means any person or legal person, including the State, who employs an employee, and includes—
| (a) | any person controlling the business of an employer; |
| (b) | if the services of an employee are lent or let or temporarily made available to some other person by the employer, such employer for such period as the employee works for that other person; |
| (c) | a temporary employment services who against payment provides a person to a client for the rendering of a service or the performance of work, and for which service or work such person is paid by the temporary employment services; |
[Definition substituted by section 1(i) of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Act 10 of 2022, Notice No. 3294, GG48431 dated 17 April 2023 - effective 23 January 2026 per (a) of Proclamation Notice 306, GG53990 dated 23 January 2026]