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Employment Act 1982

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Rights in connection with redundancy

6(1)In section 119(7) of the 1975 Act (exclusion of employees on short-term contracts from protection of provisions requiring consultation and notification in case of certain redundancies) for the words " 12 weeks", in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted " three months "; and at the end of that subsection there shall be inserted—

“Section 151 of and Schedule 13 to the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (computation of period of continuous employment), and any provision modifying or supplementing that section or Schedule for the purposes of that Act, shall apply for the purposes of this subsection as if this subsection were contained in that Act.”.

(2)In section 81(4) of the 1978 Act (requisite period qualifying for right to redundancy payment), the words from " excluding any week " onwards (which relate to weeks before the employee attained the age of eighteen) shall be omitted.

(3)In section 104(2) of that Act (exclusion of redundancy rebate where employee's right under collective agreement arises by virtue of a period of employment which is less than one hundred and four weeks)—

(a)for " period of employment" there shall be substituted " period of continuous employment "; and

(b)for " one hundred and four weeks " there shall be substituted " two years ".

(4)In section 106(2) of that Act (conditions to be satisfied before an employee can claim his unpaid redundancy payment from the Secretary of State), in paragraph (c) (exclusion where right under collective agreement arises by virtue of a period of employment which is less than one hundred and four weeks)—

(a)for " period of employment" there shall be substituted " period of continuous employment "; and

(b)for " one hundred and four weeks " there shall be substituted " two years ".

(5)In Schedule 4 to that Act (calculation of redundancy payment),

(a)in paragraph 2(a) and (b) the words " which consists wholly of weeks (within the meaning of Schedule 13)" shall be omitted; and

(b)paragraph 7 shall be omitted.

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