Section 2 of CSSA : Section 2: Definitions

In this Code, unless the context otherwise requires,

1. agent when used in relation to an establishment, means every person, whether appointed as such or not, who acting or purporting to act on behalf of the owner, takes part in the management, control, supervision or direction of such establishment or part thereof;

2. aggregator means a digital intermediary or a market place for a buyer or user of a service to connect with the seller or the service provider;

3. appropriate Government means

   1. (a) in relation to, an establishment carried on by or under the authority of the Central Government or concerning any such controlled industry as may be specified by notification in this behalf, by the Central Government or the establishment of railways including metro railways, mines, oil field, major ports, air transport service, telecommunication, banking and insurance company or a corporation or other authority established by a Central Act or the central public sector undertaking or subsidiary companies set up by the central public sector undertakings, subsidiary companies set up by the principal undertakings or autonomous bodies owned or controlled by the Central Government, including establishment of contractors for the purposes of such establishment, corporation or other authority, central public sector undertakings, subsidiary companies or autonomous bodies or any company in which not less than fifty - one per cent. of the paid up share capital is held by the Central Government, as the case may be, or in relation to an establishment having departments or branches in more than one State, as the case may be, the Central Government; and
   2. (b) in relation to any other establishment, the State Government.

   Explanation 1. For the purposes of this clause, the expression metro railway means the metro railway as defined in sub - clause (i) of clause (1) of section 2 of the Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002 (60 of 2002).

   Explanation 2. For the purposes of this clause, the Central Government shall continue to be the appropriate Government for the central public sector undertakings even if the holding of the Central Government reduces to less than fifty per cent. equity in that public sector undertaking after the commencement of this Code;

4. audio - visual production means audio - visual produced wholly or partly in India and includes

   1. (i) animation, cartoon depiction, audio - visual advertisement;
   2. (ii) digital production or any of the activities in respect of making thereof; and
   3. (iii) features films, non - feature films, television, web - based serials, talk shows, reality shows and sport shows;

5. Authorised Officer means such officer of the Central Board, or as the case may be, of the Corporation notified by the Central Government;

6. building or other construction work means the construction, alteration, repairs, maintenance or demolition in relation to buildings, streets, roads, railways, tramways, airfields, irrigation, drainage, embankment and navigation works, flood control works (including storm water drainage works), generation, transmission and distribution of power, water works (including channels for distribution of water), oil and gas installations, electric lines, internet towers, wireless, radio, television, telephone, telegraph and overseas communications, dams, canals, reservoirs, watercourses, tunnels, bridges, viaducts, aquaducts, pipelines, towers, cooling towers, transmission towers and such other work as may be specified in this behalf by the Central Government, by notification, but does not include any building or other construction work which is related to any factory or mine or any building or other construction work employing less than ten workers in the preceding twelve months or where such work is related to own residential purposes of an individual or group of individuals for their own residence and the total cost of such work does not exceed fifty lakhs rupees or such higher amount and employing more than such number of workers as may be notified by the appropriate Government;

7. building worker means a person who is employed to do any skilled, semi - skilled or unskilled, manual, technical or clerical work for hire or reward, whether the terms of such employment are express or implied, in connection with any building or other construction work, but does not include any such person who is employed mainly in a managerial or supervisory or administrative capacity;

8. Building Workers' Welfare Board means the State Building and other Construction Workers' Welfare Board constituted under sub - section (1) of section 7;

9. career centre means any office (including employment exchange, place or portal) established and maintained in the manner prescribed by the Central Government for providing such career services (including registration, collection and furnishing of information, either by the keeping of registers or otherwise, manually, digitally, virtually or through any other mode) as may be prescribed by the Central Government, which may, inter alia, relate generally or specifically to

   1. (i) persons who seek to employ employees;
   2. (ii) persons who seek employment;
   3. (iii) occurrence of vacancies; and
   4. (iv) persons who seek vocational guidance and career counselling or guidance to start selfemployment;

10. Central Board means the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Provident Fund constituted under section 4;

11. Central Provident Fund Commissioner