Employment Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 16 · Procedure and Regulations
131. Onus of proof
Feedback & supportIn all proceedings under Part 15, the onus of proving that a person is not the employer or the person whose duty it is under this Act to do or abstain from doing anything is on the person who alleges that the person is not the employer or other person, as the case may be.
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;