Definitions

§2

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2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context (a) apprentice means a person employed in an industrial establishment for purpose of training therein whether on hire, wages or otherwise ;(b) day means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight ; (c) employee means any person (including an apprentice) employed in any industrial establishment to do any skilled or unskilled, manual, supervisory, technical or clerical work for hire or reward whether the terms of employment be express or implied, but does not include any such person : (i) who is employed mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity ; or(ii) whose duties are primarily of a travelling nature ;(d) employer when used in relation to an industrial establishment means a person, by whatever name he may be called,who has the immediate control over the affairs of the industrial establishment and shall include (i) where an industrial establishment is owned, operated or managed by a department of the State Government, the authority specified in that behalf, and where no such authority is specified, the lead of such department ; and (ii) where an industrial establishment is owned, operated or managed by or on behalf of a local authority, the chief executive authority of such establishment ;(e) State Government means the Government of Uttar Pradesh; (f) industrial establishment means (i) a factory as defined in clause (m) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948, or any place which is deemed to be a factory under subsection (2) of section 85 of that Act ; and (ii) such other class of establishments as the State Government may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be an industrial establishment for the purposes of this Act ;(g) Inspector means a person appointed as an Inspector under sub-section (1) of section 4 ;(h) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) “national holiday” means the twenty-sixth days of January the fifteenth day of August and the second day of October every year ;(j) “wages” means all remuneration capable of being expressed in terms of money, which would if the terms of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled, be payable to an employee in respect of his employment, or of work done in such employment, and includes ; (i) such allowances, including dearness allowance, as the employee is, for the time being, entitled to ;(ii) the value of any house accommodation or of supply of light, water, medical attendance or other amenity or of any service or of any concessional supply of food grains or other articles ; and(iii) any travelling concession ; but does not include — (a) any bonus ; (b) any contribution paid or payable by the employer to any pension fund or provident fund or for the benefit of the employee under any law for the time being in force ; (c) any gratuity payable on the termination of his service.

2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context (a) apprentice means a person employed in an industrial establishment for purpose of training therein whether on hire, wages or otherwise ; (b) day means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight ; (c) employee means any person (including an apprentice) employed in any industrial establishment to do any skilled or unskilled, manual, supervisory, technical or clerical work for hire or reward whether the terms of employment be express or implied, but does not include any such person : (i) who is employed mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity ; or (ii) whose duties are primarily of a travelling nature ; (d) employer when used in relation to an industrial establishment means a person, by whatever name he may be called, who has the immediate control over the affairs of the industrial establishment and shall include (i) where an industrial establishment is owned, operated or managed by a department of the State Government, the authority specified in that behalf, and where no such authority is specified, the lead of such department ; and (ii) where an industrial establishment is owned, operated or managed by or on behalf of a local authority, the chief executive authority of such establishment ; (e) State Government means the Government of Uttar Pradesh; (f) industrial establishment means (i) a factory as defined in clause (m) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948, or any place which is deemed to be a factory under subsection (2) of section 85 of that Act ; and (ii) such other class of establishments as the State Government may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be an industrial establishment for the purposes of this Act ; (g) Inspector means a person appointed as an Inspector under sub-section (1) of section 4 ; (h) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) “national holiday” means the twenty-sixth days of January the fifteenth day of August and the second day of October every year ; (j) “wages” means all remuneration capable of being expressed in terms of money, which would if the terms of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled, be payable to an employee in respect of his employment, or of work done in such employment, and includes ; (i) such allowances, including dearness allowance, as the employee is, for the time being, entitled to ; (ii) the value of any house accommodation or of supply of light, water, medical attendance or other amenity or of any service or of any concessional supply of food grains or other articles ; and (iii) any travelling concession ; but does not include — (a) any bonus ; (b) any contribution paid or payable by the employer to any pension fund or provident fund or for the benefit of the employee under any law for the time being in force ; (c) any gratuity payable on the termination of his service.

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