Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires. – (a) “Administrator” means Administrator of the Union territory of Puducherry appointed by the President of India under Article 239 of the Constitution; (b) “Day” means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight; (c) “Employee” means (i) any person (including an apprentice) employed in any industrial establishment to do any skilled or unskilled, manual, supervisory, technical or clerical work for hire or reward, whether the terms of employment be expressed or implied; (ii) any other person employed in any industrial establishment whom the administrator may, by notification, declare to be an employee for the purpose of this Act; (d) “Employer” when used in relation to an industrial establishment means a person who has the ultimate control over the affairs of the industrial establishment, and where the affairs of any industrial establishment are entrusted to any other person (whether called a managing agent, manager, superintendent or by any other name), such other person; (e) “industrial establishment” means (i) a shop, commercial establishment, restaurant, eating house, residential hotel, theatre or any place of public amusements or entertainment and includes such establishment as the Administrator may, by notification, declare to be an establishment for the purposes of this Act; (ii) any factory as defined in clause (m) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act 63 of 1948) or any place which is deemed to be a factory under sub-section (2) of section 85 of that Act. (iii) any other establishment which the Administrator may, by notification, declare to be an industrial establishment for the purposes of this Act; (f) “Inspector” means an inspector appointed under sub-section (1) of section 6; (g) “Wages” means all remuneration capable of being expressed in terms of money, which would, if the terms of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled, be payable to an employee in respect of his employment or of the work done by him in such employment, and includes. -- (i) such allowances (including dearness allowance) as the employee is for the time being entitled to; (ii) the value of any house accommodation; or of supply of light, water, medical attendance or other amenity or of any service or of any concessional supply of food grains or other articles; but does not include -- (a) any bonus; (b) any contribution paid or payable by the employer to any pension fund or provident fund, or for the benefit of the employee under any law for the time being in force; (c) any gratuity payable on the termination of his service; (d) any sum paid to the employee to defray special expenses entailed on him by the nature of his employment; (e) any travelling concession.