CS Executive · Setting Up of Business, Industrial and Labour Laws · The Apprentices Act, 1961
Sundaram Foods Pvt Ltd, which has an unqualified owner, hires a trade apprentice. It places a qualified supervisor in charge of training but provides no instructional staff for theory classes and no facilities for the trade test. Which statement is correct under section 11 of the Apprentices Act, 1961?
The employer has breached its obligations. Besides placing a qualified person in charge of training, it must provide adequate instructional staff with prescribed qualifications for practical and theoretical training, plus facilities for the apprentices' trade test. Meeting only the first requirement does not satisfy the separate staffing obligation.
- AThe employer has complied, because placing a qualified person in charge is enough
- BThe employer has breached the obligation to provide adequate instructional staff with the prescribed qualifications and facilities for trade testCorrect
- CThe employer is liable only if the apprentice withdraws from the contract
- DThe employer is in breach only of the apprentice's duty to attend classes
Explanation
Section 11(b) requires a qualified person in charge, but section 11(bb) separately requires adequate instructional staff with prescribed qualifications for practical and theoretical training and facilities for trade test. Compliance with (b) alone does not satisfy (bb). The apprentice's attendance duty is under section 12.
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