2. Definitions.-
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a)”Board” means –
(i) in relation to working journalists, the Wage Board constituted
under section 9; and
(ii) in relation to non-journalists newspaper employees,
the Wage Board constituted under section 13-C;
(b) “newspaper” means any printed periodical
work containing public news or comments on public news and
includes such other class of printed periodical work as may,
from time to time, be notified in this behalf by the Central
Government in the Official Gazette;
(c) “newspaper employee” means any working journalist,
and includes any other person employed to do any work in or
in relation to any newspaper establishment;
(d) “newspaper establishment” means an establishment
under the control of any person or body of persons, whether
incorporated or not, for the production or publication of
one or more newspaper or for conducting any news agency or
syndicate; 5[and includes newspaper establishments specified
as one establishment under the Schedule.
Explanation: - For the purposes of this clause-
(a) different departments, branches and centres of newspaper
establishments shall be treated as parts thereof,-
(b) a printing press shall be deemed to be a newspaper establishment
if the principal business thereof is to print newspaper
(dd) “non-journalist newspaper employee” means
a person employed to do any work in, or in relation to, any
newspaper establishment, but does not include any such person
who-
(i) is a working journalist, or
(ii) is employed mainly in a managerial or administrative
capacity, or
(iii) being employed in a supervisory capacity, performs
either by the nature of the duties attached to his office
or by reason of the powers vested in him, functions mainly
of a managerial nature;
(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made
under this Act;
(ee) Tribunal means-
(i) in relation to working journalists, the Tribunal constituted
under sec. 13-AA; and
(ii) in relation to non-journalists newspaper employees,
the Tribunal constituted under sec. 13-DD
(eee) “wages” means all remuneration capable
of being expressed in terms of money, which would, if the
terms of employment, expressed or implied, were fulfilled,
be payable to a newspaper employee in respect of his employment
or of work done in such employment , and includes-
(i) such allowances (including dearness allowance) as the
newspaper employee is for the time being entitled to;
(ii) the value of any house accommodation, or of supply of
light, water, medical attendance or other amenity or of any
service or of any concessional supply of foodgrains or other
articles;
(iii) any traveling concession, but does not include-
(a) any bonus;
(b) any contribution paid or payable by the employer to any
person fund or provident fund or for the benefit of the newspaper
employee under any law for the time being in force;
(c) any gratuity payable on the termination of his service.
Explanation- In this clause, the term “wages”
shall also include new allowances, if any, of any description
fixed from time to time.
(f) “working journalist” means a person whose
principal avocation is that of a journalist and who is employed
as such, either whole-time or part-time, in, or in relation
to, one or more newspaper establishment and includes an editor,
a leader, writer, news-editor, sub-editor, feature-writer,
copy-tester, reporter, correspondent, cartoonist, news-photographer
and proof-reader, but does not include any such person who
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(i) is employed mainly in a managerial or administrative
capacity; or
(ii) being employed in a supervisory capacity, performs,
either by the nature of the duties attached to his office
or by reason of the powers vested in him, function mainly
of a managerial nature:
(g) all words and expressions used by not defined in this
Act and defined in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (XIV
of 1947), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to
them in that Act.
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