from hunger and poverty, want and destitution. Any factor which deprives a person of a choice of alternatives and compels him to adopt one particular course of action may properly be regarded as 'force' and if labour or service is compelled as a result of such 'force', it would be 'forced labour'. Where a person provides labour or service to another for rem...
Bonded labour system
Bonded labour system, means the system of forced, or partly forced, labour under which a debtor enters, or has, or is presumed to have, entered, into an agreement with the creditor to the effect than,-(i) in consideration of an advance obtained by him or by any of his lineal ascendants or descendants (whether or not such advance is evidenced by any document) and in consideration of the interest, if any, due on such advance, or(ii) in pursuance of any customary or social obligation, or(iii) in pursuance of an obligation devolving on him by succession, or(iv) for any economic consideration received by him or by any of his lineal ascendants or descendants, or(v) by reason of his birth in any particular caste or community,- he would-(1) render, by himself for through any member of his family, or any person dependent on him, labour or service to the creditor, or for the benefit of the creditor, for a specified period or for an unspecified period, either without wages or for nominal wages, o...
labor union
labor union : a labor organization usually consisting of workers of the same trade that is formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests (as through collective bargaining) in respect to wages, benefits, and working conditions see also craft union, bargaining unit NOTE: Labor unions and employers are subject to the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Wagner Act), as amended by the Labor Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act and the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure (Landrum-Griffin) Act. The NLRA authorized the establishment of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency which administers the provisions of the Act. ...
Labourers' dwellings
Labourers' dwellings. Prior to 1890 the following five sets of enactments provided for the erection and maintenance of healthy 'labourers' dwellings,' the first three of the five being materially amended by the (English) Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 72):(1) The (English) Labouring Classes Lodging Houses and Dwelling Houses Acts, 1851, 1866, and 1867. These Acts might be 'adopted' by the town council of a borough and other local authorities. Upon the adoption of the Acts, corporate land might be appropriated and lodging-houses erected thereon, or money might be borrowed by the local authorities for erecting such houses on other land.The (English) Act of 1885 amended the procedure for adopting these Acts, allowed land to be bought for the purpose of the Acts, and allowed separate houses to be erected under the process of the Acts.The (English) Act of 1885 took away from an owner, required to demolish such dwellings, the power which he had under these Acts of...
Labour Exchange
Labour Exchange, referred to by the (English) Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935 (25 Geo. 5, c. 8), s. 113, 1 (K), as 'EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE.' The (English) Labour Exchanges Act, 1909 (9 Edw. 7, c. 7), gives the (English) Board of Trade (now Ministry of Labour) power to establish and maintain labour exchanges, and s. 5 defines 'labour exchange' as meaning 'any office or place used for the purpose of collecting and furnishing information, either by the keeping of registers or otherwise, respecting employers who desire to engage workpeople and workpeople who seek engagement or employment.' (The Labour Exchanges Act, 1909...
Labor saving
Saving labor adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor as labor saving machinery labor saving appliances4 labor saving devices like washing machines...
Hard labour
Hard labour, a punishment said to have been intro-duced by 5 Anne, c. 6. By the (English) Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, s. 16(1), 'where a person convicted by or before any Court of an offence is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine, the imprisonment may, in the discretion of the court, be either with or without hard labour, notwithstanding that the offence is an offence at common law, or that the statute under which the sentence is passed does not authorize the imposition of hard labour or requires the imposi-tion of hard labour.' Imprisonment for default in payment of a fine is always without hard labour....
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