[Rev. 2012] CAP. 226 Employment CHAPTER 226 EMPLOYMENT ACT [Date of assent: 22th October, 2007.] [Date of commencement: 2nd June, 2008.] An Act of Parliament to repeal the Employment Act, declare and define the fundamental rights of employees, to provide basic conditions of employment of employees, to regulate employment of children, and to provide for matters connected with the foregoing [L.N. 8/2008, L.N. 61/2008, Corr. No. 1/2008.] PART I – PRELIMINARY 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Employment Act, 2007. 2. Interpretation In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “authorised officer” means a labour officer, employment officer or medical officer; “Board” means the National Labour Board; “casual employee” means a person the terms of whose engagement provide for his payment at the end of each day and who is not engaged for a longer period than twenty-four hours at a time; “child” means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years; “collective agreement” means a registered agreement concerning any terms and conditions of employment made in writing between a trade union and an employer, group of employers or employers’ organization; “contract of service” means an agreement, whether oral or in writing, and whether expressed or implied, to employ or to serve as an employee for a period of time, and includes a contract of apprenticeship and indentured learnership but does not include a foreign contract of service to which Part XI of this Act applies; “dependent” means a member of an employee’s family or a relative who substantially depends on that employee for his livelihood; “Director” means a person appointed as the Director of Employment; “disability” means a physical, sensory, mental or other impairment, including any visual, hearing, learning or physical incapability, which impacts adversely on a person’s social and economic participation; “employee” means a person employed for wages or a salary and includes an apprentice and indentured learner; 7 [Issue 1]