Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I GENERAL AND INTERPRETATION

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and interpretation

   2. 2. Comparable employees

3. PART II RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

   1. 3. Less favourable treatment of fixed-term employees

   2. 4. Objective justification

   3. 5. Right to receive a written statement of reasons for less favourable treatment

   4. 6. Unfair dismissal and the right not to be subjected to detriment

   5. 7. Complaints to industrial tribunals etc.

   6. 8. Successive fixed-term contracts

   7. 9. Right to receive written statement of variation

4. PART III MISCELLANEOUS

   1. 10. Restrictions on contracting out

   2. 11. Amendments to primary legislation

   3. 12. Liability of employers and principals

5. PART IV SPECIAL CLASSES OF PERSON

   1. 13. Crown employment

   2. 14. Armed forces

   3. 15. Police service

6. PART V EXCLUSIONS

   1. 16. Apprentices

   2. 17. Government training schemes etc.

   3. 18. Agency workers

7. Signature

8. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      WORKFORCE AGREEMENTS

      1. 1. An agreement is a workforce agreement for the purposes of...

      2. 2. For the purposes of this Schedule – “a particular group”...

      3. 3. The requirements concerning elections referred to in paragraph 2 are...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      1. PART I amendments to primary legislation

         1. 1. In Schedule 11 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits...

         2. 2. (1) The 1996 Order is amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs...

         3. 3. In the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, Article 20(1)...

      2. PART II transitional provisions

         1. 4. Paragraph 1 of this Schedule applies where the relevant date...

         2. 5. (1) This paragraph applies to the dismissal of an employee...

9. Explanatory Note