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section 30H(3)(b) to assist the employee or the employer in the mediation; and

(c) in an endeavour to reach a settlement in respect of disputes under section 30G;”;

(e) by deleting the word “executive” wherever it appears in sections 30G(1)(a), (b) and (c), 30H(1) and (3)(b), (c) and (d) and 30J(1);

(f) by deleting the word “or” at the end of section 30G(1)(b);

(g) by deleting the comma at the end of paragraph (c) of section 30G(1) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:

“(d) any re‑employment dispute as defined in section 8A(4) of the Retirement and Re‑employment Act (Cap. 274A); or

(e) any specified statutory dispute,”;

(h) by deleting paragraph (b) of section 30G(2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(b) any dispute in a case where the employment relationship has ended (whether due to the retirement of the employee, or the expiry or termination of the contract of service, or otherwise), unless the Commissioner receives a notification under section 30H(2) relating to that dispute not later than 6 months after the last day of employment of the employee.”;

(i) by inserting, immediately after subsection (2) of section 30G, the following subsection:

“(3) The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, lengthen or shorten either or both of the following periods, either absolutely or for any class of employees, any class of employers and any category of disputes mentioned in subsection (1):

(a) the period of one year mentioned in subsection (2)(a);