https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=760523 The principal nature of duties, not the post designation, determines whether an employee is a workman under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. On the recorded facts, the employee's role was mainly supervisory, with no specific material showing manual, technical, clerical, operational, or other qualifying work, and his wages exceeded the applicable statutory ceiling; he was therefore outside section 2(s). As he was not a workman, the Act's retrenchment and reinstatement protections were unavailable, and the termination made on one month's notice pay could not be impeached on that basis. The award directing reinstatement with back wages was unsustainable. en-us Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 18:49:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=760523 The principal nature of duties, not the post designation, determines whether an employee is a workman under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. On the recorded facts, the employee's role was mainly supervisory, with no specific material showing manual, technical, clerical, operational, or other qualifying work, and his wages exceeded the applicable statutory ceiling; he was therefore outside section 2(s). As he was not a workman, the Act's retrenchment and reinstatement protections were unavailable, and the termination made on one month's notice pay could not be impeached on that basis. The award directing reinstatement with back wages was unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=760523