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Section 2

Amendment of section 2

of Employment (Amendment) Act 2022

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Section 2

The Employment Act 1955 [Act 265], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in subsection 2(1)—

(a)

by inserting after the definition of “agricultural undertaking”

the following definition:

‘ “apprentice” means any person who has entered into an apprenticeship contract;’;

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(b)

in the definition of “apprenticeship contract”, by substituting for the words “shall not be less than two years”

the words “shall be for a minimum period of six months and a maximum period of twenty four months”;

(c)

in the definition of “domestic servant”, by substituting for the words “domestic servant” the words “domestic employee”; and

(d)

in the definition of “foreign domestic servant”, by substituting for the word “servant” wherever appearing the word “employee”.

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