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Permanent workman, to be a permanent workman within the definition it is not necessary that the workman should be engaged throughout the year. What is necessary is that the work on which he is engaged is of a permanent nature and lasts throughout the year, Jaswant Sugar Mills v. Badri Prasad, AIR 1967 SC 513 (514). [Industrial Employment Standing (Orders) Act, 1946, s. 2(1)]...
Accident to workman
Accident to workman, compensation for. (English) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, provides s. 1, sub-s. (1), that if in any employment personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment is caused to a workman, his employer shall be liable to pay compensation.Sub-s. (2), that an accident resulting in death or serious and permanent disablement of a workman shall be deemed to arise out of and in the course of his employment, even if at the time of the accident he was acting in contravention of statutory regulations or of the orders of his employer, if such act was done by him for the purposes of and in connection with his employer's trade or business, see Guest v. Gaston & Co., 1927 (1) KB 1.The word 'accident' must be given its ordinary and popular sense; it has been defined as 'an unlooked for mishap or an untoward event, which is not expected or designed', Fenton v. Thorley & Co., 1903 AC 443. Thus compensation has been recovered in respect of death cau...
Workman
Workman, does not include an apprentice/trainee appointed under the Apprentices Act, 1961, Dhampur Sugar Mills v. Bhola Singh, (2005) 2 SCC 470. [Uttar Pradesh Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (28 of 1947), s. 2(z)]Here includes an employee employed as supervisor. There are only two circumstances in which such a person ceases to be a workman. Such a person is not a workman if he draws wages in excess of Rs. 500 per month or if he performs managerial functions by reason of a power vested in him or by the nature of duties attached to his office, All India Reserve Bank Employees' Association v. Reserve Bank of India, AIR 1966 SC 305: (1966) 1 SCR 25.The term 'workman' as used in s. 33C(2) includes all persons whose claim, requiring computation under this sub-s., is in respect of an existing right arising from his relationship as an industrial workman with his employer, National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd. v. Pritam Singh Gill, AIR 1972 SC 1579: (1972) 2 SCC 1: (1973) 1 SCR 40.Car...
Badli workman
Badli workman, thus a badli workman only means a person who is employed as a casual workman who is working in place of another, Radha Raman Samanta v. Bank of India, (2004) 1 SCC 605 (610). [Industrial Disputes Act 1947, s. 25C, Expln.]...
Workman/industry/teacher
Workman/industry/teacher, imparting of education which is the main function of teachers cannot be considered as skilled or unskilled manual work or supervisory work or technical work or clerical work. Imparting of education is in the nature and a mission or a noble vocation. Therefore, the teacher of the school was not a 'workman' though the school was an industry, in view of the definition of workman as it now stands, A. Sundarambal v. Govt. of Goa, Daman & Diu, AIR 1988 SC 1700: (1988) 4 SCC 42: (1988) Supp 1 SCR 604...
Contractor and workman
Contractor and workman, a 'contractor' is a person who, in the pursuit of an independent business, undertakes to do specific jobs of work for other persons, without submitting himself to their control in respect to the details of the work'. There is a clear-cut distinction between a contractor and a workman. The identifying mark of the latter is that he should be under the control and supervision of the employer in respect of the details of the work, Chintaman Rao v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1958 SC 388 (392). [Factories Act, 1948, s. 2(e)]...
Inter-State migrant workman
Inter-State migrant workman, 'inter-State migrant workman' means any person who is recruited by or through a contractor in one State under an agreement or other arrangement for employment in an establishment in another State, whether with or without the knowledge of the principal employer in relation to such establishment. [Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employ-ment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 (30 of 1979), s. 2(1) (e)]Means any person who is recruited by or through a contractor in one State under an agreement or other arrangement for employment in an establishment in another State, whether with or without the knowledge of the principal employer in relation to such establishment. [Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979, s. 2 (1) (e)...
Workman, Independent contractor
Workman, Independent contractor, a 'contractor' is a person who, in the pursuit of an independent business, undertakes to do specific jobs of work for other persons, without submitting himself to their control in respect to the details of the work. There is, therefore, a clear-cut distinction between a contractor and a workman. The identifying mark of the latter is that he should be under the control and supervision of the employer in respect of the details of the work, Chintaman Rao v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1958 SC 388 (392). [Factories Act (63 of 1948), s. 2 (I)]...
Workman-agarias
Workman-agarias, a person could be a 'workman' even though he did piece-work and was paid not per day but by the job or employed his own labour and paid for it. Agarias were workmen within the meaning of the Act, Dharangadhra Chemical Works Ltd. v. State of Saurashtra, AIR 1957 SC 264: (1957) SCR 152....
lawful permanent resident (lpr)
lawful permanent resident (lpr) A person who has immigrated legally but is not an American citizen. This person has been admitted to the U.S. as an immigrant and has a Permanent Resident Card, Form I-551 also known as green card. It is a wallet-sized card showing that the person is a lawful permanent resident (immigrant) in the United States. This person is also called a legal permanent resident, a green card holder, a permanent resident alien, a legal permanent resident alien (LPRA) and resident alien permit holder. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
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