Section 2(1) is amended as follows:

(a) the definition of "contract of employment" is replaced by the following:

"`contract of employment' means:

(a) a contract of service or of apprenticeship, and

(b) any other contract whereby an individual agrees with another person, who is carrying on the business of an employment agency within the meaning of the Employment Agency Act 1971 (No. 27 of 1971), and is acting in the course of that business, to do or perform personally any work or service for a third person (whether or not the third person is a party to the contract),

whether the contact is express or implied and, if express, whether it is oral or in writing;",

(b) the definition of "employees' representatives" is replaced by the following:

"`employees' representatives' means a trade union or staff association or a person or persons chosen by the employees likely to be affected by the proposed redundancies to represent them;",

(c) the following definition is added:

"`employer' means the person with whom the employee has entered into or for whom the employee works under (or, where the employment has ceased, entered into or worked under) a contract of employment, subject to the qualification that the person who, under a contract of employment referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of "contract of employment", is liable to pay the remuneration of the individual concerned in respect of the work or service concerned shall be deemed to be the individual's employer;", and