https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=471383 Statutory canteen workers engaged through a contractor fall within the Factories Act definition of "worker" for that Act's purposes, but this status alone does not create an employer-employee relationship with the establishment. Absorption or regularisation depends on the actual employment arrangement, including control over appointment, wages, statutory contributions, records and discipline. Where the contractor retains these responsibilities, workers need not be continued when contractors change, and the establishment neither reimburses wages nor exercises appointment or disciplinary powers, the contractor is not merely the establishment's agent. The workers therefore have no entitlement to absorption or regularisation as regular employees of the establishment. en-us Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:44:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=471383 Statutory canteen workers engaged through a contractor fall within the Factories Act definition of "worker" for that Act's purposes, but this status alone does not create an employer-employee relationship with the establishment. Absorption or regularisation depends on the actual employment arrangement, including control over appointment, wages, statutory contributions, records and discipline. Where the contractor retains these responsibilities, workers need not be continued when contractors change, and the establishment neither reimburses wages nor exercises appointment or disciplinary powers, the contractor is not merely the establishment's agent. The workers therefore have no entitlement to absorption or regularisation as regular employees of the establishment. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=471383