https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188501 Employees performing timekeeping, payroll, attendance, leave and related clerical duties in a factory fall within the definition of "worker" under the Factories Act, 1948 when those functions are incidental to or connected with the manufacturing process. The definition of "worker" and the concept of "manufacturing process" are broad, and the Act must receive liberal construction as welfare legislation to advance its object without straining the language. The omission of the word "whatsoever" from the earlier enactment did not materially narrow the statutory scope. On the factual findings, the employees' duties were sufficiently connected with the workshop's running, so the appeal failed. en-us Thu, 09 Oct 1969 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 03 Dec 2016 11:48:14 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188501 Employees performing timekeeping, payroll, attendance, leave and related clerical duties in a factory fall within the definition of "worker" under the Factories Act, 1948 when those functions are incidental to or connected with the manufacturing process. The definition of "worker" and the concept of "manufacturing process" are broad, and the Act must receive liberal construction as welfare legislation to advance its object without straining the language. The omission of the word "whatsoever" from the earlier enactment did not materially narrow the statutory scope. On the factual findings, the employees' duties were sufficiently connected with the workshop's running, so the appeal failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 09 Oct 1969 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188501