Employment Rights Act 1996

Valid from 01/10/2006

98ZGRetirement dismissals: fairnessE+W+S

(1)This section applies if the reason (or principal reason) for a dismissal is retirement of the employee.

(2)The employee shall be regarded as unfairly dismissed if, and only if, there has been a failure on the part of the employer to comply with an obligation imposed on him by any of the following provisions of Schedule 6 to the 2006 Regulations—

(a)paragraph 4 (notification of retirement, if not already given under paragraph 2),

(b)paragraphs 6 and 7 (duty to consider employee's request not to be retired),

(c)paragraph 8 (duty to consider appeal against decision to refuse request not to be retired).

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