Employment Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 15 · Claims, Complaints and Investigations Into Offences
120. Representation before Commissioner
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In proceedings before the Commissioner, a party —
being an employee and a member of a trade union that has been given recognition under Part 3 of the Industrial Relations Act 1960 by the employer of the employee, may be represented by an officer of the trade union; and
employee
“employee” means a person who has entered into or works under a contract of service with an employer and includes a workman, and any officer or employee of the Government included in a category, class or description of such officers or employees declared by the President to be employees for the purposes of this Act or any provision thereof, but does not include any of the following:(a)any seafarer;(b)any domestic worker;(c) (d)any person belonging to any other class of persons whom the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare not to be employees for the purposes of this Act;
being an employer may be represented by one of the employer’s employees,but must not be represented by an advocate or solicitor or a paid agent.
employer
“employer” means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes —(a)the Government in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of officers or employees of the Government as are declared by the President to be employees for the purposes of this Act;(b)any statutory authority;(c)the duly authorised agent or manager of the employer; and(d)the person who owns or is carrying on or for the time being responsible for the management of the profession, business, trade or work in which the employee is engaged;