EPF Act Section 2(f): Who Qualifies as an Employee?

2023 0 Supreme(Del) 455

Pertinently, the widely worded definition of “employee” in the Act is a conscious legislative measure to confront a situation like the one that arises before us. ... The competent authority under the EPF Act declared the appellant’s establishment to be an employer under the Act and held it to be governed by the provisions of the Act. ... The Employees’ Provide....

2024 0 Supreme(Ker) 1077

In the aforesaid case, the Supreme Court, after considering the definition of employee under the provisions of Section 2(f) of the EPF Act, 1952 and Section 12A of the IESO Act as well as the provisions of the Apprenticeship Act, held that even when the Standing orders were not certified at the relevant ... In other words, an apprentice engaged under the Apprentices Act....

2024 0 Supreme(Ker) 396

In the impugned judgment it has been held that the said dictum is not applicable to the facts of the present case as the same was rendered in the context of definition of 'employee' and 'wages' as contemplated under the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (the EPF Act). ... (Emphasis supplied) Section 2(rr) of the ID Act includes 'commissi....

2022 0 Supreme(Guj) 1149

It is the case of the appellant-Corporation that since the opponent-Firm is contributing towards the provident fund of its employee under the EPF Act, the provisions of the ESIC Act can be made applicable to the opponent-Firm, as it would be covered in the definition of “Commercial Establishment” under ... Provisions Act, 1952 (in short “the EPF Act”).....

2023 0 Supreme(Mad) 15

The statute having defined the term -basic wage- which for the purposes of the Act could not be less than the minimum wage, there was no compulsion to hold that the definition of -basic wage- should be equated to the definition of -minimum wage- under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. ... ORDER : The petitioner company is an establishment covered under Section 1(3)(b) of The Employees Provident Funds and Misce....

2023 0 Supreme(Del) 4022

Aviation Karmachari Sanghatana, (2020) 13 SCC 506, held as under: "6.5 As per Section 2(f) of the EPF Act, the definition of an "employee" is an inclusive definition, and is widely worded to include "any person" engaged either directly or indirectly ... Keeping in view the definition of employee as defined under Section 2(f) of the Act and the judgment....

2025 0 Supreme(AP) 102

Therefore, the employees referred to above would be covered by the definition ‘employee’ as defined under Section 2(f) of the Act and the employer must extend the benefit of EPF Act to those employees also. ... Provisions Act, 1952 (For short, ‘the EPF Act’). ... As rightly held by the learned single Judge, the word ‘employee’ defined....

of the EPF Act-Mandatory nature of the EPF Act The petitioner employer employed the 4th respondent employee as the Project Manager in a project in Kataragama, which the former undertook pursuant to a Contract Agreement with the Government of Sri Lanka. ... Scope of the EPF Act The EPF Act applies to every person over a prescrib....

2022 0 Supreme(Ker) 787

S.2(b) of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 defines 'basic wages' as follows: “2. ... The counsel submitted that the wages defined in The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 is pari materia to the definition of the basic wages in the Act, 1952. ... The Apex Court considered the definition of wages in Section 2(22) of The Employee’s State Insurance #HL_....

2024 0 Supreme(Ker) 1259

mandatorily required to undergo one year training and would not be falling in the definition of permanent employee. ... The Enforcement Officer as required under the Act is competent to inspect the record by visiting the premises of the establishments to ascertain whether the staff is permanent or a trainee, contractual or bonded etc. for, as per the definition of Section 2(f) 'employee' means an #HL_STAR....

2022 0 Supreme(Kar) 404

Thus, in terms of Subsection (f) of Section 2 of EPF Act, even a person who is engaged through a contractor being covered under the EPF act, in my considered opinion that if an employer were to employ a person directly on a contractual basis, the EPF Act would apply to such a relationship also more so when there in no exemption issued under sub-section (ff) or (fff) of Section 2. The definition of an ‘employer’ in terms of Subsection (e) of Section 2 of EPF Act is only for the purpose of ident....

2019 0 Supreme(Mad) 3244

The definition of "employee" under Section 2(f) of the EPF Act is an inclusive definition, and is widely worded to include any person engaged either directly or indirectly in connection with the work of an establishment. 8. The aforesaid judgments make it abundantly clear that the workers employed by the appellant Society are covered by the definition of "employee" under Section 2(f) of the EPF Act. (ii) engaged as an apprentice, not being an apprentice enga....

2019 6 Supreme 675

6.2. In the present case, the women workers employed by the Respondent Company were provided all the raw materials, such as the fabric, thread, buttons, etc. from the Respondent – Employer. The definition of “employee” under Section 2(f) of the EPF Act is an inclusive definition, and is widely worded to include any person engaged either directly or indirectly in connection with the work of an establishment. With this material, the women workers were required to stitch the gar....

2017 0 Supreme(Bom) 39

Definition of “employee” or to say “workman” or “worker” cannot be borrowed from other enactments relating to labour laws such as the Minimum Wages Act, the Employees' Compensation Act, the Industrial Disputes Act etc.. Definition of “employee” under the present Act is completely different from the definition of “worker” or “workman” or “employee” under these Acts. It would appear that definition of “employee” under the EPF Act is an independent one and comprehensive enough.

2016 0 Supreme(P&H) 2175

(f) "employee" means any person who is employed for wages in any kind of work manual or otherwise in or in connection with the work of an establishment and who gets his wages directly or indirectly from the employer and includes any person. (i) employed by or through a contractor in or in connection with the work of the establishment; 9. Section 2 (f) of EPF & MP Act defines employee and section 2 (ff) defines exempted employee as under: Establishments can seek exemption from....