Factory is defined under section 2(12) as “any premises INCLUDING the precincts thereof whereon ten or more persons are employed or were employed on any DAY of the preceding TWELVE months, and in any part of which, a manufacturing process is being carried on or is ordinarily so carried on, but does not include a mine subject to the operation of Mines Act 1952, or a railway running shed.”

Whether all the persons employed who are not coverable under the Act are also counted for 10? Yes. All the persons employed in the premises including the precincts thereof irrespective of their wages including casual, trainees, contract EMPLOYEES are counted for the purpose of coverage of the Factory. EVEN the Directors employed are to be counted.

Factory is defined under section 2(12) as “any premises including the precincts thereof whereon ten or more persons are employed or were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months, and in any part of which, a manufacturing process is being carried on or is ordinarily so carried on, but does not include a mine subject to the operation of Mines Act 1952, or a railway running shed.”

Whether all the persons employed who are not coverable under the Act are also counted for 10? Yes. All the persons employed in the premises including the precincts thereof irrespective of their wages including casual, trainees, contract employees are counted for the purpose of coverage of the Factory. Even the Directors employed are to be counted.