A Trainee Cannot Excluded from Definition of Term ‘Employee’ under Gratuity Act

Irel (India) Limited Vs P. N. Raghava Panicker (Kerala High Court) The issue under consideration is whether a trainee is excluded from the definition of the term ’employee’ under the Gratuity Act? High Court states that, A plain reading of the said Act shows that it excludes an apprentice from the application of the provisions of “the Act”. In order to find out whether the word “apprentice” includes the trainee also, and in the absence of any definition of an apprentice under “the Act”, this Court has to consider the same with reference to the di...