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general contractor
general contractor : a person or business entity that contracts to be in charge of a building project usually involving the use of subcontractors called also original contractor prime prime contractor ...
prime
prime 1 : prime rate 2 : general contractor vt primed prim·ing : to have priority over [a perfected security interest s an unperfected one] ...
Contractor
Contractor, means a person who undertakes to produce a given result for any establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture, by the employment of building workers or who supplies building workers for any work of the establishment; and includes a sub-contractor. [Buildings and other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service Act, (27 of 1996), s. 2(g)]In relation to an establishment, mans a person who undertakes to produce a given result for the establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture to such establishment, through contract labour or who supplies contract labour for any work of the establishment and includes a sub-contractor. [The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (37 of 1970), s. 2 (1) (c)]In relation to an establishment, means a person who undertakes (whether as an independent contractor, agent, employee or otherwise) to produce a given result for the establishment, other t...
prime minister
prime minister 1 : the chief minister of a ruler or state 2 : the official head of a cabinet or ministry ;esp : the chief executive of a parliamentary government prime min·is·te·ri·al [-mi-nə-stir-ē-əl] adj prime min·is·ter·ship n prime min·is·try [-mi-nə-strē] n ...
prime rate
prime rate : an interest rate formally announced by a bank to be the lowest available at a particular time to its most creditworthy customers called also prime prime interest rate ...
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)]...
Employer and contractor
Employer and contractor, the employer is one who employs, i.e., one who engages the services of other persons. The employee is one who works for another for hire. The employment is the contract of service between the employer and the employee where under the employee agrees to serve the employer subject to his control and supervision. 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 to 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 (391). [Industrial Disputes Act, (14 of 1947), s. 2(s)]...
Independent contractor
Independent contractor, An independent contractor is one who undertakes to produce a given result but so that in the actual execution of the work he is not under the order or control of the person for whom he does it, and may use his own discretion in things not specified beforehand, Shivandan v. Punjab National Bank, AIR 1955 SC 404 (409): (1955) 1 SCR 1427.Means one who is hired to undertake a specific project but who is left free method for accomplishing it. Unlike an employee, an independent contractor who commits a wrong while carrying out the work does not create liability for the one who did the hiring, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 774....
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)]...
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