The Apprentices Act

Qualifications for being engaged as an apprentice

Reservation of training places for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in designated trades

Reservation of training places for Other Backward Classes in designated trades

Contract of apprenticeship

Novation of contract of apprenticeship

Regulation of optional trade

Engagement of apprentices from other States

Period of apprenticeship training

Termination of apprenticeship contract

Number of apprentices for a designated trade

Practical and basic training of apprentices

Related instruction of apprentices

Obligations of employers

Obligations of apprentices

Payment to apprentices

Health, safety and welfare of apprentices

Hours of work, overtime, leave and holidays

Employer‟s liability for compensation for injury

Conduct and discipline

Apprentices are trainees and not workers

Records and returns

Settlement of disputes

Holding of test and grant of certificate and conclusion of training

Offer and acceptance of employment


APPRENTICES AND THEIR TRAINING


Save as otherwise provided in this Act,--

(a) every apprentice undergoing apprenticeship training in a designated trade in an establishment
shall be a trainee and not a worker; and

(b) the provisions of any law with respect to labour shall not apply to or in relation to such
apprentice

LAWGIST

# 18 Apprentices are trainees and not workers