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- (b) by inserting, immediately after the definition of “employment assistance payment” in section 2(1), the following definition:
- “ “Employment Claims Tribunal” means an Employment Claims Tribunal constituted under section 4 of the State Courts Act (Cap. 321);”;
- (c) by inserting, immediately after the definition of “investigating officer” in section 2(1), the following definition:
- “ “mediation request” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Employment Claims Act 2016;”;
- (d) by deleting the words “, conciliation officers” in section 3(3);
- (e) by deleting subsection (3) of section 8A and substituting the following subsection:
- “(3) An employee who has a re‑employment dispute with his employer which relates to any matter referred to in subsection (4)(c) or (d) must, before lodging a claim against the employer under section 13 of the Employment Claims Act 2016, submit to the Commissioner, under section 3(1) of that Act, not later than 6 months after the last day of the employee’s employment with the employer, a mediation request for the mediation under Part 2 of that Act of the re‑employment dispute.”;
- (f) by deleting the words “subsection (1), (2) or (3)” in section 8A(5) and substituting the words “subsection (1) or (2)”;
- (g) by deleting the words “a conciliation officer” in section 8A(5) and substituting the words “an approved mediator”;
- (h) by inserting, immediately after the word “Conciliation” in the section heading of section 8A, the word “, etc.”;
