Question

    Who is considered a "worker" under the Code on Wages?

    A A person employed as a consultant for a fixed term Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B An apprentice as defined under the Apprentices Act, 1961 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Any person employed in an industry to perform manual, skilled, technical, operational, clerical, or supervisory work for hire or reward, including working journalists and sales promotion employees Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D A person employed only in managerial positions Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E A person working in a non-industrial setting, such as a teaching institution. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Section 2 Definitions: (z) "worker" means any person (except an apprentice as defined under clause (aa) of section 2 of the Apprentices Act, 1961) employed in any industry to do any manual, unskilled, skilled, technical, operational, clerical or supervisory work for hire or reward, whether the terms of employment be express or implied, and includes— (i) working journalists as defined in clause (f) of section 2 of the Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955; and (ii) sales promotion employees as defined in clause (d) of section 2 of the Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976, and for the purposes of any proceeding under this Code in relation to an industrial dispute, includes any such person who has been dismissed, discharged or retrenched or otherwise terminated in connection with, or as a consequence of, that dispute, or whose dismissal, discharge or retrenchment has led to that dispute.

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