Veloo vs Commissioner General of Labour and Others – sllr 2009 volume 2 page 167

In Veloo v. Commissioner General of Labour and Others, the court addressed whether the petitioner was liable to pay Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) contributions and a surcharge in respect of the fourth respondent, focusing on whether the fourth respondent qualified as an independent contractor or a permanent employee. It was held that the evidence—consisting of attendance registers and corroborative documentation—demonstrated that the fourth respondent performed freelance accounting services for multiple entities and did not meet the criteria of permanent employment. The determination (P11) issued by the second respondent was found to have no evidentiary foundation, resulting in the quashing of the determination and the granting of writs of Certiorari and Prohibition. This decision reinfo