Employment Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 15 · Claims, Complaints and Investigations Into Offences
126. Costs of proceedings
Feedback & supportNo court fees are chargeable in the first instance on any proceedings commenced by an employee or a subcontractor for labour or by the Commissioner on behalf of the employee or the subcontractor for labour, against the employee’s employer or other person liable under this Act but, in case a conviction is had or judgment is given against that employer or person liable, the court fees are to be paid by the employer or person liable together with the general costs of the proceedings.
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;