contractor legal meaning

Dear Friend

What about referring Contract Labour (R&A) Act, 1970??? in case u want to know about duties of Contractor in reference to Contract Labour. In fact most of the Labour Laws is having the definition of Contractor.

Regards

all related matters for contract are come under the indian contract act 1872. the word contractor means person or company that does a particular job or assignment.

Legally speaking, the word "Contractor" means one who contracts or undertake to do a certain piece of work for a certain price and usually within a certain time and mostly by big firms that undertake the constructions of docks, dam, harbours, bridges and railways etc. It is also apply to a person who in the pursuit of an independent, business, undertakes to do specefic jobs of work for the persons without submitting himself to their control in respect of the details of the work. For detail discussions Refer to AIR 1958 SC 388

Please go through contract labour act 1970

Thank you very much sirs. 

Could you also tell me -

1. What is the difference between regular employee of a company and an independent contractor?

2. Could a person employed on employment for a fixed period of time , say for 3 years, be termed as independent contractor? Why ?

Thanks in advance.