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principal applicant

visas from her position. They will get derivative status. Or a company may file a petition for a worker. The worker is the principal applicant. Family members get derivative status. Source: Department of State. March 2007.

unemployment compensation

unemployment compensation : compensation paid at regular intervals (as by a state agency) to an unemployed worker and esp. one who has been laid off called also unemployment benefit NOTE: Unemployment compensation is usually a

Fair wages

the bare minimum or subsistence wage which would be sufficient to cover the bare physical needs of the worker and his family, a wage which would provide also for the provide also for the preserva-tion of the

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Operator

means a person employed directly or by or through any agency (including a contractor, whether as a regular worker or as a casual worker, with or without the knowledge of the principal employer, whether for remuneration or

odd-lot

odd-lot : of, relating to, or being the type of worker considered under the odd-lot doctrine [an worker without stable employment]

Motor transport undertaking

passengers or goods or both by road for hire or reward, and includes a private carrier. [Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (27 of 1961), s. 2 (g)]

Health

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

Manufacturing process

view to its use, sale, transport, delivery or disposal as beedi or cigar or both. [Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966), s. 2 (k)] The process of converting sea water into

Lock out

in the case of a lock-out, the industry as such is not closed down even temporarily; only particular workers re refused work. Closing down a business even temporarilyis distinct and different from a lock-out, Indian Metal and

Litigative puppetry

else, who is the real beneficiary of the litigation controls matters from the background. In the instant case workers of coal mines were the writ petititoners, but the court believed that they were actually being used a

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