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Section 2Part 1 — Introductory

Definitions

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means the tribunal established under section 77
means the ordinary wage due to an employee under that person's contract of employment
means a person who is employed upon an irregular or intermittent basis
means one accepted and registered as such by the Director
means the chief officer in the Ministry responsible for labour or that person's designate
means a juvenile under the age of fourteen years
means a formal complaint made to the Director under section 46 or 54
refers to the elements of hire and termination of employment, to the remuneration, hours of work, duties and the surrounding terms of employment and to all other factors related to the employment arrangement
means any agreement, understanding or arrangement whatever, whether written or oral, express or implied, whereby it is agreed between an employee and an employer that the employee will be employed under a contract of service
save where the context indicates otherwise, means the Summary Court
means the Director of Labour appointed under section 71(1)
means any individual who enters into or works under or stands ready to enter into or work under a contract of employment with an employer whether the contract be oral or written, express or implied; and the term includes a person whose services have been interrupted by a suspension of work during a period of leave or temporary lay-off
include persons who plan, organise, control, co-ordinate or direct the business of an employer or a part of such business
include persons who perform professional functions in the fields of physical and natural sciences, engineering, law, medicine, religion, education, literature, art, entertainment or sport
means any person who has entered into or stands ready to enter into a contract of employment with an employee, and includes any agent, representative or manager of such person who is placed in authority over an employee
means any money or other thing of value collected or received from a customer or client of any business which is in excess of the basic contractual liability of that customer and is, or is purported to be, collected or received in respect of the quality of service afforded to that customer and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, includes any sum whether calculated on the basis of a fixed percentage or otherwise, levied on the amount charged to the customer of any hotel, condominium, restaurant, licensed premises or other place of entertainment, and expressed to be in respect of service
means a person employed in a private home as a domestic worker or gardener
means an inspector appointed under section 71
means a person under the age of seventeen years
means childbirth
has the same meaning as in the Mental Health Act (2021 Revision)
means the Minister charged with responsibility for this Act under section 9 of the Constitution
means the current basic wage prescribed by the Cabinet under section 20
means each and every person responsible for operating, managing or supervising a workplace, and includes any person with actual, apparent or ratified authority to act on behalf of that person
has the meaning assigned to it by section 27
is an employee whose contract of employment requires that person to work less than the standard work week
in relation to the employment of an individual as it affects that person's right to severance pay, means a person by whom that individual was employed, and who subsequently transferred the business in which that person was employed by a new owner in circumstances that the employment of the employed individual is continued by the new owner of the business
means a period of employment governed by section 8
means a day declared to be a Public General Holiday under the Public Holidays Act (2007 Revision)
means a situation in which, by virtue of a lack of customers or of orders, retrenchment, the installation of labour-saving machinery, an employer's going out of business, force majeure or any other reason, tasks which a person was last employed to perform no longer exist
means a notice under section 65
has the meaning assigned to it by section 40
means leave taken under section 17
has the meaning assigned to it by section 24(1)
in relation to the employment of an individual as it affects that person's right to severance pay, means a person who takes over the business in which that individual is employed from a predecessor-employer of that individual and continues to employ that person in the same employment
means any money together with any other thing agreed to be paid or given by an employer to an employee as recompense, reward or remuneration for services rendered under a contract of employment but does not include tips or gratuities
means any premises in which any employee is employed to work and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, includes any shop, office, licensed premises or factory; but does not include, in respect of a household domestic employed there, a private home

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