Retirement:
Retirement means
stopping of work after attaining a particular age limit. But voluntary
retirement of a worker in any establishment on completion of nearly 25 years
service shall be deemed to be “Retirement”.
Working Hour:
The time when workers
remain under the control of his employer for their work excepting time for
eating and resting is the working hour for workers.
Workshop:
Workshop means such
premises or yard where industrial process is carried on.
Factory:
Any location or work
area where generally five or more workers remain engaged in work on any day of
the year is known as the “factory”.
Gratuity:
Gratuity means 30 days
wages of a worker at the rate of last drawn wages for a full year or more than
six months service which he gets on conclusion of service.
Retrenchment:
Retrenchment is the
termination of workers by the employer on the ground of needlessness caused by
redundancy.
Discharge:
Discharge means
termination of the service of worker by the employer on account of physical or
mental disability.
Day:
It is a period of
twenty four hours beginning from six o’ clock in the morning.
Shift:
Same kind of work is
carried out by two or more sets of workers; working during the different
periods of day is the “shift”.
Dismissal:
Termination of services
of any worker for his or her misconduct by the employer is referred as
“dismissal”.
Week:
A period of seven days
which commences from six o’ clock in the morning of any Sunday or from any
other day determined by the government for any area.
