POSITION OF AN APPRENTICE UNDER ESI

Whether apprentices engaged in a factory are liable to be covered under E.S.I.?

The apprentices who are mere trainees for a particular period for a distinct purpose are not employees under section 2 (9) of the E.S.I. Act. And the employer is not bound to employ them after training period.

Employees' State insurance Corporation and other vs. Tata Engineering & Locomotive Co. Ltd. and another, 1975(58) FJR 206 (SC); AIR 1976 SC 66; 1976 Lab.IC 1; 31 FLR 387; 1976 (I) LLJ 71; 1975(2) LLN 498.

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