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

PART IGENERAL AND INTERPRETATION

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

2Comparable employees

PART IIRIGHTS AND REMEDIES

3Less favourable treatment of fixed-term employees

4Objective justification

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

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

7Complaints to industrial tribunals etc.

8Successive fixed-term contracts

9Right to receive written statement of variation

PART IIIMISCELLANEOUS

10Restrictions on contracting out

11Amendments to primary legislation

12Liability of employers and principals

PART IVSPECIAL CLASSES OF PERSON

13Crown employment

15Police service

PART VEXCLUSIONS

17Government training schemes etc.

18Agency workers

SCHEDULE 1WORKFORCE AGREEMENTS

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

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

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

PART Iamendments to primary legislation

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

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

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

PART IItransitional provisions

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

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

2002 No. 298

EMPLOYMENT

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

Made24th September 2002

Approved by resolution of the Assembly23rd September 2002

Coming into operation1st October 2002

The Department for Employment and Learning1, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 46 of the Employment Act 20022 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations: