(1) In this Act -

"Act of 2015" means the Workplace Relations Act 2015;

"adjudication officer" has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2015;

"adopting parent" means an employee who is an adopting parent within the meaning of the Adoptive Leave Act 1995;

"contract of employment" means a contract of service or of apprenticeship, whether it is express or implied and (if it is express) whether it is oral or in writing;