Collective redundancies

Construction of references to representatives and affected employees

6.—(1) Section 196 of the 1992 Act shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(b) after “having been elected” insert “or appointed”.

(3) At the end of subsection (1) add “or appointed”.

(4) After subsection (2) insert–

“(3) References in this Chapter to affected employees are to employees who may be affected by the proposed dismissals or who may be affected by measures taken in connection with such dismissals.”