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The Supreme Court of India gave a progressive judgement directing the garment manufacturing company Godavari garments to pay Provident Fund dues of 1 million Indian rupees to Home based women workers employed by them within a month.
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In the case from 1991, the PF office issued a notice to Godavari garments (Govt of Maharashtra undertaking) to pay Provident Fund contributions for its women workers under Section 2(f) of the EPF Act after it was revealed that the Company defaulted on salary payments.
The Company argued that home-based women workers could not be classified as “employees” because
-Sewing machines not owned by company
-They worked at home and not Co. production centers
-Co. had no supervisory control over them
-Sewing machines not owned by company
-They worked at home and not Co. production centers
-Co. had no supervisory control over them
