http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1996/1919

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1919/article/154/made

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

Dismissal

Employment terms and conditions

Severance pay

Pay

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2016-07-07

NORTHERN IRELAND

This Order re-enacts, with minor amendments, the Contracts of Employment and Redundancy Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 and the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Orders 1976 to 1993 in so far as they relate to employment rights.

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 85ZS(3)(a)-(c)

Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

Sch. 3

para. 47(4)

s. 160(1)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

Ch. 5

Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

s. 1(1)

s. 5(1)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 95F(5A)

Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Sch. 2

para. 32

s. 29(2)

art. 2(n)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 21(4B)

Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Sch. 3 Pt. 2

para. 2

s. 17(1)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 23(1)(zza)

Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Sch. 3 Pt. 2

para. 3

s. 17(1)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 70F

Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Sch. 3 Pt. 2

para. 4

s. 17(1)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 135E

Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Sch. 3 Pt. 2

para. 6

s. 17(1)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 137(6D)

Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Sch. 3 Pt. 2

para. 7

s. 17(1)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 140(3)(fj)

Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Sch. 3 Pt. 2

para. 8

s. 17(1)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 143(2)(ddd)

Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Sch. 3 Pt. 2

para. 9

s. 17(1)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 144(2)(ddd)

Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Sch. 3 Pt. 2

para. 10

s. 17(1)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

Pt. 7A

Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Sch. 3

Pt. 1

s. 17(1)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 70G

Coronavirus Act 2020

Sch. 7

para. 20

Sch. 7

para. 30

s. 87(2)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 71(1C)

Coronavirus Act 2020

Sch. 7

para. 21(a)

s. 87(2)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 72(8)

Coronavirus Act 2020

Sch. 7

para. 22(b)

s. 87(2)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 135G

Coronavirus Act 2020

Sch. 7

para. 25

s. 87(2)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 137(7N)

Coronavirus Act 2020

Sch. 7

para. 26(b)

s. 87(2)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art. 140(3)(fl)

Coronavirus Act 2020

Sch. 7

para. 27

s. 87(2)

The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

art.126-169 (Pt.1) (defn. of dismissal)

National Minimum Wage Act 1998

s.23(4)

PART XIUNFAIR DISMISSAL

CHAPTER IIREMEDIES FOR UNFAIR DISMISSAL

Compensation

Basic award: minimum in certain cases154

1

The amount of the basic award (before any reduction under Article 156) shall not be less than £2,770 where the reason (or, if more than one, the principal reason)—

a

in a redundancy case, for selecting the employee for dismissal, or

b

otherwise, for the dismissal,

is one of those specified in Article 132(1)(a) and (b), 133(1), 134 or 136(1).

2

The Department may by order increase the sum specified in paragraph (1).