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42 ::: modifications as the Minister for Manpower may prescribe by order in the Gazette, to a dispute mentioned in subsection (2)(b), if a claim is lodged, before the date of commencement of section 36(b) of the Employment Claims Act 2016, under section 119 of the Employment Act in relation to that dispute.”.

Related amendment to Companies Act

37. Section 328(2B) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50, 2006 Ed.) is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “by the Commissioner for Labour” in the definition of “retrenchment benefit” in paragraph (b), the words “or by an Employment Claims Tribunal constituted under section 4 of the State Courts Act (Cap. 321)”.

Consequential and related amendments to Employment Act

38. The Employment Act (Cap. 91, 2009 Ed.) is amended—
 * (a) by inserting, immediately after the definition of “machinery”

in section 2(1), the following definition:
 * “ “mediation request” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Employment Claims Act 2016;”;
 * (b) by inserting, immediately after subsection (2) of section 3, the following subsections:
 * “(3) The Commissioner may in writing appoint an individual (who may or may not be a public officer) as an authorised person for the purpose of carrying out any function or duty of the Commissioner under this Act or any other written law relating to employment, employment terms or the relations between employers and employees.
 * (4) The Commissioner must, in writing, issue to each authorised person an authorisation specifying—