India: Supreme Court revisits the scope and ambit of the definition of employee under the EPF Act, 01 August 2019

The Scope and ambit of the definition of an employee under the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provision Act 1952 (EPF Act) has come up time and again before the Courts in India. This issue often arises in situations wherein workers engaged by an establishment are working from home or are being paid on a piece rate basis.