the purposes of Part 2, a person against whom a claimant intends to make a claim;
“salary” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Employment Act;
“specified contractual dispute” means a dispute, relating to a payment of an amount of money, which arises out of or in the course of employment under a contract of service, about any matter specified in the First Schedule;
“specified employment dispute” means a specified contractual dispute or a specified statutory dispute;
“specified statutory dispute” means a dispute about any matter specified in the Second Schedule;
“tribunal” means a subordinate court called an Employment Claims Tribunal constituted under section 4 of the State Courts Act (Cap. 321);
“tribunal magistrate” means a tribunal magistrate appointed under section 9(1)(a) or designated under section 9(5);
“tripartite guidelines” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Retirement and Re‑employment Act;
“tripartite mediation” has the same meaning as in section 30F of the Industrial Relations Act;
“workman” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Employment Act.
(2) When this Act is applied to a counterclaim lodged with a tribunal—
- (a) any reference to a claimant is a reference to a person making the counterclaim; and
- (b) any reference to a respondent is a reference to a person against whom the counterclaim is made.
(3) Any Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Principal Assistant Commissioner for Labour or Assistant Commissioner for Labour appointed under section 3(1) of the Employment Act may, if
