22. Offer and acceptance of employment.—1[(1) Every employer shall formulate its own policy for
recruiting any apprentice who has completed the period of apprenticeship training in his establishment.]
(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), where there is a condition in a contract of
apprenticeship that the apprentice shall, after the successful completion of the apprenticeship training,
serve the employer, the employer shall, on such completion, be bound to offer suitable employment to the
apprentice, and the apprentice shall be bound to serve the employer in that capacity for such period and
on such remuneration as may be specified in the contract:
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Provided that where such period or remuneration is not, in the opinion of the Apprenticeship Adviser,
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reasonable, he may revise such period or remuneration so as to make it reasonable, and the period or
remuneration so revised shall be deemed to be the period or remuneration agreed to between the
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apprentice and the employer.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent, commencement and application.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Qualifications for being engaged as an apprentice.Section 3A · Reservation of training places for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in designated trades.Section 3B · Reservation of training places for Other Backward Classes in designated trades.Section 4 · Contract of apprenticeship.Section 5 · Novation of contract of apprenticeship.Section 5A · Regulation of optional trade.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 10 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.