The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 No. 1919 (NI. 16)

PART VIII N.I. SUSPENSION FROM WORK

[F1 Ending the supply of an agency worker on maternity grounds N.I.

F1 Arts. 100A-100D and preceding cross-heading inserted (5.12.2011) by Agency Workers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/350), Sch. 2 para. 11

Agency workers: supplementary N.I.

100D.— (1) Without prejudice to any other duties of the hirer or temporary work agency under any statutory provision or rule of law Articles 100A, 100B and 100C do not apply where the agency worker—

(a) has not completed the qualifying period, or

(b) is no longer entitled to the rights conferred by regulation 5 of the Agency Workers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 pursuant to regulation 8(a) or (b) of those Regulations.

(2) Nothing in those Articles imposes a duty on the hirer or temporary work agency beyond the original intended duration, or likely duration of the assignment, whichever is the longer.

(3) Those Articles do not apply where Articles 98 to 100 apply.

(4) In this Article and Articles 100A to 100C the following have the same meaning as in the Agency Workers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011—

• ““agency worker””;

• ““assignment””;

• ““hirer””;

• ““qualifying period””,;

• ““temporary work agency””.]