https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=471381 Contract labour may be treated as direct employees only where the intermediary arrangement is proved to be sham, nominal or a camouflage for direct employment. Responsibility for wages, deployment, discipline and employment regulation resting with a workers' co-operative society supports a genuine contract; the principal employer's operational supervision constitutes secondary control and does not alone establish employment. Temporary casual engagement pending formation of the society does not create an accrued right to continued casual employment or trigger the statutory notice requirement for changing service conditions. Without a prohibition notification, absorption or regularisation is unavailable where the contract is genuine. en-us Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:22:14 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=471381 Contract labour may be treated as direct employees only where the intermediary arrangement is proved to be sham, nominal or a camouflage for direct employment. Responsibility for wages, deployment, discipline and employment regulation resting with a workers' co-operative society supports a genuine contract; the principal employer's operational supervision constitutes secondary control and does not alone establish employment. Temporary casual engagement pending formation of the society does not create an accrued right to continued casual employment or trigger the statutory notice requirement for changing service conditions. Without a prohibition notification, absorption or regularisation is unavailable where the contract is genuine. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=471381