Part V Unfair Dismissal
Meaning of unfair dismissal
F157AA Dismissal of employee representatives.
The dismissal of an employee by an employer shall be regarded for the purposes of this Part as having been unfair if the reason for it (or, if more than one, the principal reason) was that the employee, being—
(a)
an employee representative for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 or Regulations 10 and 11 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981, or
(b)
a candidate in an election in which any person elected will, on being elected, be such an employee representative,
performed, or proposed to perform, any functions or activities as such an employee representative or candidate.