The Apprentices Act
18Apprentices are trainees and not workers
Save as otherwise provided in this Act,--
(a) every apprentice undergoing apprenticeship training in a designated trade in an establishment shall be a trainee and not a worker; and
(b) the provisions of any law with respect to labour shall not apply to or in relation to such apprentice
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APPRENTICES AND THEIR TRAINING
- 3 Qualifications for being engaged as an apprentice
- 3A Reservation of training places for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in designated trades
- 3B Reservation of training places for Other Backward Classes in designated trades
- 4 Contract of apprenticeship
- 5 Novation of contract of apprenticeship
- 5A Regulation of optional trade
- 5B Engagement of apprentices from other States
- 6 Period of apprenticeship training
- 7 Termination of apprenticeship contract
- 8 Number of apprentices for a designated trade
- 9 Practical and basic training of apprentices
- 10 Related instruction of apprentices
- 11 Obligations of employers
- 12 Obligations of apprentices
- 13 Payment to apprentices
- 14 Health, safety and welfare of apprentices
- 15 Hours of work, overtime, leave and holidays
- 16 Employer‟s liability for compensation for injury
- 17 Conduct and discipline
- 18 Apprentices are trainees and not workers
- 19 Records and returns
- 20 Settlement of disputes
- 21 Holding of test and grant of certificate and conclusion of training
- 22 Offer and acceptance of employment