2023 · Q27
An ‘out-worker’ is expressly excluded from the definition of ‘workman’ under which one of the following Acts?
Industrial Relations and Labour LawsTrade Unions Act, 1926
- AThe Factories Act, 1948
- BThe Plantations Labour Act, 1951
- CThe Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
- DThe Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979
Explanation
Section 2(1)(i) of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 defines 'workman' but expressly excludes 'an out-worker' from that definition. The Factories Act, 1948, the Plantations Labour Act, 1951 and the Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979 do not carry this express exclusion. Hence (c) is correct.