[PART V.] WHISTLEBLOWERS' PROTECTION ACT
A. General Provisions
§378-61 Definitions. As used in this part:
"Employee" means a person who performs a service for wages or other remuneration under a contract for hire, written or oral, express or implied. Employee includes a person employed by the State or a political subdivision of the State.
"Employer" means a person who has one or more employees. Employer includes an agent of an employer or of the State or a political subdivision of the State.
"Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legal entity.
"Public body" means:
"Public employee" means any employee of the State or any county, or the political subdivision and agencies of the State or any county, any employee under contract with the State or any county, any civil service employee, any probationary or provisional employee of the State or county, and any employee of any general contractor or subcontractor undertaking the execution of a contract with a governmental contracting agency, as defined in section 104-1.
"Public employer" means the State and any county, the political subdivisions and agencies of the State and any county, and any general contractor or subcontractor undertaking the execution of a contract with a governmental contracting agency, as defined in section 104-1, and includes any agent thereof. [L 1987, c 267, pt of §1; am L 2011, c 166, §5]