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in the definition of “confinement”, by substituting for the word “twenty-eight” the word “twenty-two”;

in the definition of “constructional contractor”, by substituting for the word “assigns” the word “assignees”;

employment (Amendment) Act 2012

by inserting after the definition of “contractor” the following definition:

‘ “contractor for labour” means a person who contracts with a principal, contractor or sub-contractor to supply the labour required for the execution of the whole or any part of any work which a contractor or sub-contractor has contracted to carry out for a principal or contractor, as the case may be;’;

by inserting after the definition of “employee” the following definition:

‘ “foreign domestic servant” means a domestic servant who is not a citizen or a permanent resident;’;

by inserting after the definition of “medical officer” the following definition:

‘ “Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for human resources;’;

by substituting for the definition of “part-time employee”

the following definition:

‘ “part-time employee” means a person included in the First Schedule whose average hours of work per week as agreed between him and his employer are more than thirty per centum but do not exceed seventy per centum of the normal hours of work per week of a full-time employee employed in a similar capacity in the same enterprise;’;

by inserting after the definition of “registered medical practitioner” the following definition:

‘ “sexual harassment” means any unwanted conduct of a sexual nature, whether verbal, non-verbal, visual, gestural or physical, directed at a person which is offensive or humiliating or is a threat to his well-being, arising out of and in the course of his employment;’;

and

by deleting the definition of “sub-contractor for labour”.

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