The term worker has been used under the Factories Act while workman is the term used in Industrial Disputes Act.This is the difference.
From India, Mumbai
14From India, Mumbai
Under the ID Act which governs the relationship between the master and the servant and the conditions of employment, all employed are referred to as workmen.
Whereas, the definition of a worker is technically defined from Act to Act which are applicable to a particular enterprise / company / organization. These definitions are specific and vary from one statute to the other. As an exercise benefittng you and all on this platform , a comparitive examination in a tabular form will be a great contribution!!!
regards,
M.A.Ganju
From United Arab Emirates, Sharjah
Whereas, the definition of a worker is technically defined from Act to Act which are applicable to a particular enterprise / company / organization. These definitions are specific and vary from one statute to the other. As an exercise benefittng you and all on this platform , a comparitive examination in a tabular form will be a great contribution!!!
regards,
M.A.Ganju
From United Arab Emirates, Sharjah
Factories act defines a worker.
If you go through the definition you will find that anyone who is found to be working in the premises of the company is a worker. Accordingly a management staff (As any company calls to differentiate it from so called persons working as labour class) is also a worker.
Workmen is defined under ID Act:
It says that anyone who is having a supervisory capacity is not a workmen. This is to give special power/right to the so called labour class.
Therefore the differentiator between worker and workmen is "Supervisory Capacity". If you have "Supervisory Capacity" you are a woker but not a workmen.
I hope it clears your doubt.
Regards,
Nilendra
If you go through the definition you will find that anyone who is found to be working in the premises of the company is a worker. Accordingly a management staff (As any company calls to differentiate it from so called persons working as labour class) is also a worker.
Workmen is defined under ID Act:
It says that anyone who is having a supervisory capacity is not a workmen. This is to give special power/right to the so called labour class.
Therefore the differentiator between worker and workmen is "Supervisory Capacity". If you have "Supervisory Capacity" you are a woker but not a workmen.
I hope it clears your doubt.
Regards,
Nilendra
Hi All It is one and the same
The words are interchangeable.
According to Oxford Dictionary workman means"man hired to do manual work"
worker means" manual or industrial employee
So the definition between these two words are not different. They are interchangeable.
Regards
Michael Nicholas
From India, Madras
The words are interchangeable.
According to Oxford Dictionary workman means"man hired to do manual work"
worker means" manual or industrial employee
So the definition between these two words are not different. They are interchangeable.
Regards
Michael Nicholas
From India, Madras
Dear Mike, Pl refer to both the definition in respective Acts i.e. For worker factories act and for workmen ID Act. I hope you will get the difference Regards, Nilendra
Workman
According to Industrial Dispute Act, 1947
"Workman" means any person (including an apprentice) employed in any industry to do any manual, unskilled, skilled, technical, operational, clerical or supervisory work for hire or reward, whether the terms of employment be express or implied, and for the purposes of any proceeding under this Act in relation to an industrial dispute, includes any such person who has been dismissed, discharged or retrenched in connection with, or as a consequence of, that dispute, or whose dismissal, discharge or retrenchment has led to that dispute, but does not include any such person---
(i) who is subject to the Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), or the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950), or the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957); or
(ii) who is employed in the police service or as an officer or other employee of a prison; or
(iii) who is employed mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity; or
(iv) who, being employed in a supervisory capacity, draws wages exceeding one thousand six hundred rupees per mensem or exercises, either by the nature of the duties attached to the office or by reason of the powers vested in him, functions mainly of a managerial nature.
WORKER:
According to the Apprentices Act, 1961
Section 2 (r)......
"worker" means any person who is employed for wages in any kind of work and who gets his wages directly from the employer but shall not include an apprentice referred to in clause(aa).
From India, Bangalore
According to Industrial Dispute Act, 1947
"Workman" means any person (including an apprentice) employed in any industry to do any manual, unskilled, skilled, technical, operational, clerical or supervisory work for hire or reward, whether the terms of employment be express or implied, and for the purposes of any proceeding under this Act in relation to an industrial dispute, includes any such person who has been dismissed, discharged or retrenched in connection with, or as a consequence of, that dispute, or whose dismissal, discharge or retrenchment has led to that dispute, but does not include any such person---
(i) who is subject to the Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), or the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950), or the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957); or
(ii) who is employed in the police service or as an officer or other employee of a prison; or
(iii) who is employed mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity; or
(iv) who, being employed in a supervisory capacity, draws wages exceeding one thousand six hundred rupees per mensem or exercises, either by the nature of the duties attached to the office or by reason of the powers vested in him, functions mainly of a managerial nature.
WORKER:
According to the Apprentices Act, 1961
Section 2 (r)......
"worker" means any person who is employed for wages in any kind of work and who gets his wages directly from the employer but shall not include an apprentice referred to in clause(aa).
From India, Bangalore
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