Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "employment" includes employment of any nature whether paid or unpaid ; (b) "Government" means the Government of the State of Haryana ; (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (d) "strike" means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any employment or class of employment to which this Act applies, acting in combination, or a concerted refusal, or a refusal under a common understanding, of any number of persons, who are or have been so employed to continue to work or to accept employment, and includes- (i) mass casual leave in pursuance of a common understanding among the persons who avail themselves of such leave, or under the direction of any other person or persons ; (ii) refusal to work overtime where such work is necessary for the maintenance of work in any employment to which this Act applies ; or (iii) any other conduct which is likely to result in, or results in, cessation or substantial retardation of work in any employment to which this Act applies.