вЂњgross rate of payвЂќ means the total amount of money including allowances to which an employee is entitled under his contract of service either for working for a period of time, that is, for one hour, one day, one week, one month or for such other period as may be stated or implied in his contract of service, or for each completed piece or task of work but does not includeВ - ( a)ДЄdditional payments by way of overtime payments ДЄdditional payments by way of bonus payments or annual wage supplements ДЄny sum paid to the employee to reimburse him for special expenses incurred by him in the course of his employment The person who owns or is carrying on or for the time being responsible for the management of the profession, business, trade or work in which the employee is engaged The duly authorised agent or manager of the employer and The Government in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of officers or employees of the Government as from time to time are declared by the President to be employees for the purposes of this Act вЂњemployerвЂќ means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includesВ - ( a) вЂњdismissвЂќ means to terminate the contract of service between an employer and an employee at the initiative of the employer, with or without notice and for cause or otherwise, and includes the resignation of an employee if the employee can show, on a balance of probabilities, that the employee did not resign voluntarily but was forced to do so because of any conduct or omission, or course of conduct or omissions, engaged in by the employer вЂњdependantвЂќ means any of the following members of an employeeвЂ™s family, namely, wife, husband, father, mother, child and any adopted or illegitimate child living with or dependent on him вЂњdayвЂќ means a period of 24 hours beginning at midnight вЂњcontractorвЂќ means any person who contracts with a principal to supply labour or to carry out the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the principal in the course of or for the purposes of the principalвЂ™s trade or business вЂњcontract of serviceвЂќ means any agreement, whether in writing or oral, express or implied, whereby one person agrees to employ another as an employee and that other agrees to serve his employer as an employee and includes an apprenticeship contract or agreement вЂњconstructional workвЂќ means any building and civil engineering work and includes repair, maintenance, alteration and demolition work вЂњconstructional contractorвЂќ means any person, firm, corporation or company who or which is established for the purpose of undertaking, either exclusively or in addition to or in conjunction with any other business, any type of constructional work, and who or which is carrying out the constructional work for or on behalf of some other person under a contract entered into by him or them with such other person, and includes his or their heirs, executors, administrators, assigns and successors вЂњconfinementвЂќ means the delivery of a child вЂњcollective agreementвЂќ means an agreement as defined under the Industrial Relations Act (Cap.В 136)

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