https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276020 Employer supervision and control, assessed in light of the nature of the work, determine whether factory personnel are "workers" under Section 2(1) of the Factories Act, 1948. Where workers must attend the factory, remain within factory hours, cannot substitute others, are subject to attendance recording and removal for absence, and their output may be rejected for non-compliance, they are not independent contractors but workers. Statutory leave under Section 79 accrues once the prescribed qualifying working days are met; piece-rate payment, freedom to remain absent, or longer absence does not forfeit leave already earned, though it may affect wages for time not worked. en-us Fri, 09 Dec 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:43:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276020 Employer supervision and control, assessed in light of the nature of the work, determine whether factory personnel are "workers" under Section 2(1) of the Factories Act, 1948. Where workers must attend the factory, remain within factory hours, cannot substitute others, are subject to attendance recording and removal for absence, and their output may be rejected for non-compliance, they are not independent contractors but workers. Statutory leave under Section 79 accrues once the prescribed qualifying working days are met; piece-rate payment, freedom to remain absent, or longer absence does not forfeit leave already earned, though it may affect wages for time not worked. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 09 Dec 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276020