19. Acceptance of invitation to negotiate

Terms defined in s 2

• employer

  employer

  Defined · s 2

  “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 servants of the Government as from time to time are declared by the President of Singapore to be employees for the purposes of this Act;(b)a statutory authority;(c)a duly authorised agent or manager of an employer;(d)a person who owns, or is carrying on, or is for the time being responsible for the management or control of a profession, business, trade or work in which an employee is engaged;(e)for the purposes of Parts 5, 6 and 7, the transferor of an undertaking whose employment of employees is transferred by virtue of section 18A of the Employment Act 1968;

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• trade union

  trade union

  Defined · s 2

  “trade union” means a trade union of employees or employers registered under any written law for the time being in force relating to the registration of trade unions;

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