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8 :(d) a person who owns, carries on or is responsible for the management of the profession, business, trade or work in which that individual is or was engaged; and
 * (e) for an employment dispute relating to the termination of a contract of service or any mediation request submitted or claim made after the end of a contract of service, the former employer even though the relationship between employee and employer has ended;

“employment assistance payment” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Retirement and Re‑employment Act;

“Industrial Arbitration Court” means an Industrial Arbitration Court established under section 3 of the Industrial Relations Act;

“mediation” includes—
 * (a) the undertaking of any activity for the purpose of promoting the discussion and settlement of disputes;
 * (b) the bringing together of the parties to any dispute for that purpose, either at the request of one of the parties to the dispute or on an order of a tribunal under this Act; and
 * (c) the follow‑up of any matter which is the subject of any such discussion or settlement;

“mediation request” means a request for a mediation under Part 2;

“mediation session” means a meeting between 2 or more parties to a dispute for the purposes of a mediation;

“Registrar” means the registrar, a deputy registrar or an assistant registrar for the tribunals;

“Registry” means the registry established under section 10(1) for the tribunals;

“respondent” means a person against whom a claim is made, or who is joined in the capacity of a respondent, and includes, for