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Bonded labour

Bonded labour, 'bonded labour' means any labour or service rendered under the bonded labour system. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, (19 of 1976), s. 2, Exp., Cl. (e)]...

labor organization : an organization, agency, committee, group, or plan in which employees take part that deals with employers about such matters as wages and grievances ;esp : labor union NOTE: Designation by the court as a labor organization subject to applicable statutes can confer a variety of liabilities and protections, esp. in regard to antitrust issues, unfair labor and management practices, and right-to-work laws. ...

Labour Bureau

Labour Bureau, defined in the Labour Bureau (London) Act,1902 (2 Edw. 7, c. 13), as 'an office or place used for the purpose of supplying information, either by the keeping of registers or otherwise, respecting employers who desire to engage workpeople and workmen who seek engagement of employment.' The Act empowers the council of any metropolitan borough to establish and maintain such a bureau out of the general rate. [Labour Bureau (London) Act, 1902...

Contract labour

Contract labour, a workman shall be deemed to be employed as 'contract labour' in or in connection with the work of an establishment when he is hired in or in connection with such work by or through a contractor, with or without the knowledge of the principal employer. [Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (37 of 1970), s. 2 (1) (b)]Means any person engaged or employed in any premises by or through a contractor, with or without the knowledge of the employer, in any manufacturing process. [The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966), s. 2 (e)]...

labor certification

labor certification The initial stage of the process by which certain foreign workers get permission to work in the United States. The employer is responsible for getting the labor certification from the Department of Labor. In general the process works to make sure that the work of foreign workers in the U.S. will not adversely affect job opportunities, wages and working conditions of U.S. workers. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...

department of labor

department of labor A cabinet level unit/ministry of United States Government that has responsibility for labor issues. It has responsibility for deciding whether certain foreign workers can work in the United States. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...

Labour, Hard

Labour, Hard. See HARD LABOUR....

hard labor

hard labor : compulsory labor imposed upon prisoners as part of a sentence or as prison discipline ...

Labour and skill

Labour and skill, the dictionary meaning of 'skill', inter alia, is: 'the familiar knowledge of any science, art, or handicraft, as shown by dexterity in execution or performance; technical ability' and the meaning of 'labour' inter alia, is: 'physical or mental exertion, particularly for some useful or desired end, Chandrakant Manilal Shah v. CIT, AIR 1992 SC 66 (75): (1992) 1 SCC 76....

Labourers, Statute of

Labourers, Statute of (English), 31 Edw. 3, c. 7 (repealed as long obsolete by Statute Law Revision Act, 1863), whereby justices of the peace had power to regulate the rate of wages, which had risen to an abnormal height owing to the scarcity of labour arising out of the 'Black Death.'...

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