CASUAL EMPLOYEES OF A CONTRACTOR

Are the casual employees employed through the contractor covered under the £.5.1. Act?

For E.S.I. purposes an employee 'need not be directly employed by the employer in connection with some work which is incidental or preliminary to the work of the factory or establishment or connected with its works, so workers even engaged by a contractor will be' 'employees' of the factory or establishment and will be covered by the Act. In one case, the factory was engaged in the purchase of raw coir mats and mattings. The process of shearing, trimming, pressing and packing them was also

Employees State Insurance Corporation vs. Suresh Trading Company, 1983 (Ker.HC) LLR 168.