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CS Executive · Setting Up of Business, Industrial and Labour Laws · The Apprentices Act, 1961

Kavya, a technician apprentice, trains in a factory owned by Sundaram Textiles Ltd in Tamil Nadu. She complains that the factory has no proper canteen or washing facilities required for workers under Chapter V of the Factories Act, 1948. Which statement is correct under Section 14 of the Apprentices Act, 1961?

Chapter V applies to Kavya as if she were a worker. Section 14 extends Chapters III, IV and V of the Factories Act, 1948 to apprentices in a factory, so the welfare provisions protect her without needing any contractual term.

  1. AShe cannot claim them, as apprentices are not workers under the Factories Act
  2. BChapter V applies to her as if she were a worker, so the welfare provisions cover herCorrect
  3. COnly Chapter III applies to her, so welfare provisions do not
  4. DWelfare provisions apply only if the contract of apprenticeship so states

Explanation

Section 14 applies Chapters III, IV and V of the Factories Act to apprentices in a factory as if they were workers. Chapter V covers welfare, so she is covered. The claim that only Chapter III applies is wrong as all three chapters are applied, and no contract term is required.

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